Author: Julie Samuel

[Satellite TODAY 04-01-11] Arianespace postponed its Ariane 5 flight VA201 mission in the last seconds of its countdown after an anomaly was detected on the launcher’s Vulcain cryogenic main stage...

[Satellite Today 02-11-09] The first successful Soyuz launch in 2009 has taken place today. Arianespace said, Feb. 10, that the Progress cargo spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit...

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The Mexican Ministry of Education initiated Enciclomedia, a computer-based program, in order to improve the education of children throughout Mexico. The program offers every student, whether in urban or rural...

Boeing GPS Ground Station Test Validates Ability to Command Satellite Fleet Boeing completed a live demonstration of the GPS ground station, which when fully operational will control the GPS constellation,...

Gilat has won a key VSAT deal in one of Africa’s major markets by signing a deal with Nigerian ISP Hyperia, which will see it supply its SkyEdge broadband satellite...

ViaSat is acquiring privately held Intelligent Compression Technologies (ICT), ViaSat announced Feb. 21. ICT provides corporations, Internet service providers (ISPs), and satellite/wireless carriers with patented data-compression techniques, advanced transport protocols,...

Artel, a global provider of information technology and managed network services, announced Feb. 21 that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has competitively awarded the company two task orders to...

Batelco, a telco in Bahrain, has signed a deal to offer satellite services to customers in the Middle East. Its memorandum of understanding with SpeedCast for the development of satellite...

EchoStar, the U.S. pay-TV operator on Feb. 21 announced both a satellite launch and a major international investment. The company plans to launch with International Launch Services (ILS) a satellite...