Author: Staff Writer

Eumetsat, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, has begun commissioning operations for the second of its new generation of weather satellites, Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-2). Eumetsat has...

"…Via Satellite can’t be merely good, it will have to be better, striving to be the best…" Those were the words of then Editor and Publisher Irl Marshall, in 1986,...

By Gerry Oberst With its enormous landmass and advanced space program, the Russian Federation might be expected to have a thriving satellite communications market. But a high-level meeting took place...

By Peter J. Brown As Hurricane Katrina approached the U.S. Gulf Coast, she let everyone know that well before a natural disaster occurs, officials need satellite links close at hand....

By Nick Mitsis and Jason Bates In a year dominated by IPOs and high-profile mergers, it is easy to characterize 2005 as a year of beginnings instead of a year...

By James Careless Distance learning via satellite is as close you can get to a true killer app. However, to fully provide competitive satellite distance learning solutions, you need to...

By Owen D. Kurtin Early last year, we predicted that just as the story of 2004 was the entry of private equity firms into the satellite operator sector, the story...

Technology Thrane & Thrane Brings Tracking And Lifeline To Commercial Fisherman Thrane & Thrane Inc. unveiled its Sailor VMS Systems, which provides global connectivity for commercial fisherman on Inmarsat-C, a...

EMS Technologies Inc. signed a definitive agreement for the sale of its Satellite Networks division to Advantech Advanced Microwave Technologies Inc., EMS announced Dec. 22. Advantech, based in Montreal, manufactures...

Arianespace launched two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit – the Insat 4a communication satellite for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the MSG-2 weather satellite for Eumetsat – aboard...