E-letter: Briefs

Cobham Aerospace Communications and Inmarsat launched the SB-Helo X-Stream helicopter satcom solution for Cobham Aviator SP systems. The new system aims to improve communications through rotor blades by reducing packet […]

Spire Global revealed that Paul Damphousse joined the company to lead national security business development for Spire Federal in Washington. Damphousse served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 22 years […]

Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) revealed that the first satellite in its Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS) constellation has been delivered to NanoRacks for launch integration. Housed in an AAC Clyde […]

KVH Industries shipped its 9,000th mini-Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Broadband system. KVH’s TracPhone V-series antenna systems are designed to provide satellite broadband connectivity to commercial and personal vessels globally, by […]

Inmarsat launched Crew Xpress, a new service for crew available as part of an ever-increasing number of services on Fleet Xpress. The new service package includes a managed Wi-Fi solution […]

Kymeta brought a hybrid, one-source connectivity platform to Peru during a recent pilot program. Kymeta, with the help of its partners Intelsat, Cubic Telecom, and Cradlepoint, worked with Airbus to create […]

MEASAT Satellite Systems launched Himalaya TV High Definition (HD) (HTV) for distribution across Nepal and Asia Pacific via the MEASAT-3 satellite. HTV, founded in 2010, is a Kathmandu-based private television […]

Telesat released its financial results for 2018, in which it saw similar results to other satellite operators. For for the full year 2018, the company saw exceptional free cash flow. […]

Gogo and long-time partner, Alaska Airlines, launched Gogo 2Ku high-speed connectivity and Gogo Vision wireless In Flight Entertainment (IFE) on an A321neo featuring the airline’s redesigned cabin interior. Alaska will have […]

Hughes Communications India (HCIL) received a Flight and Maritime Connectivity (FMC) license from the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. The first company to be granted the FMC license in India, […]

Eutelsat Communications successfully mated the platform and payload of the Konnect satellite, conducted this week at Thales Alenia Space‘s facilities in Cannes, France. According to the release, this operation is […]

Inmarsat is partnering with Knight Piésold U.K. to deliver tailings dam monitoring, analysis, and real-time management capabilities for the mining industry. The collaboration agreement with Knight Piésold UK — a member of […]

OneWeb successfully launched its first six broadband satellites aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. Lift-off occurred on Feb. 27 at 21:37 pm UTC. […]

Speedcast International was awarded a new master service agreement and multi-year contract to deliver fully-managed communications onboard assets for Sapura Energy Berhad (Sapura Energy), a global integrated oil and gas […]

Data Device Corporation (DDC) carried out another successful flight of its SCS750 Single Board Computer (SBC) on the Second Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT-2). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and The Japan […]

Speedcast chose the Hughes Jupiter System to power cellular backhaul over satellite and enterprise Virtual Private Network (VPN) services for a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) in Nicaragua. The operator will […]

D-Orbit signed a contract with Planet for the launch and deployment of six Dove-series satellites. Under the contract, D-Orbit will launch and deploy the satellites during the first commercial mission of […]

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch two orbital missions based on the NanoAvionics M6P nanosatellite bus. Among the features of the M6P bus is a pre-integrated design that aims to shortes […]

Cloud Constellation and X2nSat entered into a reseller partnership to address the mission-critical needs of customers where a data breach and/or loss of communications can impact the welfare of individuals under critical […]

SES’ newest satellite, SES-12, is now ready to serve its video, fixed data, mobility, and government customers across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. The satellite is designed with both wide […]

HawkEye 360 commissioned its three Pathfinder satellites and began geolocating Radio Frequency (RF) signals. According to the release early test results have demonstrated successful geolocation of Very High Frequency (VHF) Channels 16 […]

Orbit Communication Systems unveiled today its latest dual-band Ku/Ka terminal extending Orbit’s multi-band maritime satellite communications solutions. Developed in close cooperation with SES Networks, Orbit’s dual-band Ku/Ka terminal augments the existing […]

Global law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP revealed its new branding and legal name, Milbank LLP. This change coincides with the move of Milbank’s headquarters from Wall Street […]

Telefónica, Facebook, IDB Invest and Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) are launching Internet Para Todos (IPT) Peru, an open access wholesale rural mobile infrastructure operator which aims to help bridge the digital […]

Intelsat introduced Mobile Reach Manage, a new end-to-end managed service that enables Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to quickly and cost effectively deploy their 2G/3G/4G network infrastructure into areas once considered […]

ITC Global has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with Thuraya to provide access to next-generation, high-throughput connectivity via the Panasonic network. ITC Global is a subsidiary of Panasonic Avionics Corporation, delivering high-speed, […]

Speedcast International will begin to offer Intellian’s v240MT antenna to its Cruise and Energy customers. The v240MT is Intellian’s next generation, tri-band and multi-orbit 2.4 meter antenna for use on Ku, […]

SpaceX successfully launched SSL‘s Nusantara Satu communications satellite, built for Indonesian satellite operator PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the SpaceX launch base in Cape Canaveral, Florida […]

Newtec is collaborating with Wind River to utilize the Wind River Titanium Cloud virtualization platform. This collaboration aims to develop a Newtec 5G solution based on the Newtec Dialog multiservice platform. […]

Airbus’ Friedrichshafen site opened a satellite integration and space technology center, known as the Integrated Technology Center (ITC). The ITC, which triples the area of clean room space to 4,200 […]