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Satcom Direct Launches In-Flight Mobile App
Satcom Direct has launched the mobile application FlightDeck 360, enabling customers to view real-time flight data and utilize datalink communications before and during a flight using an Internet connection and […]
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Wavestream Looks for a Boost in Airborne Market
Wavestream, now a subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks, is shipping its AeroStream transceivers to Tecom Industries for integration into Tecom’s KuStream 1000 and KuStream 1500 broadband antenna systems for onboard […]
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Wavestream Looks for a Boost in Airborne Market
Wavestream, now a subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks, is shipping its AeroStream transceivers to Tecom Industries for integration into Tecom’s KuStream 1000 and KuStream 1500 broadband antenna systems for onboard […]
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Arianespace Releases New Mobile App
Arianespace has released a new mobile application that allows users to follow the company’s activities from their tables and smartphones.
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Google Lunar X Prize: A Race for the Next Moon Rover
The competition promises $30 million to the first privately funded team that can successfully land and communicate with an unmanned vehicle on the moon.
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DigitalGlobe Wants Public to Vote for the Top Satellite Image of 2012
DigitalGlobe has published its 20 best satellite images of 2012 and it is now looking for public feedback to select the top one.
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ILS Potentially Delays Satmex 8 Launch
The Satelites Mexicanos (Satmex) C- and Ku-band Satmex 8 satellite launch is likely to be delayed due to the ILS Proton Breeze M glitch
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SES Broadcasts Swiss Channel via ASTRA
[Satellite TODAY 12-14-12] SES’ ASTRA is now broadcasting the Swiss private channel 3+ from its orbital position 19.2 degrees East, the company announced Dec. 14. 3+ is the first Switzerland-based […]
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Elop to Supply Jupiter Camera for Optsat 3000
Elbit Systems wholly owned subsidiary Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop will provide Israel Aerospace Industries with the Jupiter space camera for the Italian Optsat 3000 observation satellite
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TeleCommunication Systems Receives U.S. Army Delivery Order
[Satellite TODAY 12-14-12] The U.S. Army has placed a delivery order for TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) Secret Internet Protocol Router and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point or SNAP 1.2M Lite […]
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North Korea to Launch More Rockets
Two days after its first successful launch North Korea has vowed to send more satellites into space.
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Xtar Captures Significant Segment of AISR Market with Various Contracts
[Satellite TODAY 12-13-12] Xtar has acquired a significant segment of the airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (AISR) market over the last year under various contracts valued at over $8 million […]
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Space Foundation Names PulseSwitch Systems as Space Certification Partner
[Satellite TODAY 12-13-12] PulseSwitch Systems is the Space Foundation’s newest Space Certification Partner, recognized for its licensed batteryless, wireless remote Lightning Switch, the Foundation announced Dec. 13. Using NASA-developed Thunder […]
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Sirius XM, Hyundai Extend Business Partnership Through 2017
[Satellite TODAY 12-13-12] Sirius XM Radio and Hyundai Motor America signed an agreement that extends SiriusXM’s relationship with Hyundai for three years, including a provision for further extension through August […]
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SES German HD+ Adds Deluxe Music HD Channel
[Satellite TODAY 12-13-12] The SES German HD platform HD+ is adding its 15th channel Deluxe Music HD, the company announced Dec. 13. Deluxe Music was launched in Germany in 2005 […]
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North Korean Satellite Appears to be Out of Control
Less than 24 hours after North Korea’s successful satellite launch, reports suggest that the spacecraft could be “tumbling out of control.”
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Canada’s Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Satellite and Cable Companies
Canada’s Supreme Court has overturned decision, which favored the CRTC request to establish a value-for-signal system.
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COM DEV Gives out Platinum Award to Supplier
COM DEV Ltd. has given out the Platinum Award to Haas Precision Corp., one of its 180 product suppliers.
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CAA Drafts Future Airspace, Satellite Strategy for the United Kingdom
[Satellite TODAY 12-13-12] The United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has drafted a Future Airspace Strategy (FAS) to overhaul the nation’s aerospace infrastructure, which includes making satellite-based aircraft navigation mandatory […]
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Raytheon to Design Military Imaging Satellites for DARPA’s SeeMe Program
Artist’s concept of the coverage area of a single SeeMe satellite Image credit: DARPA [Satellite TODAY 12-13-12] Raytheon has won a $1.5 million contract to design small satellites to enhance […]
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North Korea Succeeds in Satellite Launch
After past failures and international pressure, North Korea has launched its first satellite into space.
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Google Uses NASA Nighttime Satellite Images
Google has added the latest imagery NASA released of Earth at night to its popular Google Maps.
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Arianespace Set To Launch Skynet 5D and MEXSAT Bicentenario Satellites
Arianespace is getting set to launch satellites for key government and defence programs in the United Kingdom and Mexico. The Skynet 5D (United Kingdom) and MEXSAT Bicentenario (Mexico) satellites are […]
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Latin America Leading Satellite’s Competitive Broadcast Charge Against Cable
Worldwide pay-TV yearly service revenues will grow from $223 billion reported at the end of 2011 to $236 billion by the end of 2012, according to a research report published […]
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ISRO Prepares for an April GSLV Launch
The Indian Space Research Organization announced its plans to launch its heavy-lift Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).
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Arianespace Starts Assembling First 2013 Liftoff
Arianespace has started preparations for its first heavy-lift flight of 2013 carrying the Amazonas 3 and Azerspace/Africasat-1 telecommunications satellites.
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Star One C3 Placed in Orbit
Arianespace launched its 52nd Ariane 5 launch via an Ariane 5 ECA launcher from Kourou, French Guiana Nov. 10, orbiting the telecommunications satellites Eutelsat 21B for European operator Eutelsat and Star […]
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Orbital Sciences Finishes Work on Mexsat Satellite
Orbital Sciences, under a contract with Boeing, has completed work on the Mexsat Bicentenario communications satellite to provide Mexico and the surrounding maritime area with communications solutions, the companies announced. […]
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Hughes Wins Contract with SCT for Mexican Broadband Satellite Network
Hughes Network Systems will build and supply an 11,000-site broadband satellite network for the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT) across the whole country to bring high-speed Internet and […]
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DeLorme, Spacenet Extend inReach Solution to Mexico
Personal satellite messaging, tracking and navigation technology company DeLorme, has partnered with Spacenet Communications Services de Mexico (Spacenet Mexico) to deliver its award-winning inReach two-way satellite communication technology to customers […]