E-letter: Briefs

Spanish satellite operator Hispasat will broadcast Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) channels in Latin America as the result of a new, multi-year contract renewal it secured with both the network and technology...

Boeing Defense, Space & Security provided no silver lining for the overall company in its comparatively rough Fourth Quarter (4Q) and Full Year 2019 financial report. On Wednesday, The Boeing...

Comtech Telecommunications has agreed to acquire Israeli ground segment company Gilat Satellite Networks in a transaction that could produce a “dominant” force in the cellular backhaul market. Comtech announced Wednesday...

SpaceX launched its fourth set of Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on Wednesday at 9:06...

Speedcast has received a 12-month cellular backhaul contract with what it calls the second largest mobile operator in Mexico, but did not give the operator’s name. The company said its...

Eutelsat Communications’ has announced that its EUTELSAT 7C satellite has entered full commercial service and is ready to support broadcast customers across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Turkey. On...

Iridium Communications has deployed the service Iridium CloudConnect, calling it “the first and only satellite cloud-based solution offering  global coverage for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.” The service combines Iridium...

Raytheon has received a 5-year, $197 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to help modernize its missile warning architecture with a new system that will collect and fuse data...

OneWeb has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Astana International Financial Centre  (AIFC), a financial hub in Central Asia, to accelerate broadband connectivity in Kazakhstan. The partners will work...

GHGSat plans to deploy a free, online service that visualizes greenhouse gas emissions this year. The company said it plans to deploy the service during the United Nations‘ 2020 United...