Author: Rebecca Lincks

MapBox, a provider of open source solutions for designing and publishing maps via the cloud, has selected DigitalGlobe as their commercial earth imagery provider.

All of Globalstar’s six satellites scheduled for launch in early February are now at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, completed when the final two satellites arrived at the launch complex Dec. 9

Gilat Satcom has partnered with XipLink to accelerate web-surfing speeds and satellite communications throughput.

OnAir’s inflight connectivity is now a linefit option for Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir to be equipped with Dassault’s Falcon 7X and available for 2014 delivery.

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-12] Portugal’s Upstar Comunicacoes has chosen Nevion to upgrade their existing video transport infrastructure with greater channel capacity, longer distance transport and increased redundancy, the company announced Dec....

Gokturk-2 is Turkey’s second homemade earth observation satellite and is scheduled to launch Dec. 19 from the Chinese Jiuquan Base.

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] Direct-to-home (DTH) satellite broadcaster Vision Asia has chosen Telstra to provide its Australian and New Zealand viewers with managed satellite services, the companies announced Dec. 7. The...

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] EchoStar subsidiary EchoStar Technologies and DISH will design, manufacture and sell new energy-efficient set-top boxes (STBs), the companies announced Dec 6. EchoStar is the exclusive provider of...

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] GMV USA will provide Harris Corporation with its software product for the ground system of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R), the companies announced Dec. 7....

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] Fire Watch America has been made a Space Certification Program Partner and is now authorized to carry the Certified Space Technology seal, the Space Foundation announced Dec....