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[Via Satellite 11-26-13] A Ball Aerospace instrument needed for precipitation measurements has arrived in Japan where it will launch aboard NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. Ball’s GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) […]

[Via Satellite 11-26-13] Building on the success of a previous purchase, Comtech EF Data, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications has received a $1.0 million equipment order. This follow-on order from […]

[Via Satellite 11-26-13] Orbcomm has secured a deal with Telefonica Digital to offer Telefonica’s GSM cellular communications service for Orbcomm’s M2M applications across multiple vertical markets around the world. A […]

[Via Satellite 11-26-13] Last week’s Dnepr Cluster Mission launch carried more payloads than any other launch to date. Two of the 32 satellites lifted to orbit were AprizeSat 7 and […]

[Via Satellite 11-25-13] O3b Networks moves a step closer to service launch for its customers with the formal opening of its gateway (satellite ground station) in preparation for its Launch […]

[Via Satellite 11-25-13] The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Swarm satellite mission has been successfully launched from a Rockot launch vehicle at Russia’s Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 1:02 p.m. CET on Friday, […]

[Via Satellite 11-25-13] Spain’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) has chosen to use Globalstar’s Spot Satellite GPS Messenger and Spot Connect devices for in-field communications for personnel who are operating in […]

[Via Satellite 11-25-13] Measat and Sat Space Africa have entered a three-year agreement for capacity on AfricaSat 1a. The capacity will be deployed to connect end users in Africa with […]

[Via Satellite 11-25-13] ViaSat and Harris Corp have been boosted by a key breakthrough in the European milsatcom market. The KOR 24 Small Tactical Terminal, a co-development of the two […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology’s (EIAST) Dubai Sat 2 was successfully launched into space at 11:10 a.m.  local UAE time. The launch took place […]

[Via Satellite 11-22-13] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has been selected for additional robotics work for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Phoenix Program. MDA has started work […]

[Via Satellite 11-22-13] Poste Italiane CEO Massimo Sarmi and Eutelsat chairman and CEO Michel de Rosen, signed an agreement to commercialize the Tooway satellite broadband service. According to data from […]

[Via Satellite 11-22-13] Inmarsat appointed Station711, the MSS arm of RRsat Global Communications Network, as a Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) Distribution Partner. The new distribution agreement expands Station711’s longstanding […]

[Via Satellite 11-22-13] CRP Medios y Entretenimiento SAC Radio will upgrade its network across Peru using International Datacasting Corporation’s (IDC) Star Pro Audio Receivers. Star is the modern replacement for […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Two unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors developed by Harris Corporation have successfully deployed onboard the second U.S. Navy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin. […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) testified on the satellite industry’s leading role in the commercialization of space at a hearing held by the United States House Committee […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Arianespace has ordered 10 Vega rockets from the Italian manufacturer European Launch Vehicle, to be ready for launch starting at the end of 2015. They follow the […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Harmonic has appointed Frank Montalto as the company’s regional vice president for North American cable and telco, and Spencer Hodson as the company’s vice president of sales […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Eutelsat and CaribSat, an Internet service provider for the French West Indies and French Guiana, signed a distribution agreement for the IP Easy satellite broadband service provided […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] The European Parliament has approved the financing and governance of two European satellite navigation programs: Galileo and EGNOS, from 2014 to 2020. Their total budget of 7 […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] Last night at 8:15 p.m. EST, Orbital Sciences launched the Ball Aerospace-built STPSat 3 satellite onboard a Minotaur 1 rocket. The satellite was launched as one of […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] Xcor Aerospace and United Launch Alliance (ULA) have completed the first successful hot fire of the subscale 2500 lbf thrust XR 5H25 engine in the Xcorand ULA […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] Somtel, a telecommunications company based in headquartered in Hargeisa, Somaliland, has contracted a substantial amount of O3b Networks’ O3bTrunk capacity in Somalia as it seeks to serve […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] Alphasat, designed and built by Astrium, has reached its operational in-orbit position and has successfully completed all in-orbit tests. Built for Inmarsat, Astrium developed the technology with […]

U.S. DoD’s needs for innovation investments to maximize all assets (Milsatcom & commercial) has never been greater. With the drawdown in Afghanistan complete and new hot spots emerging, U.S. Department […]

As mentioned in last month’s part one of this article, power density is the single most important operating parameter for transmitting earth stations and probably the least understood. A terminal […]

The past several months have seen intensive governmental activity to legislate data protection for Internet and cloud services across Europe, South America and Asia. As global data services become more […]

Contrary to popular belief, aircraft connectivity is not a new segment of the satellite business, but it has been increasingly rising in exposure recently with the spotlight shining on its […]

[Via Satellite 11-19-13] Between partnering with Inmarsat, releasing its positive third quarter earnings report and prepping for a brand new constellation, to call Orbcomm busy would be an understatement. Next […]

[Via Satellite 11-19-13] Hunter Communications has been approved by Industry Canada to compete in the Canadian market. The company is selling satellite space segment on its hosted payload, first using the […]