E-letter: Briefs

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] Canal + Overseas renewed and expanded its existing agreement with Intelsat to enhance its high definition, Direct-to-Home (DTH) programming in the Caribbean. Canal + Overseas has decided […]

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] UrtheCast released its first images of Earth captured by the company’s medium-resolution camera (MRC) on the International Space Station (ISS). The image features the city of Moneague, […]

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] Intelsat and partners BT, Ericsson, Sony and Newtec are displaying a new 4K Ultra-HD television, which is transmitting end-to-end over satellite to the 2014 NAB Show in […]

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] Gogo’s business aviation group, Aircell, launched Gogo Biz in-flight Internet and voice services to aircraft in Canada. The service was introduced to market in 2009 and is […]

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] ViXS has partnered with SES in an end-to-end satellite broadcast of Ultra-HD content, demonstrated during the seventh SES Industry Days in Luxembourg. SES displayed this Ultra-HD content […]

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] GT-SAT deployed MaxLinear’s Full-Spectrum Capture (FSC) MxL862 in a new Digital Low-Noise Block (DLNB), which will assist European and Latin American satellite operators to make the move […]

[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] Intelsat has signed a multi-year agreement with RRsat under which RRsat will use Intelsat capacity to expand and enhance the company’s access to the North American Direct-to-Home […]

[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] Sea Launch is relocating its corporate headquarters from Bern to Nyon, Switzerland, in the canton of Vaud. “This move allows Sea Launch to take advantage of Nyon’s […]

[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] NASA has granted Orbital Sciences a contract to launch the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) multi-satellite mission on board the Pegasus XL rocket. Orbital’s Stargazer L […]

[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] ViaSat’s Ka-band aeronautical terminal has passed 125 total units shipped. This low-profile terminal enables in-flight Internet access and is the first to sustain a continuous link to […]

[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] European Space Imaging (EUSI) has partnered with Skybox Imaging to support their High-Res Challenge, now called the “European Space Imaging and Skybox High-Res Challenge.” Skybox is launching […]

[Via Satellite 04-04-2014] The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) has signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat Communications for Ku-band capacity on the Eutelsat 21B satellite covering the Middle East, North […]

[Via Satellite 04-04-2014] Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines has decided to increase the breadth of communications, content services and support provided by MTN Communications. This partnership includes an onboard suite of connectivity […]

[Via Satellite 04-04-2014] Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) has announced that Pashto 1, Pakistan’s Pashto entertainment channel, has started broadcasting on the AsiaSat 7 satellite. The Free-to-Air (FTA) channel offers general […]

[Via Satellite 04-04-2014] The United States Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin with a contract to complete production of the next two GPS satellites in its GPS 3 system. The […]

[Via Satellite 04-04-2014] ITU and ABI Research have presented the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI), an initiative to measure the levels of cybersecurity in countries around the world. The goal is […]

[Via Satellite 04-03-2014] Tempus Global Data has opened operations in Utah in order to deliver next generation weather data to commercial and government customers. The company will provide weather data […]

[Via Satellite 04-03-2014] Azerbaijani satellite operator Azercosmos has signed an agreement with Ukrainian company Ukrkosmos to broadcast a package of Ukrainian TV channels via its Azerspace 1 satellite. The package […]

[Via Satellite 04-03-2014] Tata Elxsi has announced the successful interoperability of its high efficiency video coding (HEVC) decoder with streams encoded using Harmonic encoding technology. These Ultra-HD HEVC decoders are […]

[Via Satellite 04-03-2014] Intelsat has appointed Robert Callahan, chairman of media, Internet and technology advisory firm Longueview to its board of directors. Callahan joins as an independent member of the […]

[Via Satellite 04-03-2014] The third Lockheed Martin-produced Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite has started transmitting via its protected communications payload. Along with two other satellites undergoing the system test […]

[Via Satellite 04-02-2014] The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that its Thales Alenia Space-built Sentinel 1A satellite is ready to be launched. This satellite is the first in the […]

[Via Satellite 04-02-2014] Sea Launch has advised Eutelsat Communications to delay their planned April 15 launch of the Eutelsat 3B satellite. Sea Launch confirmed that during the final roll-out phase […]

[Via Satellite 04-02-2014] Eutelsat Communications’ satellites will be a core component of the broadcast infrastructure mobilized to deliver live worldwide coverage of the canonization ceremony of Popes John XXIII and […]

[Via Satellite 04-02-2014] The United States Air Force has scheduled the launch of the 19th Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman built Defense Meteorological Satellite for April 3. A United Launch […]

[Via Satellite 04-02-2014] M/A-COM Technology Solutions has announced an IP licensing program for Gallium Nitride (GaN) on Silicon technology. MACOM detailed progress in two areas critical to its vision of […]

[Via Satellite 04-01-2014] Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation and Aerojet Rocketdyne have exceeded the technical range objective for the main thruster that will fly aboard the Green Propellant Infusion Mission […]

[Via Satellite 04-01-2014] RRsat Global Communications Network has been selected as the key delivery partner of DFH Network for North American distribution. This will be the first package to be […]

[Via Satellite 04-01-2014] Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has completed in-orbit delivery of the Turksat 4A satellite to Turksat Satellite Communication, Cable TV and Operation Inc. Co. The satellite was launched to […]

[Via Satellite 04-01-2014] Andrews Space has successfully completed space qualification of its new 6U solar panel, which will extend the qualified power systems products for small satellite applications beyond batteries […]