E-letter: Briefs

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Arianespace has ordered 10 Vega rockets from the Italian manufacturer European Launch Vehicle, to be ready for launch starting at the end of 2015. They follow the […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Harmonic has appointed Frank Montalto as the company’s regional vice president for North American cable and telco, and Spencer Hodson as the company’s vice president of sales […]

[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Eutelsat and CaribSat, an Internet service provider for the French West Indies and French Guiana, signed a distribution agreement for the IP Easy satellite broadband service provided […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] The European Parliament has approved the financing and governance of two European satellite navigation programs: Galileo and EGNOS, from 2014 to 2020. Their total budget of 7 […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] Last night at 8:15 p.m. EST, Orbital Sciences launched the Ball Aerospace-built STPSat 3 satellite onboard a Minotaur 1 rocket. The satellite was launched as one of […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] Xcor Aerospace and United Launch Alliance (ULA) have completed the first successful hot fire of the subscale 2500 lbf thrust XR 5H25 engine in the Xcorand ULA […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] Somtel, a telecommunications company based in headquartered in Hargeisa, Somaliland, has contracted a substantial amount of O3b Networks’ O3bTrunk capacity in Somalia as it seeks to serve […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-13] Alphasat, designed and built by Astrium, has reached its operational in-orbit position and has successfully completed all in-orbit tests. Built for Inmarsat, Astrium developed the technology with […]

[Via Satellite 11-19-13] Hunter Communications has been approved by Industry Canada to compete in the Canadian market. The company is selling satellite space segment on its hosted payload, first using the […]

[Via Satellite 11-19-13] MTN Communications has selected Spark Integration Technologies’ Distrix Software Defined Networking (SDN) platform as one of the enabling solutions for its Nexus product. MTN’s Nexus is a […]

[Via Satellite 11-19-13] SIS Live has selected Ateme’s Kyrion encoders and decoders to equip 18 new Ka-band vehicles with the latest compression technology for its clients, ITN and ITV. The […]

[Via Satellite 11-19-13] Eutelsat, in collaboration with Orange Group, is presenting a white paper published by Idate titled “Advanced TV Services for all, Available Now with Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV […]

[Via Satellite 11-19-13] Thuraya will be sponsoring the Global Voices’ online team with a Thuraya IP+ terminal, which provides citizen journalists with quick and reliable access to broadband data services […]

[Via Satellite 11-18-13] Avanti signed a multiyear contract with Internet Solutions, a division of Dimension Data, for more than 56Mb of managed capacity on its Hylas 2 satellite. Avanti’s fleet […]

[Via Satellite 11-18-13] Telespazio VEGA Deutschland, a subsidiary of Telespazio (Finmeccanica/Thales), has increased its involvement in the ExoMars mission. The company has been awarded a further work order by the […]

[Via Satellite 11-18-13] Astrium is working with the International Charter on Space and Disasters, of which it is a member, to provide images of the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. A […]

[Via Satellite 11-18-13] Cyfrowy Polsat signed a new contract for additional capacity at Eutelsat‘s Hot Bird video neighborhood and a multi-year agreement to extend the lease of existing capacity. “The […]

[Via Satellite 11-18-13] Emcore introduced the OTS-RSU 3 GHz RF Redundancy Switch Units (RSU) for use with the Optiva platform, which includes a wide range fiber optic transport products for […]

[Via Satellite 11-15-13] Arianespace has delayed the launch of SES’ Astra 5B satellite to January 2014 due to the non-availability of Astra 5B’s co-passenger satellite, Hispasat’s Amazonas 4A. The launch, […]

[Via Satellite 11-15-13] Orbital Sciences will launch a satellite designed and built by high school students aboard a Minotaur 1 rocket next week. The small satellite, known as TJCubeSat (TJ³Sat), […]

[Via Satellite 11-15-13] Kore has added broadband satellite network services from Inmarsat to its Kore Global Connect network portfolio. The new offering is designed to meet demand for rich data […]

[Via Satellite 11-15-13] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) is set to send DubaiSat 2 into space on Nov. 21, 2013 from the Yasny launch base in […]

[Via Satellite 11-14-13] Following the launch of its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has chosen Arianespace to launch its Gsat 15 and Gsat 16 telecommunications […]

[Via Satellite 11-14-13] Spot, a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar, has launched its new Spot Trace anti-theft, asset-tracking device. Spot Trace can be used to monitor cars, motorcycles, boats, ATVs, […]

[Via Satellite 11-14-13] Thales will be showcasing and demonstrating a range of solutions from mobile point of sale (mPOS) device manufacturers and newly announced members of its multi-partner ecosystem at […]

[Via Satellite 11-14-13] Inmarsat has signed Tampa Microwave as a terminal partner for land satellite terminals for its forthcoming Global Xpress high-speed broadband service. Already in use by U.S. Special […]

[Via Satellite 11-14-13] Worldwide pay-TV subscriber base surpassed 886.5 million people at the end of the third quarter of 2013 – a 6 percent year-on-year (YoY) increase – generating  $62.6 […]

[Via Satellite 11-13-13] ITU has dispatched emergency satellite telecommunications equipment to areas severely affected by Typhoon Haiyan, which tore through the Visayas region of central Philippines on Friday with deadly […]

[Via Satellite 11-13-13] Comcast Wholesale has renewed and expanded key agreements with SES for nearly 650 MHz of C-band capacity to deliver content management and delivery solutions to media companies […]

[Via Satellite 11-13-13] Rai and Eutelsat Communications have signed an agreement enabling Italy’s public service broadcaster to deliver its new portfolio of HD channels across the country. Rai will broadcast […]