E-letter: Briefs

[Via Satellite 12-10-13] Honeywell Aerospace and Inmarsat‘s GX Aviation program are one step closer to providing travelers with wireless connectivity at 30,000 feet by the year 2015 after the successful […]

[Via Satellite 12-10-13] Mezzo Live HD Asia will soon be available in the Asia-Pacific region for the first time, after a deal between Globecast, Measat Satellite Systems, and Mezzo to […]

[Via Satellite 12-10-13] Broadcom Corporation has introduced a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) chip, designated BCM47531, that generates positioning data from five satellite constellations simultaneously (GPS, GLONASS, QZSS, SBAS and […]

[Via Satellite 12-10-13] Comtech Xicom Technology, a California-based subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, received an order worth approximately $7 million from a U.S. based system integrator for Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers […]

[Via Satellite 12-09-13] ILS successfully launched the first of Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellites, Inmarsat 5, which has already sent signals from orbit. The spacecraft was launched on a Proton Breeze […]

[Via Satellite 12-09-13] Space Systems/Loral’s (SSL) ABS 2 satellite, designed and built for ABS, has arrived at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, for launch onboard an Ariane 5 […]

[Via Satellite 12-09-13] Qualy TV, an Albavisión Group company, has introduced its new pay-TV service in Costa Rica supported by Media Networks’ DTH satellite platform. Qualy TV’s initial proposal in […]

[Via Satellite 12-09-13] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology’s (EIAST) DubaiSat 2 Earth observation satellite, launched on Nov. 21 2013, has successfully been deployed in orbit and all […]

[Via Satellite 12-09-13] Kacific Broadband Satellites plans to launch a Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) to provide enhanced broadband to 40 million people in the Pacific, including the Pacific Islands, […]

[Via Satellite 12-06-13] Testing of the second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite by Lockheed Martin has been completed, and spacecraft operations have been successfully handed over to the U.S. […]

[Via Satellite 12-06-13] Harris Corporation’s Falcon III AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack radio has successfully communicated with the new Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite constellation. MUOS is a next-generation military satellite […]

[Via Satellite 12-06-13] Ibetor S.L. is currently providing 55, X-band Satellite Communication-on-the-Move (SOTM) systems to the Spanish Military Emergencies Unit (UME) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) land forces groups. The […]

[Via Satellite 12-06-13] NewSat Limited, an Australian satellite company, has a new teleport customer contract to support the United States government’s custom satcom solutions (CS2). The contract with a CS2 […]

[Via Satellite 12-06-13] Building on a previous sale, Comtech Telecommunications Corp.’s Florida-based subsidiary, Comtech Systems, received a $6.3 million add-on contract from a domestic prime contractor. The purpose of the […]

[Via Satellite 12-05-13] Ball Aerospace has completed the primary bus structure of the first satellite in the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS 1). JPSS 1 is the follow-on in a […]

[Via Satellite 12-05-13] In an effort to optimize Alaskan air control operations, Harris CapRock Communications has been awarded a 10-year, $46 million contract from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) […]

[Via Satellite 12-05-13] The Hughes 9502 integrated antenna BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) M2M (machine-to-machine) terminal, built by Hughes Network Systems and enabled by Inmarsat, has received Hazardous Locations Accreditation. […]

[Via Satellite 12-05-13] ANATEL, the national telecommunication agency of Brazil, has certified Ateme’s Kyrion CM5000 for commercial transmissions. Any equipment used to broadcast an RF signal in Brazil requires prior […]

[Via Satellite 12-05-13] Iridium Communications and Wyless have joined the International M2M Council (IMC), a global organization that promotes the benefits of machine-to-machine communications (M2M). Both companies have become sustaining […]

[Via Satellite 12-04-13] A new era for MSS operator Inmarsat will officially begin this week when its first Global Xpress Satellite will likely launch this Sunday. Inmarsat and ILS confirmed […]

[Via Satellite 12-04-13] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) for the ground segment of the Meteosat Third Generation […]

[Via Satellite 12-04-13] Gilat Satellite Networks has completed the sale of its Spacenet subsidiary to Tulsa, Oklahoma-based SageNet. The aggregate consideration for the sale is approximately $16 million, subject to […]

[Via Satellite 12-04-13] Spacecom has been selected to provide broadcast services on its Amos 5 satellite for the Nedbank Golf Challenge, Africa’s top international golf tournament. The tournament will take […]

[Via Satellite 12-04-13] Gogo’s international connectivity service passed a key milestone by receiving a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) to install its Ku-satellite technology on Boeing’s 747-400 aircraft. Gogo will begin […]

[Via Satellite 12-04-13] Following a period of sustained growth, GlobeCast Australia has recently completed the restructuring of its management team. Christine Holman was selected as the chief financial officer & […]

[Via Satellite 12-3-13] Intelsat has repointed a Ku-band beam on the Intelsat 8 satellite to bring urgently needed capacity to the Philippines, in addition to providing capacity on other satellites […]

[Via Satellite 12-03-13] BT is beginning a new phase of investments into Asia Pacific, Turkish, Middle Eastern and African (AMEA) economies with the objective of accelerating its expansion in high […]

[Via Satellite 12-3-13] After suffering irreparable structural damage from an earthquake in April 2009, Thales Alenia Space has replaced its original establishment with a newly-inaugurated industrial complex in L’Aquila, Italy. […]

[Via Satellite 12-03-13] KVH Industries has more than doubled the capacity of its mini-VSAT broadband network in the Asia-Pacific region, continuing the network expansion strategy outlined with the announcement of […]

[Via Satellite 12-03-13] Advantech Wireless’ Transcend 800 Point-to-Point Microwave Radio System has successfully operated in Sri Lanka, confirming that it can be integrated into existing networks. Since developing the first […]