E-letter: Briefs

Viasat will use capacity from Brazilian state-owned telecommunications services provider Telebras to expand its Ka-band In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) coverage for business jets in Brazil. The satellite operator said Tuesday that...

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has renewed its contract with Maxar Technologies to provide imagery and geospatial data for the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (G-EGD) program. The renewal, which...

USSI Global has selected ST Engineering iDirect as a technology partner in its C-band transition, the companies announced Sept. 28. ST Engineering iDirect will be providing broadcast equipment including M6100...

SoftBank has stepped in to acquire intellectual property from Alphabet/Google’s shuttered venture Loon.  Loon was dedicated to providing broadband from balloons in the stratosphere known as High Altitude Platform Stations...

YahClick is teaming up with the Universal Satcom Group to offer high-speed broadband across the Middle East and Africa (MEA), the company announced Oct. 3. YahClick and its partner Hughes...

Hancom InSpace will launch Korea’s first private satellite for Earth observation in the first half of 2022, the company announced September 29. Once launched, the satellite, Sejong-1, would make Hancom...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed it will investigate claims that 21 current and former employees at Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin made about the safety of the company’s rockets in a...

Honeywell is aiming to make a big impact in the small satellite market with the release of a new 3-Axis system designed to measure the Earth’s magnetic forces. Honeywell said...

Inmarsat has signed another maritime deal, its third in a matter of days. The UK satellite operator announced Sept. 30 that Italian crude oil tanker owner Navigazione Montanari (Navmont) will...

Egypt’s state-owned National Company for Telecommunications Services (NCTS) has contracted Hughes Network Systems to develop the ground systems that will support the operation of the government’s TIBA-1 Ka-band satellite. TIBA-1’s...