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EutelsatAwarded KA-SAT Internet Service Contract from Telefonica Telefonica Global Solutions will use Eutelsat’s high-performance Ka-Sat satellite to provide high quality satellite broadband services to carriers from all over Europe. Telefonica […]

Intelsat Hires Nokia’s Marais as Regional Vice President of African Sales Intelsat has appointed Grant Marais as its regional vice president of African sales. Marais succeeds Jon Osler, who will […]

Astrium Services Extends Regional Maritime Capacity Lease Astrium Services has signed capacity deals with SES to deliver connectivity to vessels around Latin America as well as in the North Sea, […]

Satellite technology export controls took a long step forward to rationalization as Congress passed, and President Obama signed into law on January 3, the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization […]

A lot of executives believe flexibility and intelligent payloads could be key technology topics at SATELLITE 2013. These topics are now frequently on the agenda, and satellite operators are looking […]

The companies that supply transmission systems for use on the ground and aboard spacecraft must continuously innovate as satellite operators strive to meet their users’ growing demand for telecommunications services. […]

The current landscape of satellite operators in the region includes several players who have been in the business for some time now: Arabsat, which has been building satellites at a […]

We are getting very close to announcing our Satellite Executive of the Year Award winner for 2012, which is always an exciting and interesting process for our team. This month’s […]

Last year, we announced that Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium was the Satellite Executive of the Year for 2011 after a brilliant performance in maximizing the MSS operator’s long-term potential. […]

JANUARY 31 – The only Association which members are the operators of the most innovative teleports in the world, names a Mexican corporation among 20 most important in 2012. Last December, […]

FITSAT-1, the small Japanese cubesat that has been orbiting Earth since the beginning of October 2012, has successfully accomplished its goal of studying optical communication techniques for satellites.

After Google unveiled its new online maps of North Korea on Wednesday, the company has hyped studies that highlight how internet navigation tools can help boost the economic development of nations.

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has appointed Morten Tengs as its new CEO.

Astrium has won a major new deal from the European Space Agency (ESA) worth 108 million euros ($146 million)

Inmarsat is launching Remote Terminal Manager, a solution which provides management and control over unmanned M2M terminals in the field.

[Satellite TODAY 01-30-13] Envivio, a provider of live and on-demand multi-screen IP video processing and delivery solutions, has appointed Ira Goldfarb as its new SVP of Global Sales and Service. […]

After two previous failed attempts and a number of postponements, South Korea has finally succeeded in launching a satellite into space.

Japan has announced plans to offer 4K satellite broadcasts starting July 2014.

More than 50 experts that oversee the world’s regional satnav augmentation systems met in Toulouse, France, last week for the Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) Interoperability Working Group (IWG).

Japan has successfully launched two intelligence satellites on Sunday amid growing concerns that North Korea might conduct additional long-range rocket tests as well as nuclear tests.

Two important orbital debris events have been creating a buzz around the satellite and space industry.

NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have successfully refueled a mock satellite on the exterior of the International Space Station using the Robotic Refueling Module (RRM) and Canada’s Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, or Dextre.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has turned on a search and rescue (SAR) package on its Galileo navigation satellites.

NASA’s Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) satellite celebrates its 10th anniversary today, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013.

Satellite imaging company GeoEye failed in two attempts to capture a high-resolution image of President Obama’s second inauguration from space.

Planetary Resources, an asteroid mining company supported by high-profile investors such as film director James Cameron, and Google front men Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, has unveiled the prototype of a new space telescope it plans to launch in 2014.

Arabsat selected Astrium, Thales Alenia Space and Arianespace for the production and launch of its first 6th generation satellite, BADR-7.

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) released a video that details the initial stage of it Phoenix project, which started last year in search for cheaper options for satellite technology.

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-13] Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has been selected to provide broadcast capacity for the 29th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be held in South Africa […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-14] Mobile phone network provider Digicel will start providing high-quality internet bandwidth for their cellular network in Papua New Guinea. According to SES, Digicel has contracted capacity both […]