Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-11] Arinc Engineering Services will install its Nexion digital solid-state sensor technology at 29 locations of the U.S. Air Force’s Ionospheric Data Network, Arinc announced Jan. 19.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-11] Com Dev was awarded a $9 million award from an unnamed government contractor to provide equipment for a military communications satellite, the Canadian satellite company announced Jan. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-19-11] The U.S. Air Force has expanded Northrop Grumman’s Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellite program after its communications crosslink was activated and tested by the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-19-11] Hughes Network Systems broke its own broadband satellite terminal shipment record last year, reporting 327,000 units delivered and bringing its cumulative number shipped worldwide to more […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-19-11] NASA is set to unveil its new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Jan. 21, the agency announced.     The horizontal integration facility’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-19-11] German Earth observation satellite operator RapidEye signed a one-year framework contract with various institutions and bodies of the European Union through the Joint Research Center (JRC) for […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-19-11] Content management and global distribution services provider RRsat has signed an agreement with BabyTV to distribute the Fox International channel throughout North America on Intelsat’s Galaxy-23 satellite […]

[Satellite News 01-18-11] ViviSat, a new, U.S.-based satellite life extension joint venture between U.S. Space and ATK, intends to provide geosynchronous satellite operators with in-orbit mission extension and protection services […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-11] German space technology company OHB Systems has suspended CEO Berry Smutny for remarks he made about Europe’s Galileo navigation system that were published by the Web site […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-11] Independent satellite company NewSat signed $2.8 million in new contract wins, including a $2 million contract with Nixon Communications to provide services to the natural gas pipeline […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-11] Hughes Network Systems and Tachyon Networks have partnered to develop end-to-end airborne COTM solutions for military manned and unmanned aircraft, the companies announced Jan. 18.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-11] Iridium Communications signed agreements with 17 of its service partners to participate in the company’s Network Quality Guarantee program, which promises complete network availability for customers purchasing […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-11] Telespazio has acquired the space activities of Finmeccanica subsidiares Vega and Elsag Datamat, Telespazio announced Jan. 14.     Telespazio said the acquisition is more of a restructuring […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-10] A $3 million restructuring charge cut into Com Dev profits in the 2010 fourth quarter, causing the Canadian satellite company to post $1.9 million in losses compared […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-11] General Dynamics has subcontracted GMV Space Systems to modernize NASA’s Tracking Data and Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation under its Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment program award, GMV […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-11] East View Cartographic entered into an agreement with geospatial imagery provider RapidEye to join its distribution team in the United States, RapidEye announced Jan. 14.     RapidEye […]

[Satellite News 01-14-11] Damage sustained to the ViaSat-1 satellite at its manufacturing facility has forced ViaSat to pushed back its scheduled launch on an ILS Proton rocket from spring to […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-14-11] U.S. Space, a space solutions provider for government and commercial markets, has teamed up with ATK to create ViviSat, a new satellite life extension joint venture, […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] Intelsat has reestablished full functionality and control over Galaxy 15, which stopped responding to ground controllers when its telemetry and commanding subsystems suffered an anomaly in April, […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] Integral Systems has hired New York-based advisory firm Stone Key Partners as a financial consultant to help it explore the possible sale of the company or making […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] SES World Skies U.S. Government Solutions was awarded two contract vehicles through the U.S. Future Comsatcom Services Acquisition (FCSA) program to provide government customers with satellite bandwidth […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] Indian DTH operator Sun Direct has leased two additional Measat-3 Ku-band transponders from Measat Satellite Systems, the company announced Jan. 12.     The agreement expands Sun Direct’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] Eutelsat Communications has positioned the Ka-Sat satellite at its definitive location at 9 degrees East and will begin a series of in-orbit tests as it prepares to […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-13-11] Intelsat S.A. has borrowed $3.75 billion from a consortium of banks and securities in an effort to reorganize its assets and simplify operations, the operator announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-11] Space Adventures, a commercial manned space travel company, finalized an agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency and Rocket Space Corp. Energia (RSC Energia) to sell three […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-11] Russia’s Tomsk Polytechnical University (TPU) has selected Hughes’ HX System to provide forest fire monitoring services for the Russian Federal Forestry Agency, Hughes announced Jan. 12.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-11] NASA has appointed Michael Gazarik deputy chief technologist, responsible for coordination, integration and tracking of all technology investments across the agency as well as management of NASA’s […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 01-13-11] Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will spend $3.8 billion on his country’s national space program in 2011, with plans to launch about 50 spacecraft and adopt […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-12-11] Orbital Sciences’ Glory satellite has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base for integration with its Taurus XL rocket for its launch into low-Earth orbit in late February, […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-12-11] Thrane & Thrane’s Aviator 200 SwiftBroadband solution received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the system’s installation aboard Cessna 500, 550, S550, 552, 560 and 560XL aircraft, […]