E-letter: News Feed

Intelsat announced the opening of a new sales office in Nairobi, Kenya. According to Intelsat, the Nairobi office will further enhance the company’s responsiveness to its customers operating in the East […]

NSSLGlobal has expanded its international footprint with the opening of a new office in one of Europe’s most important commercial shipping regions. The regional office in Haren, Germany, will be […]

North American satellite operator Global IP has awarded SkyVision Global Networks a contract to supply 11 Ka-band gateway stations for the company’s future GiSat 1 satellite network. The partnership represents […]

SES and MultiTV announced a multi-year capacity agreement which will enable MultiTV’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) customers to deliver TV content to their subscribers via Internet Protocol (IP). MultiTV, a Brazilian communications company that […]

Cubic Corporation subsidiary Gatr Technologies has unveiled the Gatr Trac, a portable 2.4-meter satellite tracking imaging ground station. According to Gatr, the terminal provides a more than 90 percent reduction […]

DigitalGlobe announced an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to make RadarSat 2 data available on DigitalGlobe’s Geospatial Big Data platform, GBDX, unlocking new applications made possible by the […]

Harris Corporation announced its first four maritime vessel tracking receivers are now operational, establishing the beginning of its global, persistent, real-time Automatic Identification System (AIS) ship tracking capability. Launched January […]

As a satellite mobility analyst, Northern Sky Research’s (NSR) Brad Grady has kept a close eye on how connectivity in the aeronautical industry continues to evolve. Grady will be speaking […]

Leveraging the Boeing 702 high-power satellite bus, ViaSat’s second-generation satellite, ViaSat 2, will realize a seven-fold increase in broadband internet service coverage from its previous generation satellite and offer twice […]

Iridium Communications announced that all 10 Iridium Next satellites have arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and are being processed for the second launch. Scheduled for June 25 […]

Adaptive Optics Associates (AOX), a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, has received a sole-source contract to provide mission-critical optical technology for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) coronagraph instrument. The […]

Hughes Network Systems announced that its recently launched HughesNet Gen5 satellite internet service is now serving more than 100,000 homes and small businesses, including both new subscribers and upgrades. According […]

DigitalGlobe announced it will launch a premium monitoring service, SecureWatch Sites, which provides current satellite images of high-interest, global locations on a regular basis from multiple commercial providers. SecureWatch Sites […]

OGSystems announced that it has formed partnerships with both Ursa Space Systems and Earth-i to improve its BlueGlass platform. Earth-i will incorporate video and imagery into BlueGrass, a location-based intelligence […]

SpaceX successfully launched a Dragon spacecraft for the company’s 11th Commercial Resupply Services (CSR-11) mission to the International Space Station (ISS). This mission marked the first reflight of a Dragon […]

Hispasat has completed the re-orbiting operations of its Hispasat 1C satellite (subsequently called 30W 3 and 84W 1, the two orbital positions where it was located). The satellite has been […]

With a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) this financial year, AsiaSat has effectively entered into a period of transition as the business re-orients itself to […]

Arianespace announced a new launch services contract with Eutelsat after the launch provider successfully orbited both the Eutelsat 172B and ViaSat 2 satellites on June 1. The Arianespace order book […]

The appeal of connectivity — for every industry — is having data at your fingertips. Over the past few years, the aerospace industry has new developed methods for bringing on-demand […]

SES and GTMaritime announced a partnership to provide a new volume-based service package for regional maritime connectivity. GTMaritime will market the new SES Networks Maritime+ Regional Connectivity service under the […]

Mitsubishi Electric announced that it has completed construction of a facility that will double the satellite component production capacity of its Kamakura Works’ Sagami Factory in Sagamihara, Japan. Mitsubishi Electric […]

Inmarsat announced that Qatar Airways has become the first Middle East megacarrier to select its new GX Aviation in-flight broadband solution. Per the agreement, the service will initially be available […]

The agreement to merge startup OneWeb with satellite operator Intelsat has fallen through, Intelsat announced, because its bondholders failed to accept the proposed bond exchange deal before the May 31 […]

Norsat International announced that it has entered into an amended arrangement agreement with Hytera Project, a subsidiary of Hytera Communications, under which Hytera will acquire all the issued and outstanding […]

In this article from our archives we talked to Air France/KLM, Emirates, Lufthansa and JetBlue about their in-flight connectivity strategies. In anticipation to our Global Connected Aircraft Summit happening in Arlington, VA June 7-9, 2017, we bring you this story published in our September 2013 issue of Via Satellite.

With guidance from Picone Advisory Group, Swiss space startup Else has formed a strategic alliance with Thuraya Telecommunications. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that allows […]

NanoAvionics, a nano-spacecraft equipment manufacturer from Lithuania, has received two investments totaling 3.2 million euros ($3.5 million). The company will use the Intelektas LT grant to finalize the development of […]

The academic community can and should play a larger role in tackling the issues of space debris and space situational awareness, according to Moriba Jah, an associate professor for the […]

Eutelsat Communications announced a multi-year agreement for satellite capacity with Societe Burkinabe de Telediffusion (SBT), the public agency deploying Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) channels across Burkina Faso. According to SBT, […]

Boundless has announced a strategic partnership with Planet to enable its customers to access Planet’s massive image library and imagery basemaps within the Boundless Connect ecosystem. Boundless Desktop users can […]