E-letter: Briefs

The EchoStar 105/SES 11 satellite has been successfully positioned at the 105 degrees west orbital location, and is now fully operational and able to serve the video and enterprise markets...

Global satellite manufacturing revenues plummeted 13 percent in 2016 from the year prior, according to a recently released Satellite Industry Association (SIA) report. Analysts at Bryce Space and Technology, who...

Telesat announced that the Soyuz 2 launch vehicle that was to place 19 spacecraft into orbit, including the company’s first Phase 1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite, failed its mission on...

Marlink has introduced a connectivity boost for its Gulf of Mexico customers with the addition of Tampnet’s 4G LTE services to its high-speed Sealink multi-band network. Offshore support vessels and...

Cobham Satcom has revealed a new solution that it claims can significantly reduce the cost and simplify the installation and management of Inmarsat Global Xpress (GX) networks using multiple Ka-band...

BridgeSat announced today that aerospace veteran Craig R. Cooning has joined its board of directors. Cooning most recently was president of Network and Space Systems (N&SS) for Boeing. During his...

Microsemi announced the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has qualified and certified its LX7730 radiation-tolerant telemetry controller Integrated Circuit (IC) as Qualified Manufacturers List (QML) Class V and Q. The...

Dejero has announced significant new financing to accelerate its product development roadmap and its global expansion into the broadcast and media market. The investment will be used largely to fund...

Walesi, the Fijian government’s digital television infrastructure management company, has signed a multi-year agreement with Eutelsat Communications that will expand Free-to-Air (FTA) television throughout Fiji. The agreement covers C-band capacity...

Speedcast International has finalized upgrades to its global network in coverage and ground infrastructure to better serve the maritime and offshore industry. Achieved by investments in Ku-band infrastructure and merging...