Author: Veronica Magan

The Satmex 8 satellite, designed and built by Space Systems Loral (SSL) for Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex), has successfully performed post-launch maneuvers according to SSL’s plan.

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

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.

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

GlobeCast and Eutelsat Communications have signed a multi-year agreement with Dutch broadcasting network NOS.

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center has selected Space Systems Loral (SSL) to study the feasibility of accommodating next-generation U.S. military weather systems on commercial polar orbiting satellites.