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Arabsat is one of the world’s biggest operators, and a major player in both the Middle East and Africa. However, like most traditional Geostationary Orbit (GEO) operators, it faces decisions […]

Thales Alenia Space will build the Nilesat-301 geostationary communications satellite for Egyptian operator Nilesat, the company announced December 4. Thales Alenia Space will be responsible for satellite design, production, testing […]

SES will employ the Hughes Jupiter System to enable services on its SES-17 satellite, which is being built by Thales Alenia Space and expected to launch in 2021. The agreement […]

The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has signed a cooperation agreement with Azerbaijan’s satellite communications operator Azercosmos to jointly provide satellite communications and broadcasting services in Baku, Azerbaijan and surrounding […]

Envistacom was awarded a $47.8 million, three-year award to support the Deployable Ku-Band Earth Terminal (DKET) program managed by the U.S. Army’s Product Manager Satellite Communications (PdM SATCOM). The task […]

Spaceflight, together with Hypergiant SEOPS, will be launching three cubesats from the International Space Station (ISS) and Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft in early January. The payloads will travel to the […]

Satellite operator Spacecom has selected Rugby, Warwickshire-based Satellite Mediaport Services (SMS) to serve as the European gateway for its new AMOS-17 high-throughput communication satellite, which recently become operational over the […]

Satellite networking technologies provider Gilat Satellite Networks named Slava Frayter as its North American regional vice president, the company announced Dec. 2. Frayter previously served as Vice President of the […]

The In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) market has taken off in recent years. But, will the trend continue? According to reports published by both Euroconsult and NSR, the forecast looks good, but […]

The U.S. Navy has announced the winner of its $731.8 million sole-source contract award for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) ground system. General Dynamics Mission Systems will provide new […]

China successfully launched a new weather radar-imaging satellite designed for civilian use, Chinese state media confirmed. Gaofen 12, the latest in a fleet of Chinese Earth observation satellites, lifted off […]

The private equity buyers of Inmarsat refused to bow to shareholder pressure and increase their $3.4 billion bid for the U.K. satellite operator on Monday, just one day before a […]

Science Applications International (SAIC) claimed it has secured $582 million in space and intelligence contracts in its 2019 third fiscal quarter report. SAIC’s 3Q haul includes two contracts worth a […]

Tom Choi is one of the satellite industry’s strong characters. A previous Via Satellite Executive of the Year when he was the CEO of ABS, he is now the executive […]

Arianespace successfully orbited two geostationary satellites: TIBA-1, for Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space on behalf of the Government of Egypt; and GX5 for the operator Inmarsat. The launch […]

The U.S. Space Command accepted the Wideband Global Satcom (WGS)-10 satellite into the operational constellation and will be transitioning users to utilize the bandwidth provided by this new satellite. Boeing […]

Amazon Web Services (AWS) revealed that ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE — a European satellite and cable broadcaster operating television channels, digital Video on Demand (VoD) platforms and e-commerce brands — selected […]

PathFinder Digital was awarded multiple follow-on contracts by General Dynamics Mission Systems for the production and delivery of BAT-750 MVSAT terminals for integration and use on the U.S. Army Prophet […]

General Dynamics Mission Systems installed a new GPS system onto U.S. military vehicles in Germany that allows U.S. forces to operate in an environment when GPS signals are degraded or denied. […]

The Orion spaceship transferred from the Kennedy Space Center to Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, and is scheduled to arrive on Nov 26. Its destination the world’s largest thermal […]

Sigfox, a provider of Internet of Things (IoT) services, revealed the launch of its Private Area Network (PAN) offer. The new PAN aims to be deployed in more than 65 […]

Garmin International is supporting World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit organization that works to create solutions to hunger and poverty around the world. WCK team members are equipped with inReach Mini […]

If you think your maritime satellite terminal is safe from hackers, give Ken Munro a call to make sure. He’s probably already found a backdoor to your system on the […]

Arianespace postponed the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket, which would carry Egypt’s TIBA-1 satellite and the Inmarsat GX5 satellite. This was due to a power supply anomaly in the […]

Lacuna Space and Miromico signed a collaboration agreement for the development and provision of off-the-shelf communications devices using ultra low-power and low-cost satellite links. Following successful tests conducted this year, the […]

The U.K. Space Agency is looking for project ideas, to be delivered through U.K. aid, that use the data collected by satellites to improve decision-making for disaster risk reduction, ocean […]

China launched two BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) satellites into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 8:55 a.m. Saturday. The satellites were launched on a […]

Arianespace and Measat, a Malaysian satellite operator, signed a launch services contract for MEASAT-3d, a new multi-mission telecommunications satellite. The satellite launched into geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5 […]

Many things make cybersecurity for the satellite sector difficult: IT in space is tough to update and satellite systems are enormously complex. But the hardest thing of all might be […]

QinetiQ’s space business formally opened new cleanroom facilities and secured a new three-year contract with the European Space Agency (ESA). The $9.9 million (9 million euros) contract with The European […]