E-letter: Briefs

Last December, Russia spooked military officials with the successful flight test of a new Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile, the PL-19 Nudol. At the time, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) officials...

VT iDirect announced another successful Over-the-Air (OTA) test of its Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite Second Generation Extension (DVB-S2X) technology. The company conducted the test on the SES 4 satellite over C-band...

RBC Signals announced that it successfully raised $1.5 million in its most recent seed round. The venture capital-led round included investor participants from around the world, including the United States,...

Cloud Constellation announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a patent for a global communications platform operating in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Users of SpaceBelt will be...

Kevadiya has selected Orbcomm to provide satellite and cellular communications services and asset tracking and monitoring devices in support of the Veterans Transportation Service (VTS) provided by the U.S. Department...

ViaSat has announced that its ViaSat KG-142, a 100 Gbps type 1 Ethernet encryptor, is now National Security Agency (NSA)-certified. Building on ViaSat’s Internet Protocol (IP) encryption heritage, the ViaSat...

Yahsat announced the start of a long-term strategic partnership with UAE communications solutions company X Sat. Under the agreement, X Sat has committed to capacity on Yahsat’s upcoming Ka-band satellite,...

ViaSat has chosen McObject’s eXtremeDB to implement a new physical layer satellite debugging application known as the Data Metric Aggregation System (DMAS). The application ingests metrics feeds from satellite ground-system...

Kuwait TV, the official Kuwaiti state broadcaster and part of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information, announced that the new Al-Qurain TV channel has launched in its Free-to-Air (FTA) HD platform...

NSSLGlobal announced that, following a successful initial trial project, it has signed a new contract with Green Reefers to install VSAT IP@Sea aboard 18 cargo vessels to enhance satellite communications...