E-letter: Briefs

[Via Satellite 07-03-2014] DigitalGlobe has appointed Roxanne J. Decyk to the company’s Board of Directors. The decision was made effective July 1, 2014. Decyk currently serves on the Board of […]

[Via Satellite 07-02-2014] A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta 2 rocket successfully carried NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO 2) into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Orbital Sciences, […]

  [Via Satellite 07-02-2014] Sagemcom has chosen Broadcom’s BCM7445 video decoder and BCM7252 System-on-a-Chip (SoCs) to broadcast select 2014 World Cup events live in Ultra High Definition (Ultra-HD). According to […]

[Via Satellite 07-02-2014] Craig Cooning, Boeing’s former VP and general manager of Space and Intelligence Systems within the company’s Network and Space Systems (N&SS) segment has been promoted, effective immediately, […]

[Via Satellite 07-02-2014] Inmarsat has signed an agreement with Airbus Defence and Space for high throughput terminals designed for airborne Global Xpress (GX) customers. Inmarsat 5, the first GX satellite […]

[Via Satellite 07-02-2014] Com Dev International subsidiary exactEarth has entered a strategic alliance with Genscape. Citing “extremely complementary backgrounds and capabilities,” exactEarth will make its satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) […]

[Via Satellite 07-01-2014] France based Eutelsat Communications and U.S. based ViaSat have teamed up to allow service access and roaming between their High Throughput Satellites (HTS). The deal meshes the […]

[Via Satellite 07-01-2014] Hispasat has ordered a new satellite from SSL to replace Hispasat 1D. The new satellite, Hispasat 1F, will carry Ku-, Ka- and C-band payloads and further build […]

[Via Satellite 07-01-2014] The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) awarded a $32.6 million Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to Airbus Defense and Space for L-band satellite communications (satcom). The BPA […]

[Via Satellite 07-01-2014] The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) obtained images from the second Phased Array Type L-band Aperture Radar (PALSAR 2) instrument, aboard the second Advanced Land Observing Satellite […]

[Via Satellite 07-01-2014] Global Invacom announced the availability of the Romeo and Juliet chip set for distributing satellite TV services over fiber to hotels, enterprise and residential Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs). […]

[Via Satellite 06-30-2014] Inmarsat’s first Global Xpress satellite, Inmarsat 5, achieved Commercial Service Introduction (CSI) starting with U.S. government customers in the Indian Ocean coverage area. “The unique combination of […]

[Via Satellite 06-30-2014] Lockheed Martin will acquire Zeta Associates, a company that provides systems for efficient collection, processing, safeguarding and dissemination of critical information for intelligence and defense applications. The […]

[Via Satellite 06-30-2014] Aireon, the joint venture between Iridium Communications and three European Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), completed all the requirements for its third tranche investment from Nav Canada […]

[Via Satellite 06-27-2014] International Rectifier (IR) introduced its D series of low power radiation-tolerant two output Direct Current-to-Direct Current (DC-DC) converters for satellite power systems. The new series offers low […]

[Via Satellite 06-27-2014] Satellite Internet, a British Internet Service Provider (ISP), released a project for a new broadband solution for remote homes and businesses. The project just received funding from […]

[Via Satellite 06-27-2014] Boeing reached the halfway mark in delivering the current series of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites to the U.S. Air Force, with on-orbit checkout and validation of […]

[Via Satellite 06-27-2014] Inmarsat and Spectra Group U.K. launched a new low-cost Tactical (L-TAC) Very High Frequency (VHF) service for the civil government market. The service will extend Inmarsat’s range […]

[Via Satellite 06-27-2014] Hispasat held its annual shareholder’s meeting on June 25, 2014 to approve the annual accounts for the 2013 tax year, which were unanimously passed by the shareholders. […]

[Via Satellite 06-27-2014] Global Teleports successfully registered for the United Kingdom government-run Urban Broadband Fund’s Connection Vouchers Scheme, a program to help create “SuperConnected Cities” across the United Kingdom. This […]

[Via Satellite 06-27-2014] Intelsat signed a 15-year agreement with Encompass Digital Media for capacity on Intelsat 34, one of the operator’s prime video neighborhoods serving the Latin American market, set […]

[Via Satellite 06-26-2014] The United States Air Force awarded a $1.86 billion fixed-price contract to Lockheed Martin to complete production of the fifth and sixth Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites […]

[Via Satellite 06-26-2014] Hughes Network Systems released Hughes Emergency Solutions for enterprise and government customers to prepare for the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially began on June 1, 2014. […]

[Via Satellite 06-26-2014] Northrop Grumman’s protected communications payload for the U.S. Air Force’s third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite successfully completed on orbit testing ahead of schedule. The AEHF […]

[Via Satellite 06-26-2014] GeoNorth became the first client to purchase a multi-satellite Direct Receiving Station (DRS) from Airbus Defense and Space. The DRS will give access to both high-resolution and […]

[Via Satellite 06-26-2014] Yahsat, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) based satellite operator, announced the launch schedule of its third satellite for 2016 to extend the operator’s Ka-band coverage to 17 […]

[Via Satellite 06-26-2014] ASC Signal Corporation was selected by government and commercial customers to deliver 115 Ka-band gateways and large antennas systems over the course of the past six months. […]

[Via Satellite 06-26-2014] Dauria Aerospace successfully launched two Perseus M spacecraft into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on June 19, 2014 aboard a Kosmotras Dnepr rocket. These two satellites will co-locate […]

[Via Satellite 06-25-2014] Avanti Communications signed a new contract with European telecommunications operator Intermatica to help the company target enterprise customers with a range of new business applications using Avanti’s […]

[Via Satellite 06-25-2014] The Malibu, Fla. division of Communications and Power Industries (CPI) was selected by an international defense technologies company to provide airborne data links for the RQ 4 […]