Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite News 05-11-12] Increased competition in key markets, partial delays in the rollout of Ka-band professional services and a significant slowdown in multi-usage activity have forced FSS operator Eutelsat to […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-10-12] MSS operator Inmarsat grew its 2012 first quarter revenues 10 percent to $355 million, backed by a strong performance in its maritime business, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-12] Eutelsat Communications subsidiary Skylogic has entered into a distribution agreement with RG Networks to provide access to Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat high-throughput satellite and deliver broadband to businesses and […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-12] The European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed May 9 it has called off the recovery efforts for its Earth-observing satellite Envisat and declared the satellite dead after a […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-12] Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary Comtech EF Data was awarded a $2.5 million contract for satellite earth station equipment for a mobile operator in Latin America, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-12] GlobeCast Americas has appointed Edward Ferraro as the company’s new North American director of sales, the satellite broadcast company announced May 9.    Ferraro will be responsible […]

[Satellite News 05-10-12] For the past several years, satellite pay-TV operator DirecTV’s business in the United States had consistently grabbed headlines during quarterly reports season. Subscriber growth was always a […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-09-12] FSS operator Intelsat generated $644.2 million in revenue during its 2012 fiscal first quarter on a net loss of $24.4 million, according to the company’s latest […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-09-12] Iridium Communications has unveiled its compact Iridium 9603 commercial two-way satellite data transceiver as part of its ongoing Iridium Force product campaign, the MSS operator announced May […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-09-12] Beam Communications has received a commitment from Telstra to purchase a minimum of $5.1 million in Iridium-based satellite docking stations and product bundles during the next 12 […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-09-12] TriaGnoSys has named satellite voice, fax, datalink and Internet solutions provider Satcom Direct as its sole, direct reseller for satellite communications products and equipment in the United […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-09-12] SkyWave Mobile Communications has introduced its new IDP-780 series of terminals with dual-mode satellite-cellular capability, the company announced May 8.    The IDP-780 terminal aims to offer […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-08-12] Swedish satellite technology developer Satcube is in the process of developing terminals and a new antenna system to handle next-generation maritime satellite capacity, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-12] ASC Signal has been selected to provide a significant number of Ka-band antennas to an unnamed group of European major satellite operators to ensure uptime in distributing […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-12] U.S. satellite pay-TV operator Dish Network grew its 2012 first quarter revenues 11 percent year-over-year, reaching $3.58 billion for the quarter while reducing its churn to 1.35 […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-12] Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D) has signed legislation that will create a special license for satellite system installers that aims to ease the burdens of existing requirements, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-12] ATK Aerospace Launch Division Vice President and General Manager Charlie Precourt has been inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, ATK confirmed May 7.    Precourt […]

Over the next 10 years, the U.S. Department of Defense could spend as much as $1 billion to piggyback its communications onto hosted payloads featured on commercial satellites. The U.S. […]

Commercial operators will see an estimated $106.2 million in hosted payload equipment revenues in 2012, including engineering services and commercial satellite operator hosting services, according to a recent research report […]

Via Satellite and the SATELLITE show group recently announced the opening of registration for our second annual Hosted Payload Summit in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 27. The event was created […]

Spaceflight Inc. has unveiled its Sherpa in-space tug vehicle to inject hosted payloads into different orbits.     The Sherpa 400 is optimized for low Earth orbit (LEO) missions. The company will […]

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) is soliciting ancillary payloads for its upcoming Orbital Test-Bed (OTB) mission that will be launched in the first quarter of 2015.    The OTB mission […]

ATK has confirmed the retirement of the Tactical Satellite-3 (TacSat-3) spacecraft, which was de-orbited to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere on April 30 – nearly three years after its […]

Lockheed Martin has named Robert Cleave its new president of Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services (LMCLS) effective May 1.     Cleave succeeds Jack Zivic who is retiring at the end […]

[Satellite News 05-07-12] Pendrell subsidiary ICO Global Communications has filed a petition with the California District Court of Appeals seeking a rehearing of a decision it made in April that […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-05-12] GeoEye has made an offer to acquire its rival satellite imagery company DigitalGlobe for $792.3 million in cash and stocks, GeoEye CEO Matt O’Connell announced during […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-12] ATK reported a five percent, year-over-year decline in its 2012 full-year sales at $4.6 billion, which was in line with its 2012 full year guidance, according to […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-12] Vizada and SRH Marine Electronics have signed a two-year agreement with Greek maritime company Danaos Shipping to equip the company’s fleet of vessels with a full broadband […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-12] More than 40 percent of Inmarsat shareholders refused to cast a vote of support for the company’s remuneration report during a May 3 annual meeting, according to […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-12] Danish technology developer Craftwork has launched off-the-shelf software solutions that enable device manufacturers to rapidly develop and launch new SAT-over-IP devices, the company announced May 4.   […]