Author: Veronica Magan

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has announced the appointment of Felix Damiba as the managing director of Africa.

Canada’s Strategic Aerospace and Defense Initiative (SADI) has awarded a CA$13.3 million (CAD) repayable contribution to Norsat International. The company will use the contribution to enhance its strategic research and development program.

China has announced it will launch the first satellite of its high-resolution Earth observation system in April.

Intelsat has signed a multi-year deal with Digital Networks, provider of business-class satellite solutions to the energy sector. Under the agreement, Digital Networks will improve its support very small aperture terminal (VSAT) communications networks in North America using Intelsat’s capacity via its satellite fleet and IntelsatOne terrestrial network.

Arianespace has announced the 1801st flight of a Soyuz launch vehicle was performed successfully from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), a global communications and information company, has signed a contract with the Canadian Space Agency valued at CA$81 million (excluding GST/PST) to provide sustaining engineering and operational support for its robotic elements on the International Space Station (ISS) through December 2015.

FURUNO ELECTRIC has announced the launch date for its new multi-GNSS receiver chips eRideOPUS 6 and eRideOPUS 7. The receiver chips will be available to the market from August 2013 onward.

A team of scientists from Boston University is attempting to introduce the “plug and play” interface – ubiquitous in personal computing – to the satellite design arena.

Intelsat has signed a contract with International Launch Services (ILS) for two future satellite launches on board ILS’s Proton vehicle.

Cobham has announced the introduction of MediaMesh, a new IP-based platform for lightweight, rapid set-up field newsrooms. The announcement was made to the American market at the National Association of Broadcasters Show NAB 2013.