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[Satellite TODAY 04-25-13] SES has announced that 22 percent of all TV households (or 3.7 million homes) in Ukraine in 2012 receive TV directly from satellites. The numbers are a […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-24-13] Hughes Network Systems has announced that its new Hughes 9502 BGAN M2M (machine-to-machine) terminal with integrated antenna has been fully “Type Approved” by Inmarsat, and commercial shipments […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-24-13] Hermes Datacomms Middle East has been approved as a CommScope partner in Iraq. This means Hermes Datacomms’ local Iraqi/expat engineers and expat project managers in Iraq are […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-24-13] Arianespace has announced the successful 1803rd flight of the Soyuz launch vehicle. The launch was performed on Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.       The […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-24-13] Satrec Initiative (SI) of South Korea and the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) of United Arab Emirates have jointly announced the development program of […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-24-13] KVH Industries is aiming to meet the demand for reliable, mobile broadband communications at remote well sites in the oil and gas industry with the new TracPhone […]

SpeedCast has boosted its position in Asia by acquiring Pactel International, a satellite communications service provider based in Australia.

ETL Systems, a British designer and manufacturer of RF distribution equipment for satellite communications, has received its third Queen’s Award for International Trade for the growth the company has experienced in overseas sales, which represent 75 percent of total revenues.

SpeedCast has boosted its position in Asia by acquiring Pactel International, a satellite communications service provider based in Australia.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has selected Gilat Satellite Networks’ SatTrooper-1000 military Manpack terminal for advanced tactical field communications.

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a contract to ATK to support the agency’s Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements (SeeMe) program.

A teacher at Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, Fla. has been awarded the 2013 Space Foundation’s Dr. Catherine Pedretty Space Scholarship for Teachers.

ATK Wins Contract to Support DARPA SeeMe SES, Inverto, Abilis and MaxLinear have been jointly designing the first low-noise block down-converter (LNB) that will incorporate eight-channel satellite-to-IP bridging technology for cost-effective IP distribution of satellite television to the home.

Hughes Network has launched HughesON, a new suite of managed network and digital media solutions for the enterprise and government markets.

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-13] Eutelsat Communications announced that 8.2 million Italian homes are now equipped with a Direct-to-Home antenna, which equals to one in every three TV homes in Italy. The […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-13] Orbital Sciences Corporation has announced the next launch attempt for its new Antares rocket. After a faulty umbilical connection on Wednesday caused the initial launch to be […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-13] Arianespace announced the success of the Soyuz’ 1802nd flight. The rocket liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 14:00 Moscow time on Friday, April 19.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-13] Advantech Wireless has released a new addition to its suite of Drive-Away VSAT Antenna line. The Polaris K-Class is a compact roof mount antenna system that delivers […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-18-13] Cal-Bay Systems has introduced its Spectrum DefenderTM, a new instrument that combines both spectrum monitoring and RF recording into one portable, off-the-shelf PXI-based platform.     As FCC […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-18-13] Beam Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of World Reach Limited, has provided a satellite communication solution to Australian charity organization Just 4 Kids to be used on […]

A new report from Digital TV Research indicates that the digital TV penetration in Latin America is about to shoot up.

NASA has awarded the University of California, Berkeley, up to $200 million to build a satellite to study how the Earth's weather affects the weather at the edge of space.

Spacecom has announced that it has won a three-year contract worth $6.5 million from one of Africa's largest Internet Communications Service Providers (ISPs) for provision of Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT) satellite services from the AMOS-5 satellite located at the 17 degrees east orbital position.

DMC International Imaging (DMCii) has signed an agreement with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) that will increase the volume of imagery acquired and the speed in which it can be delivered.

Satellite communications service provider NSSLGlobal has announced the opening of a new office in Singapore. The move is a result of the company’s expansion plans and its increased business growth in the Asian market for the past few years.

NASA has unveiled its plans to develop the technology and infrastructure to retrieve asteroids for human research.

Orbital Sciences is preparing for the first-ever launch of its 135-foot-tall Antares rocket. The Antares is scheduled for liftoff at 5:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 17, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Dish Network’s proposed deal for just under $26 billion to acquire Sprint Nextel (Sprint) is potentially a huge transformative deal on the U.S. communications landscape, which has direct implications to the satellite industry.

International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully delivered Telesat’s Anik G1 satellite into orbit on an ILS Proton launch vehicle.

RigNet, a provider of managed remote communications solutions to the oil and gas industry, has announced it has entered into a global value-added reseller agreement with SnapTV AS, a Norwegian specialist in maritime and offshore infotainment and collaborative media.