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[Via Satellite 08-26-13] Hispasat will provide telecommunications services for the Vuelta a España cycling race, which started in Vilanova de Arousa, Pontevedra, and ends in Madrid in mid-September. Two high-performance mobile […]

[Via Satellite 08-23-13] The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized a $105.4 million loan to Space Communication (Spacecom) to finance the Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launch […]

[Via Satellite 08-23-13] SageNet will pay approximately $16 million to acquire one of its larger competitors, Spacenet, a subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks. With the sale, Gilat expects to strengthen […]

[Via Satellite 08-23-13] KVH Industries announced that Mark Guthrie has joined the company as vice president of global mobile broadband sales to manage the continuing development of the mini-VSAT broadband […]

[Via Satellite 08-23-13] Globalstar, a provider of mobile satellite voice and data services, has met all of the conditions precedent necessary for the effectiveness of the amended and restated COFACE […]

[Via Satellite 08-23-13] Cobham Broadcast has appointed Sam Medler as technical services manager for broadcast. Medler, who will be based at the company’s head office in Whiteley, Hampshire, U.K., will […]

[Via Satellite 08-23-13] Gaia, believed to be the most advanced space telescope built in Europe, has left the Toulouse facilities of Astrium after final integration and testing. The spacecraft is […]

Last year we spoke of the promise – and difficulties – of Ka-band in Latin America. Now, we see the technology start to become a reality, with the region’s first […]

El año pasado hablamos de la promesa y las dificultades de la banda Ka en América Latina. Ahora, vemos que la tecnología comienza a convertirse en realidad, con la primera […]

[Via Satellite 08-22-13] Ball Aerospace & Technologies’ Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft will emerge from its two-year hibernation in September to resume its near-Earth object NEOWISE asteroid hunting mission. The […]

[Via Satellite 08-22-13] Inmarsat Government, a provider of secure, global, mission-critical telecommunication solutions to the U.S. public sector, has appointed Susan Miller as president and chief executive officer. In this […]

[Via Satellite 08-22-13] Macom Technology Solutions (MACOM), a supplier of high performance radio frequency (RF), microwave, and millimeter wave products, announced a new single-pole, double-throw switch-limiter suited for S-Band military […]

[Via Satellite 08-22-13] Raytheon Company graduated 17 Brazilian students from a 4-week course focused on the defense industry in the United States. The program, “Science to Success,” is part of the […]

No ano passado, falamos sobre a promessa – e as dificuldades – da banda Ka na América Latina. Agora, vemos que a tecnologia começa a se tornar uma realidade, com […]

[Via Satellite 08-21-13] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received $2.8 million in incremental funding from the U.S. Army for Secret Internet Protocol Router and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point (SNAP) […]

[Via Satellite 08-21-13] The number of pay satellite TV homes will reach 251 million by 2018, up from 178 million at end-2012 and 103 million at the end of 2008, […]

[Via Satellite 08-21-13] Inmarsat will sponsor the University of Michigan in the World Solar Challenge, a biennial race across the 1,864 miles of the Australian Outback. The University of Michigan’s […]

[Via Satellite 08-21-13] FOX Broadcasting Corporation is updating the entire playout infrastructure at its Los Angeles broadcast center using Harmonic’s solution built on Spectrum ChannelPort branded channel playout. FOX converted to […]

[Via Satellite 08-20-13] Inmarsat, a provider of global mobile satellite communications services, will provide the satellite connectivity needed to make Cisco’s mobile telemedicine system, the Cisco TelePresence VX Clinical Assistant, […]

[Via Satellite 08-20-13] Two Boeing Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) have completed testing milestones – one in space and the other on Earth – marking more progress in enhancing […]

[Via Satellite 08-20-13] After more than 10 years of service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) 12 spacecraft is being retired. Launched on July […]

[Via Satellite 08-20-13] New electromagnetic propulsion technology being tested by the University of Maryland’s Space Power and Propulsion Laboratory (SPPL) on the International Space Station (ISS) could change the capabilities […]

As global broadcasters gather in Amsterdam in early September for Europe’s biggest broadcast technology show, network infrastructure providers are clamoring to show how their products support new standards that will […]

Foreign Satellites in Russia Russia is gradually seeking to liberalize its space industry as the issue of admitting and using foreign satellites systems in the country is becoming increasingly important […]

[Via Satellite 08-20-13] While the excitement around Ultra High Definition Television (UHDTV) continues to grow, the scars left by the failure of 3-D TV are causing the broadcasting industry to […]

SES and MNC Sky Vision Form DTH Partnership SES 7’s South Asia Ku-band beam spans from the Middle east to Asia. Credit: SES SES and MNC Sky Vision have reached […]

RRsat Global Communications Partners with 21st Century Fox for Africa Distribution RRsat’s Emek HaEla Teleport features more than 80 satellite dishes. Credit: RRSat Israel-based RRsat Global Communications Network has signed […]

SES Expands Ka-Band Service in France SES’s Astra 2F satellite ©ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Photo Optique Vidéo CSG. NordNet has developed a new on-demand satellite broadband offering, for which it contracted additional Ka-band capacity […]

Eutelsat Acquires Satmex, Orders New Satellite from SSL Satmex’s control center in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, will soon be acquired by Eutelsat. Credit: Satmex Eutelsat will pay more than $1.1 billion […]

Dish, Southwest Airlines Announce Free Live and On-Demand TV Dish is launching “TV Flies Free,” marking the first time TV entertainment is free for passengers aboard Southwest Airlines. Southwest customers […]