Author: Veronica Magan

[Satellite TODAY 05-01-13] Sirius XM Radio has announced the appointment of James E. Meyer as chief executive officer, effective immediately. Meyer has served as the interim CEO since December. He...

[Satellite TODAY 05-01-13] Modern Times Group MTG has announced that Viasat Broadcasting, which comprises MTG’s television broadcasting operations, will make its Viasat Premium HD package available to Mobile TeleSystems OJSC...

Belarus and Azerbaijan are working on signing a cooperation agreement under which Azerbaijan will be allowed to use information and images collected by BelKA-2, a Belarusian satellite launched in July 2012.

The U.S. Military’s decision to sign a $10 million, one-year deal lease with a Chinese firm to use the Apstar-7 satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, to provide communications for its Africa Command has stirred up opinions from critics.

The U.S. Military’s decision to sign a $10 million, one-year deal lease with a Chinese firm to use the Apstar-7 satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, to provide communications for its Africa Command has stirred up opinions from critics.

Gilat Satellite Networks and France-based NordNet, a subsidiary of France Telecom, have announced the commercial deployment of Gilat's Ka-band VSATs in support of SES Broadband Services' (SBBS) Ka-band consumer service rollout.

[Satellite TODAY 04-30-13] Newtec has Mario Querner as the company’s new VP Asia. Prior to joining Newtec, Mario Querner worked as Head for South-East Asia at ECI Telecom, based in...

RigNet, a provider of managed remote communications solutions to the oil and gas industry, has successfully installed an iDirect Series 15100 Universal Satellite Hub in Adelaide, Australia, to extend its services to the country and the Asia Pacific region.

[Satellite TODAY 04-30-13] Blue Sky Network, a supplier of satellite tracking and communication solutions for aviation, land and maritime, has announced that its HawkEye 5300 received Homologation Certification from Brazil’s...

[Satellite TODAY 04-29-13] Astrium has announced it plans to launch Vietnam’s first Earth Observation Satellite on May 3. VNREDSat-1 will lift off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou aboard...