Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-01-12] Iridium Communications issued $100 million of perpetual preferred convertible stock that is non-callable for five years, pays a 7 percent cash dividend, and converts at a...

One of the lesser known results from this year’s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12) was a new resolution designed to improve the ITU rules for small satellites called nano- and pico-satellites....

[Satellite TODAY 10-01-12] Arianespace successfully launched its 51st Ariane 5 launch in a row, placing both the Astra 2F and GSAT-10 telecommunications satellites into orbit, the launch services provider announced...

[Satellite News 09-28-12] New hosted payload activities, initiatives and milestones by the Hosted Payload Alliance and the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Command (SMC) center took center stage at...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-28-12] Comtech easily surpassed analysts’ consensus forecasts for its 2012 fiscal fourth quarter, reporting quarterly revenues of approximately $113 million compared to the $109 million forecast, the...

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-12] Independent global satellite communications provider NSSLGlobal has entered into a partnership with Iridium Communications to add Iridium Pilot terminals to NSSLGlobal’s product portfolio, the companies announced Sept....

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-12] U.K. satellite hardware manufacturer ViaLite Communications has unveiled a new product that allows simultaneous transmission of L-band traffic and a reference signal over a single fiber, the...

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-12] Japanese regulatory authorities have approved Beam Communications’ entire range of Inmarsat-based products for sale in the country’s markets, Beam announced Sept. 28.    Japanese law requires all...

    Global satellite data and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications company Orbcomm has set the date for the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of its prototype second-generation (OG2) satellite, Orbcomm confirmed Sept. 26. ...

    Cassidian and Astrium Services conducted a live demonstration in Brazil of an end-to-end surveillance communication solution, as well as features that can be added to a Tetrapol radio communication...