E-letter: Briefs

[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 10-05-11] 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] 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. […]

[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 […]

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] 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 […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-30-10] Comtech EF Data has entered into a technology partnership with Intellian Technologies to integrate Intellian’s V-Series antennas with Comtech’s Roaming Oceanic Satellite Server (ROSS) Open Antenna Management […]

[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 09-29-11] Elbit Systems was awarded a $280 million contract by the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) to supply, upgrade and provide maintenance under the Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-11] Satellite operator SES’ QuetzSat-1 satellite will be launched into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on board an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M rocket on Sept. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-11] China is set to launch the country’s first space laboratory module from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, as part of its effort to build its own space […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-11] U.S. Space completed a $291,159 contracted study of feasible acquisition alternatives to satisfy military satellite communications needs for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Turkish Airlines said it would become the first commercial carrier to launch and offer live, inflight television on its Trans-Atlantic flights, according to a Sept. 27 announcement. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Stratos Global has been selected by shipping company Reederei Claus-Peter Offen (CP Offen) to provide Inmarsat FleetBroadband airtime services for its entire fleet of 122 commercial vessels, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will sponsor the five-day 62nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Cape Town, South Africa, SSTL announced Sept. 27.    The company said […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Marlink and Thrane & Thrane have entered a partnership agreement to support and enhance Thrane & Thrane’s new Sailor 900 VSAT antenna, which was released earlier this […]