Author: Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 02-09-11] Comtech Xicom Technology received a $1 million order from the U.S. Navy for high-power amplifiers as an expansion to an existing contract for broad spectrum of new...

[Satellite TODAY 02-09-11] ASBU, Arabsat and Newtec are offering extended services and products for fast newsgathering (FNG) and HD TV contribution and exchange on the Multimedia Exchange Network Over Satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 02-09-11] U.S. Electrodynamics (USEI) commercial satellite communications services have received mission-assurance and confidentiality compliance ratings from the U.S. Department of Defense, the company announced Feb. 8.     CapRock...

[Satellite TODAY 02-09-11] Norsat International’s Microwave Business Unit will now offer RFID on-metal tags and readers as part of its microwave components product line, the Canadian satellite company announced Feb....

[Satellite TODAY Insider 02-08-11] Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi unveiled a slew of ambitious satellite programs, including prototypes of four domestically developed satellites and...

[Satellite TODAY 02-08-11] Orbital Sciences launched a secret U.S. government payload Feb. 5 aboard a Minotaur 1 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Orbital announced Feb. 7.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 02-08-11] RRsat Global Communications Network was contracted by Ananey Communications to provide playout and distribution services for the localized MTV Israel channel, RRsat announced Feb. 4.     RRsat...

[Satellite TODAY 02-08-11] Bahrain-based satellite service provider Noorsat ordered a head-end technology solution from Thomson Video Networks’ (TVN) to help scale its operation up to 63 channels delivered over six...

[Satellite TODAY 02-08-11] Teleport and VSAT broadcasting service provider Castor Networks has launched trunking services to the Middle East and Central Asia from its base in The Netherlands, Castor Networks...

[Satellite TODAY 02-08-11] Orbit Communication Systems, a satellite communications, tracking antennas, and airborne communications-management systems provider, has implemented two of its advanced tracking and telemetry systems as part of SpaceX’s...