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The Gazprom-owned Yamal-402 satellite eventually reached orbit early Tuesday after its course was corrected by space officials.

MapBox, a provider of open source solutions for designing and publishing maps via the cloud, has selected DigitalGlobe as their commercial earth imagery provider.

Telecommunications company Vivacom has increased the download speeds and doubled the monthly bandwidth allowance for its satellite-based internet services.

OnAir’s inflight connectivity is now a linefit option for Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir to be equipped with Dassault’s Falcon 7X and available for 2014 delivery.

Gokturk-2 is Turkey’s second homemade earth observation satellite and is scheduled to launch Dec. 19 from the Chinese Jiuquan Base.

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-12] Portugal’s Upstar Comunicacoes has chosen Nevion to upgrade their existing video transport infrastructure with greater channel capacity, longer distance transport and increased redundancy, the company announced Dec. […]

Gilat Satcom has partnered with XipLink to accelerate web-surfing speeds and satellite communications throughput.

All of Globalstar’s six satellites scheduled for launch in early February are now at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, completed when the final two satellites arrived at the launch complex Dec. 9

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] EchoStar subsidiary EchoStar Technologies and DISH will design, manufacture and sell new energy-efficient set-top boxes (STBs), the companies announced Dec 6. EchoStar is the exclusive provider of […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] Direct-to-home (DTH) satellite broadcaster Vision Asia has chosen Telstra to provide its Australian and New Zealand viewers with managed satellite services, the companies announced Dec. 7. The […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] Fire Watch America has been made a Space Certification Program Partner and is now authorized to carry the Certified Space Technology seal, the Space Foundation announced Dec. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] GMV USA will provide Harris Corporation with its software product for the ground system of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R), the companies announced Dec. 7. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-12] Globalstar has returned its second-generation satellite impacted by the momentum wheel issue back to commercial service, the company announced Dec. 5. “After more than a year of […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-12] ViaSat has implemented an Integrated Waveform Network Control Station (IW NCS) for the UK Ministry of Defense (MOD), the company announced Dec. 6. The IW is designed […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-12] EchoStar has hired former FCC Office of Engineering and Technology Deputy Chief Jennifer A. Manner as its Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, the company announced Dec. 6. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-12] SpeedCast and its majority shareholder TA Associates have bought out Australian Satellite Communications (ASC), the Hong Kong global network and satcom services provider announced Dec. 6. Providing […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-12] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with Astrium GmbH for the BepiColombo spacecraft designed to explore Mercury, the company announced Dec. 5. BepiColombo is scheduled for […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-12] Iridium Communications has selected technology design and development firm Cambridge Consultants to participate in the deployment of its second-generation satellite constellation and commercial space program Iridium NEXT, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-12] Eutelsat’s Eutelsat 70B satellite has been successfully launched into orbit by a Zenit-3SL rocket operated by Sea Launch, Eutelsat announced Dec. 4.       Liftoff occurred […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-12] EchoStar has announced that David Rayner is to return to the company as Chief Financial Officer. Current CFO Kenneth Carroll will become Executive Vice President of Corporate […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-12] Etihad Airways has launched its new in-flight Internet and mobile connectivity service powered by the Panasonic Avionics Global Communications Suite “Etihad Wi-Fly,” the company announced Dec. 4. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-12] Arianespace has launched its fourth Soyuz rocket with the Pléiades 1B observation satellite onboard for French space agency CNES from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-12] Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Viasat Broadcasting has launched a new package of HD channels now made available to Rostelecom’s ‘Interactive TV’ subscribers, Viasat announced Dec. 3. The […]

 [Satellite TODAY 12-03-12] Measat Satellite Systems will distribute Fox International Channels’ (FIC) Nat Geo Music HD via the Measat-3a satellite at 91.5 degrees East for viewers across the Asian region, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-12] The 29th National Space Symposium’s Space Technology Hall of Fame dinner presented by the Space Foundation will feature Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winning actress Sigourney […]

Last month, we discussed the return of industrial M&A in the space sector with the announcement of the acquisition of U.S. satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral (SS/L) by Canadian manufacturer […]

Sky Mexico Subscriber Boom Produces Record Profits for Televisa Spanish-language broadcaster Grupo Televisa SAB enjoyed a significant 41 percent increase in its 2012 third-quarter profit compared to the same period […]

MCCS is a key provider of news channels in India, one of the biggest broadcast markets in the world, and broadcasters such as MCCS are eager to tap into the […]

After years of industry debate, technical collaboration and finally, a singular focus to push for a single standard, Carrier ID has arrived and could mark a key turning point in […]

Arianespace Wins Multi-Launch Deal with ISRO The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has selected Arianespace to launch its GSAT 7 and INSAT 3D satellites in the second quarter of 2013 […]