Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-11] An Arianespace Soyuz STA rocket has successfully orbited the Pleiades 1A, SSOT and four ELISA satellites from the European spaceport in French Guiana, the launch company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-11] Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will launch its new Panasonic Avionics-powered SASWiFi service by the end of the week after the first plane is equipped and in the air, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-11] GlobeCast has commenced broadcast of Travel Channel HD on Measat-3 satellite to reach homes across the Asia Pacific region, operator Measat Satellite Systems confirmed Dec. 19.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-11] UAE-based satellite operator YahLive has begun broadcasting the Saudi Sports Bouquet in HD to the European continent via the Y1A satellite located at the 52.5 degrees East […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-19-11] Eutelsat has rolled out digital service on its French subscription-free platform Fransat following the country’s analogue switch-off in late November. The operator announced Dec. 15 that […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-19-11] Motion control technology developer Moog Inc. has acquired Netherlands-based satellite equipment manufacturer Bradford in an all-cash deal worth $13.1 million, Moog confirmed Dec. 16.    The acquisition […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-19-11] Wholesale 4G-LTE carrier LightSquared has signed a wholesale network agreement with wireless solutions provider Quantum Networks that will enable Quantum to bundle 4G wireless connectivity with its […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-19-11] Single-source, secure machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services provider Numerex will send the company’s Chairman and CEO Stratton Nicolaides to serve on the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) board […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-19-11] The Russian and Indian governments announced their intention to cooperate efforts in the development of satellite navigation equipment and the provision of services to civilian users of […]

[Satellite News 12-19-11] Raytheon Network Centric Systems has developed several military terminals that have become the first to successfully test with the Pentagon’s on-orbit Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites. […]

[Satellite News 12-16-11] Lockheed Martin reported that it has reached key milestones on two of its largest government/military GEO satellite programs, as the manufacturer delivered the first Mobile User Objective […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-16-11] Liberty Global has received regulatory approval to complete its acquisition of Germany’s third largest cable TV operator Kabel BW (KBW) in accordance with the terms of […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-11] Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. (AsiaSat) and Thaicom have signed a cooperation agreement to provide satellite services from the 120 degrees East orbital location, the operators announced Dec. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-11] SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will attempt the first commercial cargo run to the International Space Station (ISS) on Feb. 7, NASA announced earlier this week. In addition, NASA […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-11] The government and military satellite industry will need to provide higher-level solutions for less cost in order to capitalize on a market set to nearly double in […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-11] Global missions communications provider Cable & Wireless (C&W) has inked a contract to provide Artel with a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) data network connecting 30 locations in […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-15-11] The LTE sector’s worldwide service revenues are forecast to generate considerable growth once mobile networks are launched, according to a report published Dec. 14 by Juniper […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-11] Gilat has been selected by Kazakhstan-based telecommunications company JSC NC Kazsatnet to deploy a SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite network to complement fiber and IP networks, the companies […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-11] Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen has partnered with aircraft developer Burt Rutan to built SpaceShip One, a reusable space plane that can launch into and return from Earth’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-11] SES is reorganizing its global sales divisions into four regions, each with a dedicated management team, the satellite operator announced Dec. 14.    The four regions will […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-11] Nevion Chairman Per Otto Dyb appointed technology and business development veteran Geir Bryn-Jensen as the company’s new CEO, Nevion confirmed Dec. 14.    Bryn-Jensen joined Nevion in […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-11] Optimal Satcom has been awarded a multi-year contract by Harris CapRock to provide a company-wide capacity management system based on Optimal Satcom’s Enterprise Capacity Manager (ECM) and […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-11]A Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force’s next generation Global Positioning System (GPS-3) has delivered the program’s pathfinder spacecraft to the company’s Denver-area facility, Lockheed announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-11] XTAR has initiated a community service campaign to support wounded soldiers during their recovery and return to civilian life, the X-band operator announced Dec. 13.    XTAR […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-11] The European Commission (EC) unveiled plans Dec. 12 to establish a cross-border surveillance and satellite tracking system, which will aim to allow border guards to share information […]

The cable sector’s position in the global pay-TV market is being threatened by satellite and IPTV gains, according to a forecast study issued last month by broadcast market analytics firm Infonetics […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-13-11] Khrunichev State Research and Space Production Center of Moscow have successfully launched Spacecom’s Amos-5 satellite and Russia’s tracking and data relay system Luch 5A into orbit on board […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-11] Emirates Airlines has launched OnAir Wi-Fi Internet connectivity services on its A380 fleet, the companies announced Dec. 12.    Emirates customers can now access the service onboard […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-11] O3b Networks exercised the first of the two options in its contract with Arianespace for an additional launch in 2014 to support the O3b satellite constellation, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-11]Satellite network connectivity provider Vitacom has entered into a partnership with Romantis Group to become a distributor of its UHP VSAT products, Vitacom announced Dec. 12.    To […]