Jeffrey Hill

[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 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] ITC Global, an international provider of satellite communications services to remote mining, oil and gas and maritime operations, has renewed its capacity agreement with SES to deliver […]

[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 […]

[Satellite News 03-16-12] While Orbcomm’s 2011 fourth fiscal quarter adjusted EBITDA fell 8 percent short of analysts’ forecast due to weaker-than-expected hardware margins, the metric grew 9 percent sequentially to […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-12] KVH Industries has been selected as the preferred satellite communications solution provider for independent ship manager V.Ships and will deliver mini-VSAT enhanced data applications to its fleet […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-12] Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary RT Logic has released CyberC4:Alert, a security information event manager (SIEM) unit designed specifically for satellite networks and operations, Kratos announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-12] Satellite and terrestrial antenna solutions developer Winegard has made custom-designed VSAT antenna skids available for its customers, the company announced March 11.    The skid-deployed VSAT antenna […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-12] Canadian satellite technology company Norsat experienced a challenging year in 2011 for its Satellite Solutions business due to cuts in U.S. military spending and reduced order activity […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-15-12] Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch, winner of Via Satellite magazine’s 2011 Satellite Executive of the Year Award, confirmed March 13 that the Iridium NEXT constellation has […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-12] Boeing has won a four-spacecraft manufacturing contract for a small platform version of its 702 satellite that will be powered solely by electric motors, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-12] Australian operator NewSat has contracted Arianespace to launch the Jabiru-1 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the European Spaceport in French […]

[Satellite News 03-15-12] The transition from Ku-band to Ka-band is happening, much the same as the transition from C-band to Ku-band happened 20 years ago, thanks to the aggressive emergence […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-14-12] China is planning to launch about 20 rockets each year before 2015 as part of the nation’s “100 rockets, 100 satellites” space program, China Aerospace Science […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-12] European satellite operator Eutelsat has unified the names of its satellites under the company brand name, Eutelsat announced March 11.    The company’s satellites will now take […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-12] The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy successfully experimented with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) TacSat-4 satellite by communicating from the Bering Sea off the western coast […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-12] Japanese telecommunications and car electronics manufacturer Yupiteru has selected Swiss positioning company U-blox’s QZSS satellite positioning technology and QZSS-enabled LEA-6H satellite receiver module for integration with its […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-12] Software-based location solutions provider Polaris Wireless has hired GPS Research Laboratory Director Per Enge as its chief technical advisor to Polaris CEO Manlio Allegra, the company confirmed […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-13-12] Australian operator NewSat has entered into an agreement with AP Kypros Satellite for an additional orbital slot and expanded frequencies in existing slots, NewSat announced March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-12] Satellite communications specialist Newtec demonstrated 372 Mbps bidirectional throughput and 313 Mbps unidirectional throughput over a 72 Mhz Intelsat Ku-transponder, the company announced March 9.    The […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-12] Comtech Xicom Technology has introduced a new high-efficiency 750-Watt peak-power Ku-band traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA), the company announced March 12.    The company said its XTD-750KHE […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-12] Satellite technology manufacturer Winegard has introduced two new airline-checkable 1.2-meter auto-acquire flyaway antennas as lightweight, real-time broadband solution for mobile users, the company announced March 12.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-12] Maritime Internet service provider LinkScape has entered into a strategic partnership with antenna designer and manufacturer KNS, the companies confirmed March 12.    The partnership will combine […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-12] Eutelsat Communications and Qatar satellite company Es’hailSat have selected Arianespace to launch the Eutelsat 25B/Es’hail-1 satellite in the second quarter of 2013 on board an Ariane 5 […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-12-12] Satellite specialist Newtec has successfully tested its new high-speed Ka-band technology for the SES Broadband service in Europe, Newtec announced March 9.    The test was […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-12] International Launch Services (ILS) has signed a contract to launch the Mexsat-1 satellite for the Mexican government’s Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT) on an ILS Proton […]