Veronica Magan

KVH Industries has expanded the global mini-VSAT Broadband network by more than its double in the Brazilian and African regions.

HISPASAT has announced it will provide broadband connections for the Mars Spanish Mission (MSM), the first Spanish simulated Mars colonization mission.

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.

ViaSat has acquired privately held LonoCloud, an early-stage company with expertise in cloud networking software.

The U.S. Air Force has selected Ball Aerospace & Technologies to perform risk reduction work on the next generation of microwave sounding and imaging instruments for the Weather Satellite Follow-on program.

DISH Network Corporation has announced its intentions to acquire the third largest wireless carrier in the United States.

Hispasat is aiming to be a leader in bringing Ka-band capacity to Latin America. Its Amazonas-4B satellite, which will be launched in 2015, aims to bring a significant amount of high throughput capacity to the region where the operator is investing heavily to meet the needs in a number of different verticals.

TV Integração, the first Brazilian affiliate of TV Globo, has deployed Thomson Video Networks' ViBE CP6000 contribution platform and RD5000 MPEG-2/4 receiver decoder to provide video contribution services to more than 5.4 million viewers.

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.

STMicroelectronics has announced that its Teseo II single-chip satellite-tracking ICs performed successfully in the first ground location test using Europe’s independent navigation system, Galileo.

GlobeCast Americas has expanded its solution-building capabilities in the continent with three strategic appointments to sales positions.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has signed a CA$8.3 million contract with Canada’s Department of National Defense (DND) to extend its operational support of DND’s Automated Airline Hosting and Aircraft Tasking System (AAHATS).

MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced an agreement with Martial Arts Networks to distribute the Martial Arts TV HD channel via the MEASAT-3a satellite.

The University of Hawaii is planning the first satellite launch from the islands of Hawaii using the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai. The military has used the facility to test missiles but never a satellite.

SkyStream FZ has renewed a multi-year deal on SES' NSS-6 satellite at 95 degrees east to provide reliable connectivity to its maritime, and oil & gas customers via secure VSAT networks.

Gilat Satellite Networks and Hispasat have signed a deal to expand the Spanish satellite operator’s broadband satellite-based network with an additional SkyEdge II system.

TV Integração, the first Brazilian affiliate of TV Globo, has deployed Thomson Video Networks' ViBE CP6000 contribution platform and RD5000 MPEG-2/4 receiver decoder to provide video contribution services to more than 5.4 million viewers.

RRsat Global Communications Network has announced the launch of a new content management and distribution solution that enables major international broadcasters to reach cable headends and direct-to-home (DTH) television broadcasting in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) has appointed of Andrew Silberstein, senior vice president and general manager of Globecomm Network Services to the RTG Board of Directors.

The Obama administration’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget request presented this week included a proposal to pursue an environmental satellite championed by Al Gore.

Norsat International has introduced its new Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and custom microwave products for airborne and Ka multi-band applications.

Boeing is introducing a new line of small satellites through its research arm Boeing Phantom Works. The Phantom Phoenix line of satellites would weight up to 1,000 kilos and can be adapted for short-term experiments or operational missions lasting seven or more years.

Lockheed Martin has announced successful integration of two of the most important components onto its fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite for the U.S. Navy.

Orbital Sciences has selected ITT Exelis to manufacture, assemble, test and deliver three composite-based bus structures for its GEOStar-3 communications satellite platform.

Eurochannel, an international TV channel dedicated to European films and series, has selected the Eutelsat 16A satellite to broadcast its signal across sub-Saharan Africa.

South Korea has announced its plans to strengthen its surveillance system against North Korean electronic jamming signals, which have targeted the South’s civilian facilities in the past.

MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced an agreement with CET Teleport GmbH for capacity on the Africasat-1a satellite.

LGS Innovations, an independent subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, has announced the appointment of Rich Martin to chief information officer.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has announced its oldest Earth observation satellite Radarsat-1 is unlikely to recover fully from an anomaly experienced on March 29.