E-letter: Briefs

[Via Satellite 06-24-2016] ViaSat is supporting comments made earlier this week by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler in an address titled, “The Future of U.S. Leadership in a...

[Via Satellite 06-24-2016] The Radant Technologies Division of Communications & Power Industries (CPI) provided the radome included in the FAA-approved Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) recently received by ViaSat for the...

[Via Satellite 06-24-2016] Advantech Wireless has released its new military-grade advanced satellite modem, AMT-83L. The new product continues the line of the AMT-73L, which is certified with MIL-STD-188-165A by the...

[Via Satellite 06-23-2016] The World Teleport Association (WTA) has announced that Eutelsat Communications has achieved Full Tier 4 Certification for its Paris-Rambouillet teleport in France under WTA’s recently launched Teleport...

[Via Satellite 06-23-2016] The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin are ready to launch the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) secure communications satellite, MUOS 5, at Cape Canaveral, Florida on...

[Via Satellite 06-23-2016] Hispasat’s General Shareholders’ Meeting unanimously approved the annual accounts corresponding to the 2015 business year, which include the distribution of a 12.5 million euro dividend among shareholders....

[Via Satellite 06-23-2016] Qualcomm Technologies is supporting the European Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) broadly in its product portfolios. With these optimized software enhancements, the Qualcomm IZat location services...

[Via Satellite 06-22-2016] Spaceflight, the leading provider of integrated launch services for small satellites, has successfully launched a flock of 12 Planet Dove satellites from the Indian Space Research Organization’s...

[Via Satellite 06-22-2016] SES announced the results of its first Satellite Monitor study on the Nigerian market, which provides insight on the country’s satellite television penetration. The study highlights that...

[Via Satellite 06-22-2016] Airbus Defence and Space has announced the construction of a complex of clean rooms near Warsaw, thus boosting its Polish satellite production facility. The facilities are intended...