Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 03-23-12] EADS Astrium has shipped Al Yah Satellite Communications Co.’s (Yahsat’s) second satellite, Y1B, from its facilities in Toulouse, France, to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Yahsat announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-12] Satellite broadcaster BSkyB confirmed March 21 that it is planning to launch a new, over-the-top (OTT) Internet TV video service in the United Kingdom under the brand […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-12] ITT Exelis was awarded a $32 million contract by Lockheed Martin to build the navigation payloads for the third and fourth Global Positioning System 3 (GPS 3) […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-12] Satellite operator Eutelsat Communications has launched its NewsSpotter newsgathering service, which is provided by the company’s Skylogic affiliate and hosted on Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat satellite, the companies announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-12] Wireless link optimization specialist XipLink has entered into a joint agreement with SCPC satellite modem developer Datum Systems to embed its XipOS generation of optimization software into […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-22-12] Iridium Communications has contracted S3 Group to develop a new, customized integrated circuit for satellite communications devices, handsets, transceivers and modems that will operate off the current […]

[Satellite News 03-22-12] The research department of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) confirmed its plans to issue a call March 27 for a rapidly deployable constellation of small, […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-21-12] ViaSat has successfully fielded its new Satellite Access Manager (SAM) broadband satcom service manager for U.S. military airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations, the company announced March […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-21-12] Geospatial information solution provider GeoEye generated a 17 percent increase in its 2011 fiscal fourth quarter revenues and an 8 percent increase in its 2011 full-year […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-21-12] STM Group has rolled out its SatLink family of VSATs and hubs with support for new DVB-RCS2 standards to commercial markets, the company confirmed March 20.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-21-12] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) has released the second version of its Worldwide TV service that can stream content to Wi-Fi enabled devices that are used by its […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-21-12] Satellite hardware manufacturer Thrane & Thrane has appointed Susan Saadat to the role of vice president of the Americas region, where she will take the lead on […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-20-12] Canadian antenna manufacturer C-Com Satellite Systems closed its fiscal 2011 full year with the largest sales and operating profit increases in the company’s history, according to […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-20-12] STM Group’s Brazilian teleport subsidiary Vodanet Telecommunicaceoes signed a $25 million contract with Companhia de Tecnologia da Informação do Estado de Minas Gerais (Prodemge) to deploy VSAT […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-20-12] Elwing’s European affiliate Elwing Europe has entered into an agreement with satellite manufacturer OHB Sweden to develop advanced platform technologies for satellites, the companies confirmed March 19. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-20-12] Elbit Systems has expanded its tactical broadband satellite communication platform InterSKY 4M to include a new antenna technology that aims to offer enhanced performance and efficiency of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-20-12] Gilat Satellite Networks’ wholly owned subsidiary Wavestream has introduced a new 80-Watt X-band Matchbox solid-state power amplifier to address the needs of military and government applications, Wavestream […]

[Satellite News 03-20-12] European launch company Arianespace expects its yearly revenue to exceed 1 billion euros for the second straight year in 2012 after adding two new rockets — the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-19-12] Intelsat’s Global Mobility Network, based on five satellites launching over the next 12 months, features infrastructure that will ultimately be comprised of 10 customized Ku-band mobility […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-19-12] Yahsat has signed a master service agreement with Astrium that aims to promote and lease military Ka-band capacity under the service brand YahSecure, YahSat announced March 14. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-19-12] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has delivered a new propulsion system to NASA’s Ames Research Center for the Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft following successful completion of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-19-12] Thrane & Thrane and its partners Tesacom Brazil and Stratos have delivered 600 Thrane & Thrane Explorer 325 vehicular BGAN terminals with push-to-talk units and associated server […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-19-12] SpaceX has signed contracts with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex) for two launches aboard the Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX confirmed March 16.    SpaceX […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-19-12] XipLink has entered into a partnership with Gogo and will provide the company with dual-link balancing and optimization for its new ATG-4 system, XipLink announced March 13. […]

[Satellite News 03-19-12] While the MSS sector story of 2011 changes depending on which executive you speak to, the common thread between competitors is that the year was dominated by […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-16-12] Dish Network has closed its acquisitions of the reorganized DBSD North America and substantially all of the assets of TerreStar Networks, Dish Network confirmed March 13.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-16-12] VSAT service provider Marlink has inked an agreement with Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) to renew and increase capacity on the Intelsat 10-02 high-powered satellite for the next […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-16-12] FSS operator Intelsat has authorized NovelSat’s NS1000 modulators and NS2000 demodulators for use on Intelsat satellite transponders, NovelSat confirmed March 13.    NovelSat’s third-generation NS3 satellite transmission […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-16-12] Glowlink has won a competitive contract to provide spectrum-monitoring equipment for the U.S. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites, the company announced March 13.    The NOAA […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-16-12] An MSS policy and technology session opened Tuesday at the SATELLITE 2012 conference with a question about how long the industry has been discussing the challenges […]