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Tags: Drone, Prototype, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Publication: NationalGeographic.com Publication Date: 05/02/2013 The half-inch drone could be used for environmental monitoring or pollination of crops. Image credit: Harvard Microrobotics Lab Researchers […]

Emerging Markets Communications (EMC), which signed a strategic commercial agreement to use Arabsat’s new BADR-7 satellite earlier this year, could look to do further hosted payload deals in the near […]

Tags: LandSat, USGS, NASA, Google, Satellite Imagery Publication: NBCNews.com Publication Date: 05/09/2013 To access the interactive map, click on the image. Google, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and TIME […]

The Radarsat-1 Earth observation satellite, built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies for the Canadian government, has concluded its mission after serving the organization for more than 17 years – 12 years longer than its mission life.

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-13] Eutelsat Communications has announced an agreement with Slovenia’s Telekom Slovenije to offer high-speed satellite broadband to the almost 90,000 homes that remain unserved by broadband networks in […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-13] MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced an agreement with Level 3 Communications to upgrade the Setanta Sports channel on the MEASAT-3/3a video platform from standard definition (SD) to […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-13] Pro-Comm has announced its latest addition to its Solid State RF Amplifier Series. The PC1300-3C is a 3-channel Solid State RF Amplifier with independent channels, each providing […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-09-13] BringCom has announced it has been awarded a new multi-year contract by an international carrier for a U.S. Government circuit. Under the contract, valued at $7.324 million, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-09-13] ORBCOMM has announced that seven new domestic and international transportation and logistics companies have selected its ReeferTrak platform. Using ReeferTrak, BP Logistics, Classic Carriers, Crowley Maritime Services, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-09-13] Inmarsat has announced the extension of the capabilities of its microwave backbone in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) through the introduction of a new “Stabilized Microwave” service. […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-09-13] Advantech Wireless has announced the launch of its New Sapphire Series 1,250W Ku-Band UltraLinear GaN SSPA/BUC. The solution for DTH television is designed for multi carrier operations, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-13] Telesat has announced the start of commercial service on its new Anik G1 satellite. Anik G1 carries 16 extended Ku-band transponders, which are fully contracted to Shaw […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-13] Raytheon U.K. and the Canadian Department of National Defense have selected ITT Exelis to provide anti-jam GPS antenna arrays for several Canadian airborne military platforms.       […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-13] Emrise Corporation, a manufacturer of defense and aerospace electronic devices and communications equipment, has announced it has received a $1.5 million order for electronic devices and subsystems […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-08-13] Astrium Services has enhanced its hybrid communications network offering for mining companies operating in remote areas. The service improvements follow an extension of Astrium Services’ MPLS capabilities […]

North Africa's telecommunication operators have started to use Azerbaijan's first telecommunication satellite Azerspace/Africasat-1, launched on Feb. 8.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected its seventh mission for Europe’s Earth Explorer project. The Biomass satellite will use advanced radar technology to map and monitor living matter (plants an animals) as well as inorganic carbon contained throughout the world’s forests.

[Satellite TODAY 05-07-13] Arianespace successfully launched the second Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center (GSC) on Monday, May 6 at 11:06 p.m. local time. With this launch, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-07-13] C-COM Satellite Systems has announced that its next generation iNetVu 1201 antenna system has received type approval from Eutelsat. The 1.2m drive-away system has met all the […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-07-13] Cobham has announced its plans to introduce a new HD MPEG4 IP Encoder at Broadcast Asia 2013. Specifically engineered for broadcast application, the encoder is able to […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-07-13] The U.S. Air Force has awarded ITT Exelis a $6.1 million contract to insert a modern data storage and memory technology into the Strategic Automated Command Control […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-06-13] Yahsat has selected Astrium Services Government to offer Yahsat’s Military Ka-band service to the U.S. government. The service will allow any U.S. government or Department of Defense […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-06-13] iDirect Government Technologies (iGT) has launched a new Airborne In-Flight Monitoring System (AIMS) for secure connectivity and monitoring satcom functions while in flight. The solution provides situational […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-06-13] ViaSat has appointed Ken Peterman as general manager of its Government Systems segment, which has reported nearly $100 million in year-over-year revenue growth. Before joining ViaSat, Peterman […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-06-13] Eutelsat Communications has signed a multi-year agreement with Rawafed Libya for Telecommunications & Technology, an Internet service provider in Libya, for capacity on the Ka-Sat satellite to […]

NASA’s first PhoneSats successfully beamed their first images from space. The satellites, launched on April 21 on board an Orbital Science’s Antares rocket, were all built around a standard cubesat frame about four inches square and use smartphones to snap pictures of the Earth and act as the spacecrafts’ avionics for maintaining attitude control.

This week the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is scheduled to consider a proposal by Qualcomm, which suggests the use of the 14.0-14.5GHz spectrum band (already used by satellites) to beam Internet signals up to airplanes from 150 ground stations.

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-13] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) reported consolidated revenues of $428.6 million for the first quarter of 2013, an important increase compared to the $172 million the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-13] M/A-COM Technology Solutions has introduced a new market leading GaN on SiC HEMT Power Transistor for L-Band pulsed radar applications. The MAGX-001214-500L00 is a gold-metalized pre-matched GaN […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-13] The SES-6 satellite, designed and manufactured by Astrium for SES, has begun its journey to space. The spacecraft left the Astrium’s facility in Toulouse, France, after completion of […]