E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11] Global satellite communications provider NSSL Global has brought its spot beam on the SES NSS6 satellite online to support shipping in South East Asia and increase its […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] Thales Alenia Space rejected Globalstar’s recent order for six quick-delivery spacecraft as part of its second-generation constellation, according to documents filed Oct. 5 with the U.S. Securities […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] The highly anticipated and long-delayed launch of the ViaSat-1 high-capacity satellite is now scheduled for Oct. 19, the satellite’s operator ViaSat confirmed Oct. 6. The satellite will […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] MSS operator Inmarsat has selected Hughes Network Systems to develop a new machine-to-machine (M2M) terminal for its BGAN service, the companies announced Oct. 6.    Hughes recently […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] The gross merchandise transaction value of mobile payments for physical goods will exceed $170 billion worldwide by 2015 — nearly tripling the market’s $60 billion forecasts for […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Signal quality and video delivery solutions provider Sencore has deployed two SMD 989 DVB-S/S2 satellite modulators to NES Communications, which has installed the new hardware in its […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Newtec’s new business partner program “bePart” has reaped more than 15 new strategic partnerships in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, the company announced Oct 5.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Gulf Air Senior Manager of IFE and Communications Mohamad El Assaad will speak as a panelist on Via Satellite’s Oct. 25 webinar, “Satellite Broadband on Airplanes: A […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Hundreds of satellite executives, manufacturers, scientists and end-users from a wide variety of industry sectors packed into the Oct. 4 Hosted Payload Summit to address issues and […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Earth imagery solutions provider DigitalGlobe has received a one-year, $37.9 million value-added services contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the NGA’s new Enhanced GEOINT […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Satellite operator SES has secured an additional long-term contract with U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 to provide additional capacity on SES’ recently launched Astra 1N spacecraft, SES announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-11] L-3 Communications Systems-West issued ASC Signal Corp. a $3.8 million subcontract to build a dual-band antenna system supporting global data collection and dissemination for the U.S. Navy […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-11] Satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has completed the development phase for its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite system, NovaSAR-S, the company announced Oct. 4.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-11] Boeing successfully demonstrated high-data-rate transmissions between a family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) system and a test terminal for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-11] The Megha-Tropiques advanced weather and climate research satellite, a collaborative effort between Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and French Space Agency (CNES), is set to launch on […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-04-11] U.K. satellite operator Avanti Communications signed three more clients for its broadband satellite Hylas 1, as well as one client for Hylas 2, which is scheduled to […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-04-11] Hughes Network Systems has unveiled its new 9202 Class 2 portable BGAN terminal, the company announced Oct. 3.    The Hughes 9202 Class 2 portable BGAN terminal […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-04-11] Nigeria has launched NigeriaSat-X – the first satellite designed and built in Africa and the second of two Earth observation satellites that the country has recently launched, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-04-11] Russia has launched a Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass) satellite on a Soyuz-2.1 rocket from the Plesetsk spaceport, Baikonur officials confirmed Oct. 2.    The Global navigation […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-03-11] The Japanese government is planning to establish a four-satellite network by 2020 to improve the accuracy of the country’s GPS system, government officials announced Sept 30.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-03-11] The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that it would hear an appeals case involving Bell Canada and cable companies Cogeco, Rogers Communications, Telus and Shaw Communications to […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-03-11] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received a combined total of $12.1 million in funding from the U.S. Army for equipment, field services support and maintenance of Secret IP […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-03-11] Com Dev USA has been awarded a contract worth more than $5 million to supply equipment for an unnamed U.S. military communications satellite, the company announced Sept. […]

Asiacell Expands Mobile Service Technology Footprint in Iraq Private Iraqi telecommunications provider Asiacell is rolling out mobile, satellite backhaul-supported voice, broadband and SMS services across remote communities in Iraq via […]

Skybox Imaging Names New CEO Satellite imagery provider Skybox Imaging has named Thomas Ingersoll its new CEO. Ingersoll replaces former CEO Dan Berkenstock, who led the company as its co-founder […]

Eutelsat Inks Ka-Sat Tooway Deal with Egpytian VSAT Provider Eutelsat and its Skylogic subsidiary have signed a six-year, 20 million euro ($29 million) distribution agreement with Egyptian VSAT provider Egyptsat, […]

Quake Global Adds Inmarsat Network Capability to Q-Pro Modem Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communicator manufacturer Quake Global has enhanced its Q-Pro satellite data modem with new abilities that can be used over […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] U.S. satellite pay-TV operator DirecTV spent $1.17 million in its 2011 fiscal second quarter to lobby the U.S. federal government on a variety of broadcasting issues, marking […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] Eutelsat has signed another satellite broadband deal in Europe through its Skylogic subsidiary, the company announced Sept. 29.    Skylogic will provide Eutelsat’s Tooway service to Bulgarian […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems’ deployed its Universal Interface Electronics (UIE) unit to the U.S. Navy’s Tactical Satellites (TacSat)-4 mission, which launched earlier this week, SNC […]