Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-10] The Baikonur Cosmodrome control center has placed a temporary ban on Proton rocket missions and has postponed International Launch Services’ (ILS) Dec. 20 launch of Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-10] The BSat-3b broadcasting satellite is operational following on-orbit deployment and checkout of all spacecraft systems, Lockheed Martin announced Dec. 10.     Designed and built by Lockheed Martin […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-10] NASA contracted Science Systems and Applications Inc. (SSAI) to provide science, technology and research support services for the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., the agency […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-10] Mitsubishi Electric Corp. introduced two new models of transistors that will be deployed in satellite digital radio reception systems in automobiles, Mitsubishi announced Dec. 10.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-10-10] Comtech’s earnings-per-share in its first quarter of 2011 beat consensus estimates of 61 cents by 15 cents on revenues of $178 million, due to strong gains […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-10-10] Hughes Network Systems has unveiled a new terrestrial satellite service offering that it hopes will serve U.S. federal agencies as its national managed broadband network, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-10] U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled proposals to speed the progress of export control modernization and revise the U.S. Munitions List (USML) and Commerce Control List, Aerospace Industries […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-10] NASA is negotiating contracts with 350 small businesses over proposals to address critical research and technology needs for agency programs and projects, the agency announced Dec. 9. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-10] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) won a $1.15 million contract with an unnamed pan-European content distribution company to provide IDC’s Superflex Pro Video receiver to support the expansion […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-10] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) subsidiary MeshTV updated its services to allow multiple, dedicated live stream content feeds to be formatted for mobile devices while providing monetization […]

[Satellite News 12-10-10] While many commercial operators at the 2010 Commercial Satcom Users Workshop in Crystal City, Va. are cautious and prepared for budget cuts that could have an impact […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-08-10] SpaceX will attempt to launch its Dragon space capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket by Dec. 9 after two small cracks detected on the rocket’s second […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-10] Vizada Networks received a contract from the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (Eulex) to supply VSAT hubs and remote terminals and lease Ku-band satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-10] Pals Electronics has achieved Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite (MENOS) certification of its vehicle-mounted and fly-drive satellite antenna systems for use with Newtec‘s ASBU-MENOS OpenDSNG networking solution, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-10] The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has selected Spacenet to provide emergency communications services and associated high performance equipment to support police operations, Spacenet announced Dec. 6. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-10] Bulgarian satellite operator Bulsatcom has installed Softel‘s Swift TX subtitle/caption management and delivery solution to provide accurately synchronized DVB bitmap subtitles for its turnaround services to various […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-10] Telespazio has selected Arianespace to launch the Sicral 2 satellite into geostationary orbit on an Ariane 5 launched from the Guiana Space Center in November 2013, Arianespace […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-10] Russia’s Glonass navigation system will remain incomplete after three of its satellites fell into the Pacific Ocean shortly after take-off Dec. 5 when a Proton-M rocket carrying […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-10] Thrane & Thrane is launching its Aviator 200 airborne solution to markets in the Middle East, the manufacturer announced Dec. 6.     The terminal, which uses Inmarsat‘s […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-10] NASA ejected the NanoSail-D nanosatellite from its Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite (FASTSat), demonstrating the agency’s first deployment of this kind, NASA announced Dec. 6.     […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-07-10] The Skyterra 1 mobile communications satellite is having problems deploying its 22-meter reflector antenna, according to statements released to Satellite TODAY Insider.      Harris, along with […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-07-10] Polish broadcast market consolidation continues at a furious pace as Liberty Global announced Dec. 6 that it entered into an agreement to acquire Aster, one of […]

[Satellite News 12-07-10] Mobile broadband and related industries are expected to generate 1.8 percent of South Africa’s total GDP and create as many as 28,000 jobs by 2015, according to […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-06-10] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled it will not reclassify broadband from “Information Service” to “Telecommunications Service,” under the U.S. Communications Act of 1934, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-10] Eutelsat has ordered a satellite from Thales Alenia Space to replace the W3B spacecraft, which was lost in October due to a propulsion leak, the operator announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-10] DirecTV expects to generate roughly $30 billion in annual sales and serve 30 million customers by 2013, DirecTV CEO Michael White said in a statement issued to […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-10] Ascent Media Corp.’s content distribution business will be sold to services operator Encompass Digital Media for about $113 million under a purchase agreement signed by the companies […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-10] The Sirius XM-5 satellite is ready for service, Sirius XM Radio announced Dec. 3.     The operator said that it completed all orbit-raising, deployments and in-orbit tests […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-10] Newsat has won $2.8 million in new contracts from the military and enterprise sector organizations to provide satellite capacity delivering voice, data and video communications, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-10] Digital content security solutions provider Conax has entered a contract with Vietnam’s state-owned broadcaster VCTV to deliver a content protection solution to a VCTV cable operator subsidiary, […]