E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 01-26-12] International crude oil maritime transportation company Frontline has contracted Inmarsat to install its XpressLink service on more than 100 vessels, the MSS operator announced Jan. 25.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-26-12] About 90 percent of teleport operators said that their biggest terrestrial transmission problems occur in localized infrastructure, and that the cost and availability of high-quality service can […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-25-12] Siem Offshore has contracted Harris CapRock Communications to deliver its SeaAccess turnkey VSAT communications to five of its supply vessels located off the coast Brazil, Harris CapRock […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-25-12] Calian Technologies’ Systems Engineering Division (SED) has signed two new satellite ground systems contracts worth a combined value of $7.6 million, Calian SED announced Jan. 24.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-25-12] African satellite network operator Q-Kon has upgraded its system to run on iDirect’s iDX 3.0 software, the companies confirmed Jan. 24.    Q-Kon said the upgrade aims […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-25-12] Ball Aerospace & Technologies’ Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) has begun collecting Earthview image science and solar calibration data onboard the U.S. National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-24-11]  Globalstar has signed a letter of intent with Shahad Al Sahra Trading Est. (SAS) for SAS’s ownership and operation of a satellite gateway ground station located in […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-24-11]  Vislink is opening a new office in Melbourne, the company announced Jan. 23. The company, which specializes in in wireless, video and IP technologies together with their […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-24-11]  Avanti Communications has signed a new deal for capacity on Hylas-1 worth a minimum of £13.6 million ($21.17 million), the company announced Jan 23. The deal is […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-24-11]  Thuraya has signed a new partnership deal in Africa as it looks to boost its market position in the region. The company has signed a service partner […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-23-12] Enterprise resource management software ScheduAll produced double-digit earnings and a 27 percent revenue increase for its 2011 full-year fiscal period compared to 2010, the company announced in […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-23-12] China will aim to launch 21 rockets and 30 satellites into space as a part of its 2012 space program, Chinese space officials said in a Jan. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-23-12] Australian listed satellite operator NewSat has signed new contracts across Australasia and the Middle East oil, gas, mining, construction, aviation and government sectors, the company confirmed Jan. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-23-12] SES successfully deployed its Emergency.lu communication service in Bentiu and Maban, South Sudan and has launched full operations in the field, the company confirmed Jan. 20.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-12] Satellite operator Eutelsat has decided to suspend the presence of Roj TV on its satellites in order to avoid incurring criminal liability as an accomplice to terrorist […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-12] SkyVision Global Networks has expanded its C-band capacity lease contract with Measat Satellite Systems for AfricaSat-1 satellite coverage across the African region, the operator announced Jan. 19. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-12] LightSquared has entered into a wholesale agreement with Jolt Mobile, a full service prepaid wireless solution provider that will now offer high-speed wireless services using LightSquared’s 4G-LTE […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-12] Satellite hardware manufacturer EM Research has introduced a new 39.5 GHz Ka-band frequency synthesizer, the company announced Jan. 19.    EM Research’s KB-39500 frequency synthesizer is available […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-20-12] Satellite imagery firm DigitalGlobe hired Marcy Steinke as its senior vice president of government relations and Tim Hascall as its senior vice president of operations, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-19-12] Canadian satellite operator Telesat received a $132.7 million insurance payment from a partial-loss claim it filed after its Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul-2 satellite failed to deploy its […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-19-12] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary Integral Systems was awarded a contract modification with the U.S. Air Force Space Command and Missile Systems Center to complete development […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-19-12] South African Internet service provider Vox Telecom will launch a low-cost satellite broadband service covering most of South Africa in June, the company confirmed Jan 18.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-19-12] Upgrading from 3G to 4G wireless network technologies could create more than 231,000 new U.S. jobs within a year, according to an NDN economic study published Jan. […]

Who do you think should win Via Satellite’s 2011 Satellite Executive of the Year award? Paul Brown-Kenyon, CEO, Measat Satellite Systems Mark Dankberg, Chairman and CEO, ViaSat Matt Desch, CEO,Iridium […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-12] SpaceX has postponed its planned Feb. 7 NASA test flight of its Dragon capsule to supply cargo to the International Space Station, the company announced Jan. 17. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-12] O3b Networks will launch its new satellite broadband service next year, O3b CEO Steve Collar announced Jan. 17 at a telecom conference in Hawaii.    “We are […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-12] Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a contract to provide airborne and maritime tactical communications solutions for an unnamed international Coalition partner supporting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-12] ViaSat has received U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) certification for the second release of its AltaSec IPS-250 inline network encryption system, a software-only upgrade for ViaSat’s IPS-250, […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-18-12] The United States will enter talks with the European Union (EU) to set informal rules aimed at limiting debris in space that threatens satellites, according to a […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-12] U.K. satellite uplink fleet operator SIS Live has expanded its satellite capacity lease agreements with Eutelsat Communications, the companies announced Jan. 16.    SIS Live has signed […]