Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-12] SpaceX has assembled a team of outside experts to form an independent safety advisory panel that will oversee the company’s human spaceflight system, SpaceX announced March 29. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-30-12] Researchers at Switzerland’s Federal Polytechnic of Lausanne (EPFL) claim to have built a miniature rocket motor that could lower the price of satellite launches to one-tenth of […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-30-12] KVH Industries has opened a new testing facility that houses a custom-made hexapod motion simulator and will serve as a dedicated space for advanced motion testing […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-29-12] Financial firm Citigroup raised its rating on DirecTV based on the satellite pay-TV company’s rapidly growing Latin American business, which it believes is being undervalued by […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-29-12] OnAir has signed an agreement with Thailand Airways International (THAI) to provide in-flight connectivity services on the airline’s new wide-body regional and long haul intercontinental aircraft, OnAir […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-29-12] Nigeria has purchased Earth imagery resources from British observation satellites after discovering that its own recently launched, $64 million satellite project failed to provide relevant images in […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-29-12] GNSS navigation product manufacturer IFEN has partnered with European satellite equipment provider Work Microwave to jointly develop enhancements for the NavX-NCS GNSS multi-frequency simulator, the companies announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-29-12] Thrane & Thrane has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for its Aviator 200 SwiftBroadband solution that will allow the system to be installed with in-flight Wi-Fi […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-28-12] Hughes Network Systems has received an order for more than 2,000 of its HX satellite terminals from Saudi Arabian broadband service provider Skyband, the customer announced March […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-28-12] Satellite has pulled ahead of terrestrial and cable reception to become the leading TV infrastructure in Europe with approximately 84 million households on the continent equipped […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-28-12] In-flight entertainment and communications provider Panasonic Avionics has acquired a majority stake in AeroMobile Communications, Panasonic confirmed March 27.    AeroMobile’s previous sole owner Telenor remains the […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-28-12] European airline TAP Portugal will offer in-flight connectivity on A330 flights between Europe and both North and South America when it launches OnAir’s inflight Wi-Fi service in […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-28-12] Thomson Broadcast has hosted a successful test of the DVB-T2 Lite standard, which aims to extend and improve the standard’s performance for mobile reception, Thomson announced March […]

[Satellite News 03-27-12] Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) has commissioned two telecommunications spacecraft, Express-AM7 and Express-AM4R from European satellite manufacturer Astrium, RSCC officials confirmed March 27.    The two satellites […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-27-12] International Launch Services (ILS) successfully placed the Intelsat 22 satellite into a super-synchronous transfer orbit onboard a Proton M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-27-12] Russian engineers intentionally crashed the Express AM4 communications satellite and have declared the mission a total loss, Russian space officials announced March 26.    The satellite has […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-27-12] High-resolution earth imagery provider DigitalGlobe has signed two licensing agreements with Microsoft, the company confirmed March 26.    The first agreement more than doubles the volume of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-27-12] Scandinavian Avionics has integrated and distributed OnAir/TriaGnoSys in-flight connectivity solutions on a Tupolev VIP jet based in Russia, the companies announced March 26.    The turnkey solution […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-27-12] iDirect Government Technologies has released a satellite router that meets strict airborne communications requirements for operation on military aircraft, the company announced March 26.    The new […]

[Satellite News 03-27-12] Israel’s Novelsat burst onto the satellite bandwidth optimization market last year in a quest to improve the spectral efficiency of DVB-S2 with its NS3T satellite transmission modulation […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-26-12] SES has entered into a collaborative agreement with electronics manufacturer Samsung to drive digital broadcasting services via satellite in the sub-Saharan Africa region, the companies confirmed March […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-26-12] Lockheed Martin confirmed March 23 that the Global Positioning System 3 (GPS 3) satellites it is building for the Air Force Space Command are “on schedule, […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-26-12] Satellite data speed and services specialist Global Marine Networks (GMN) has launched its Optimizer Satellite Firewall and Wi-Fi Hotspot satellite phone users with data service, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-26-12] Comtech EF Data has successfully integrated its LPOD Block Up-Converter (BUC) with C2SAT’s 2.4-meter C-stabilized VSAT Antenna, Comtech announced March 23.    The integration will work to […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-26-12] United Launch Alliance (ULA) is scheduled to send a new classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) into orbit March 29 on a Delta 4 […]

[Satellite News 03-26-12] German telco Deutsche Telekom (DT) is enjoying a significant uptake on its satellite services as a result of its efforts to expand its footprint in Europe. The […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-23-12] The Federal Communications Commission proposed new rules March 21 that would authorize up to 40 mHz of 2 GHz Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) spectrum to host […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-23-12] Indian satellite broadcast infrastructure services provider Noida Software Technology Park Ltd. (NSTPL) has selected FSS operator Intelsat to provide satellite capacity for a new digital cable television […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-23-12] Spanish operator Hispasat’s Board of Directors has unanimously elected Elena Pisonero to be the company’s new chairwoman, Hispasat announced March 22.    The operator said Pisonero was […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-23-12] Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) has expanded its partnership with satellite capacity and networking equipment provider Romantis Group to develop value-added services for the two companies’ existing […]