Author: Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 09-14-11] Harris CapRock Communications has been chosen by Farstad Shipping to deliver turnkey Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) communications to its fleet of 53 vessels, Harris announced Sept....

[Satellite News 09-14-11] The launch of LightSquared’s L-band terrestrial and satellite 4G LTE network will be delayed after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a public notice Sept. 13 prohibiting...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-13-11] In an announcement that boasted OnAir’s efforts to expand its North American operations and its appointment of Richard Nordstrom as the region’s managing director, OnAir CEO...

The second of Boeing’s 12 GPS 2F satellites has achieved operational acceptance and entered service for the U.S. Air Force, the satellite manufacturer announced Aug. 22.             GPS 2F-2, which was launched July...

[Satellite TODAY 09-13-11] Russian Space Agency officials notified Globalstar that the mid-October launch of its six second-generation satellites would be delayed so that the agency could undertake complete inspections of...

Satellite operator ViaSat said it is in talks with the U.S. Department of Defense regarding a satellite upgrade to improve ISR capabilities on operations and confirmed that the Pentagon is “very interested to use...

[Satellite TODAY 09-13-11] Eutelsat Communications is launching a DVB satellite transmission quality assurance initiative for the 2012 Olympics, which aims to safeguard satellite signal services, the operator announced Sept. 12....

The U.S. congressional super-committee created by the U.S. Budget Control Act could enact an additional $600 billion in defense cuts in order to meet its required 10-year $900 billion budget...

[Satellite TODAY 09-13-11] French overseas territories pay-TV provider Canal Plus Overseas has contracted multiple transponders and signed a long-term agreement with satellite operator SES for its subsidiary Canal Plus Afrique,...

 The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will launch its Tactical Satellite 4 (TacSat-4) Sept. 27 from the Alaska Aerospace Corp.’s Kodiak launch complex on an Orbital Sciences Minotaur-4 rocket. TacSat-4 is a Navy-led joint mission...