E-letter: Briefs

[Via Satellite 06-07-2016] Thuraya and satellite solutions firm Satlink have teamed up to support the Walk On Project (WOP), a foundation that raises awareness and research funds for those with […]

[Via Satellite 06-07-2016] QVC, a video and e-commerce retailer, has signed a capacity extension deal with SES, and decided to move a significant block of its regional shopping channel content […]

[Via Satellite 06-06-2016] Airbus Defence and Space has completed integration of Peru’s first Earth observation satellite, PeruSAT 1. The manufacturer finished the satellite for CONIDA, the country’s national space agency, […]

[Via Satellite 06-06-2016] Satellite Telecommunications Network (STN) is using Elemental Technologies video processing to power a unified headend to deliver both broadcast and Over-the-Top (OTT) television content. Elemental is providing […]

[Via Satellite 06-06-2016] International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) shareholders approved a merger with Novra Technologies on May 30. Shareholders of IDC will have more than 40 percent ownership of the combined […]

[Via Satellite 06-06-2016] GMV has provided support for Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS)-Africa — a project U.K. satellite operator Avanti is spearheading with support from the U.K. and South African space agencies. […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is building a new test rig for the Ariane 6 upper stage engines at its Lampoldshausen […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] American Airlines has selected ViaSat to outfit its new Boeing 737 Max fleet with the company’s In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) service. ViaSat also delivers its in-flight Internet service […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] Arabsat and Algerian channel DTV have signed a contract today to broadcast the DTV channel over the Maghreb geographic region and Northwest Africa on the Badr 5 […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] SES Platform Services (SES PS) and Fox Networks Group (FNG) Germany have signed a multi-year contract for SES PS to continue delivering content management and provide playout […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] Funds managed by Apax Partners completed the acquisition of Marlink, Airbus Group’s commercial satellite communication business, Marlink announced June 3. The acquisition did not include Airbus Defence […]

[Via Satellite 06-03-2016] Inmarsat has appointed Gautam Sharma as managing director to head its operations in India. Sharma joins Inmarsat having most recently held a series of senior international positions […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2016] The United States Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded ViaSat a non-competitive, firm-fixed-price contract to provide senior leaders and their support staff with Ku-band and Ka-band […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2016] Lockheed Martin, Arabsat and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) have successfully completed a comprehensive technical review of the commercial communications satellites Arabsat 6A and […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2016] A total of 22 participants in this year’s Marathon Des Sables extreme running race received rescue services though the use of Globalstar’s Spot Gen3 safety devices. Each […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2016] Airbus Defence and Space and the European Space Agency (ESA) are starting a joint pilot project to establish a new external payload platform on the International Space […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2016] KDDI Corporation (KDDI), a Japan-based global telecommunications company, has teamed with Intelsat to use the operator’s High Throughput Satellite (HTS) platform, Intelsat EpicNG, to provide regionalized video […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2016] Burmese TV station and systems integrator Sky Net has selected Gilat’s network for cellular backhaul in Myanmar. Sky Net and Gilat won the bid of a prominent […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2016] SES has entered a long-term partnership with Studiotech Poland, an audiovisual engineering company and manufacturer of digital broadcast solutions, to provide satellite capacity to the Polish public […]

[Via Satellite 06-02-2016] Harris Corp. has finished production on all Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) 1090 Extended Squitter (ES) receiver payloads that will enable Aireon’s satellite-based air traffic surveillance service. The […]

[Via Satellite 06-01-2016] OneWeb Satellites, the Airbus Defence and Space and OneWeb joint venture tasked with building OneWeb’s constellation, has signed supply contracts with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) from […]

[Via Satellite 06-01-2016] Orbital ATK conducted a full-power “hot fire” test of the upgraded first stage propulsion system of its Antares medium-class rocket using new RD-181 main engines on May […]

[Via Satellite 06-01-2016] AsiaSat has announced two new contracts in Myanmar to provide satellite connectivity services. KBZ Gateway, a subsidiary of the Kanbawza (KBZ) group, one of the largest privately-owned […]

[Via Satellite 06-01-2016] VT iDirect and SpeedCast International have demonstrated GTP/LTE traffic being transmitted at speeds above 350Mbps on the downstream and 90Mbps on the upstream in lab tests with […]

[Via Satellite 06-01-2016] RigNet has named Steven E. Pickett as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and president. He will be based in Houston, Texas and succeeds Marty Jimmerson, who […]

[Via Satellite 06-01-2016] Com & Com, a joint venture between the service provider Terabit and Newtec’s certified business partner OSB, has selected the Newtec Dialog platform to facilitate the launch […]

[Via Satellite 05-31-2016] Following satellite capacity and equipment purchases with Eutelsat, Spacecom, Hughes, SES and Gilat, Facebook has now joined forces with Microsoft to build new terrestrial telecommunications infrastructure in […]

[Via Satellite 05-31-2016] SpaceX completed the launch of Thaicom 8 for Thai satellite operator Thaicom on May 27, delivering the spacecraft to a Super Synchronous Transfer Orbit (SSTO), followed by […]

[Via Satellite 05-31-2016] This week in Dubai, experts from Arabsat, EMC, Eutelsat, Hispasat, Inmarsat, Intelsat, SES, Thuraya and Yahsat are conducting technical training for humanitarian personnel to support the provision […]

[Via Satellite 05-31-2016] SpeedCast International has entered new contract with Telesat for high throughput capacity on the Telstar 12 Vantage satellite, as well as to place new ground infrastructure at […]