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[Via Satellite 02-27-2014] Sea Launch AG has announced that its president, Kjell Karlsen will resign on Feb. 28, 2014 to pursue other opportunities outside the space industry. The company’s senior […]

[Via Satellite 02-27-2014] Ibetor has announced its plans to launch its latest Sat-On-The-Move terminal, Ib SOTM 100x, at SATELLITE 2014 in Washington, D.C. The Ib SOTM 100x is designed to […]

[Via Satellite 02-27-2014] ETL Systems is planning to open a new office in Dubai in order to grow its presence in the Middle East. This will allow ETL to provide […]

[Via Satellite 02-27-2014] Advantech Wireless has announced the release of its new 10kW S-band Solid State Pulse Amplifier (SSPA), a fully modular device that operates over the band of 2.7-2.9 […]

Four of the six instruments that will fly on the first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R) were delivered to Lockheed Martin in Denver for integration onto the spacecraft bus […]

[Via Satellite 02-26-2014] Thales Alenia Space has won a contract awarded by French defense procurement agency DGA to provide operational support for the Syracuse 3, Athena-Fidus and Sicral 2 space […]

[Via Satellite 02-26-2014] The use of the International Space Station (ISS) as a platform for launching CubeSats has grown so much that the station crew may have to adjust their […]

[Via Satellite 02-26-2014] Satmex, owned by Eutelsat Communications, has signed an agreement with Raytheon and Boeing to enable the Boeing-built all-electric propulsion Satmex 9 satellite to carry a hosted payload […]

[Via Satellite 02-26-2014] TrustComm has announced its international expansion with the construction of the Starlight regional gateway in Cyprus. This private ground infrastructure will allow TrustComm to offer an enhanced […]

[Via Satellite 02-26-2014] Inmarsat is expanding its machine-to-machine (M2M) distribution channel with the appointment of RacoWireless as a global distribution partner for its IsatData Pro service. RacoWireless has a growing […]

[Via Satellite 02-26-2014] Etisalat Group and Ericsson have signed a memorandum of understanding for a collaboration that will enable a high-speed responsive network, laying the foundation for next-generation infrastructure for […]

[Via Satellite 02-25-2014] Transportation industries are adding technology to enable connectivity on virtually every transit system. High-speed trains are no exception and represent another area of growth for satellite-based connectivity. […]

[Via Satellite 02-25-2014] Inmarsat has announced that Tony Bates will be joining the company in June as an executive director and chief financial officer (CFO). Bates has been the group […]

[Via Satellite 02-25-2014] A Boeing Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite has sent initial signals from space following its Feb. 20 launch. This spacecraft joins four others that are created […]

[Via Satellite 02-25-2014] OneAccess and the Auriga Network have announced the availability of a business-grade satellite VPN managed service that will enable enterprise customers in the United Kingdom to establish […]

[Via Satellite 02-25-2014] Euroconsult has predicted that satellite capacity revenue in the global maritime market will almost double over the next 10 years, with a compound annual growth rate of […]

[Via Satellite 02-25-2014] The European Space Agency (ESA) is continuing its work with the Neosat next-generation satcom platform, planning for the first flights to take place in the next five […]

[Via Satellite 02-24-2014] Panasonic Avionics is pushing to complete the most robust satellite network specifically designed for in-flight connectivity services. The company wants to supply all the equipment to airlines […]

[Via Satellite 02-24-2014] ViaSat is adopting the Samsung KNOX secure platform for Android. To provide this service, ViaSat will integrate its defense-grade cyber and information security technologies into Samsung KNOX-enabled […]

[Via Satellite 02-24-2014] Thuraya Telecommunications has launched its first dedicated vehicular IP broadband terminal designed and manufactured by Hughes Network Systems. The Thuraya IP Voyager is designed for end users […]

[Via Satellite 02-24-2014] MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings has announced that its subsidiary Mindspeed Technologies has completed the sale of its wireless infrastructure business unit to Intel Corporation. “As outlined in […]

[Via Satellite 02-24-2014] SES has released its revenue and EBITDA earnings for 2013. Overall revenue increased 3.4 percent, while the 2013 EBITDA saw a 2.8 percent increase with a total […]

[Via Satellite 02-24-2014] Globecast Australia will launch CNC Chinese and CNC World channels on its Direct-to-Home (DTH) Optus 2 platform on Saturday. These Mandarin and English CNC channels will offer […]

When asked about the world’s growing dependence on satellite connectivity, Vern Fotheringham is a bit circumspect. Noting that the industry was built on massive amounts of capital being deployed to put

Hailed as the worst storm of 2013, the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines was simply beyond comparison. To describe the mammoth tropical cyclone, it has been referred to as a

High Throughput Satellites (HTS) is undoubtedly one of the industry’s hottest topics, no longer confined to a few geographies. As HTS “globalizes,” new questions arise such as how platforms will tend to

This looks set to be a year of change for SES with the departure of Romain Bausch, at the helm of the company since 1995. Karim Sabbagh, incoming CEO with a background in consulting and emerging markets, is

Figure 1: Pulse response of an amplifier with thermal distortion memory In Part 1, we viewed nonlinear distortion as a level-dependent shift in modulation, amplitude and phase. Next, we use that technique to

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation has completed the integration of the imagery sensor on the WorldView 3 satellite, and is now ready for system-level performance testing. This commercial

Thuraya SatSleeve on a Samsung Galaxy phone. Credit: ThurayaEutelsat Communications has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Afghanistan Ministry of Communications and Information Technology