E-letter: News Feed

[Via Satellite 06-26-2014] Northrop Grumman’s protected communications payload for the U.S. Air Force’s third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite successfully completed on orbit testing ahead of schedule. The AEHF […]

[Via Satellite 06-26-2014] GeoNorth became the first client to purchase a multi-satellite Direct Receiving Station (DRS) from Airbus Defense and Space. The DRS will give access to both high-resolution and […]

[Via Satellite 06-26-2014] Yahsat, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) based satellite operator, announced the launch schedule of its third satellite for 2016 to extend the operator’s Ka-band coverage to 17 […]

[Via Satellite 06-26-2014] ASC Signal Corporation was selected by government and commercial customers to deliver 115 Ka-band gateways and large antennas systems over the course of the past six months. […]

[Via Satellite 06-26-2014] Dauria Aerospace successfully launched two Perseus M spacecraft into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on June 19, 2014 aboard a Kosmotras Dnepr rocket. These two satellites will co-locate […]

[Via Satellite 06-25-2014] AT&T President and CEO Randall Stephenson and DirecTV Chairman and CEO Michael White presented before Congress on June 24, 2014, to explain their desire to merge into […]

[Via Satellite 06-25-2014] Avanti Communications signed a new contract with European telecommunications operator Intermatica to help the company target enterprise customers with a range of new business applications using Avanti’s […]

[Via Satellite 06-25-2014] The Malibu, Fla. division of Communications and Power Industries (CPI) was selected by an international defense technologies company to provide airborne data links for the RQ 4 […]

[Via Satellite 06-25-2014] Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully performed a series of hot-fire tests on a Bantam demonstration engine made entirely through additive manufacturing. The engine consisted of only three additive-manufactured components: […]

[Via Satellite 06-25-2014] Cobbett Hill Earth Station is upgrading the network for its maritime services unit, International Ocean Services (ION), to the iDirect Evolution 3.2 platform. This is the first […]

[Via Satellite 06-25-2014] RigNet appointed Gerry Gutierrez to the new position of group vice president of the Telecommunications Systems Integration (TSI) business. The company’s TSI business includes the systems integration […]

[Via Satellite 06-24-2014] A new Euroconsult study commissioned by the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), finds C-band to be an irreplaceable resource for economies in the Asia-Pacific […]

[Via Satellite 06-24-2014] Telenor Group selected Ragnar Kårhus as the new CEO of Telenor Broadcast Holding and Canal Digital, replacing Patrik Hofbauer, who was recently appointed CEO of Telenor Sweden. […]

[Via Satellite 06-24-2014] Surrey Satellite Technology Limited’s (SSTL) medium resolution Earth observation satellite for the Republic of Kazakhstan, KazEOSat 2, was successfully launched into sun-synchronous orbit onboard a Kosmotras Dnepr […]

[Via Satellite 06-24-2014] Globalstar released its newest voice and data solution, Sat-Fi, which allows customers to use their own devices such as smartphones, tablets or laptops to send and receive […]

[Via Satellite 06-24-2014] ViaSat’s Exede high-speed satellite Internet service ranked first in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “2014 Measuring Broadband America” report for the second consecutive year. The report evaluates […]

[Via Satellite 06-24-2014] European Space Propulsion (ESP), an Aerojet Rocketdyne subsidiary, delivered the first set of MR 103G satellite thrusters to Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) for the FormoSat 7 […]

[Via Satellite 06-23-2014] On June 18, 2014, roughly a year since the company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO), Gogo held its first analyst day near its Itasca, Minn. headquarters outside of […]

[Via Satellite 06-23-2014] Intelsat and Gilat Satellite Networks signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for Gilat Colombia to leverage capacity on Intelsat’s Ku-band satellite at 332.5 degrees east to support the […]

[Via Satellite 06-23-2014] Non-profit organization Network, Engineering and Telecoms Relief for Disaster Recovery (NETRelief) is donating Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminals and IsatPhone Pro satellite phones to several […]

[Via Satellite 06-23-2014] Spaceflight successfully deployed 11 Planet Labs Dove Earth-imaging satellites from a Kosmotras-operated Dnepr launch vehicle. This launch follows two major launches in the past year: the April […]

[Via Satellite 06-23-2014] KVH Industries released an inertial navigation system designed for battlefield activities for the company’s Tactical Navigation (TACNAV) family of products. The TACNAV Three-Dimensional (3D) system is fiber […]

[Via Satellite 06-23-2014] SAT Corporation, a subsidiary of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, provided a global satellite operator with Carrier Identification (Carrier ID) technology for its ground network to assist […]

[Via Satellite 06-19-2014] Nok Air, a leading Thai low-cost airline, hopes to have its first plane ready to fly with Wi-Fi connectivity in the next two months. Patee Sarasin, CEO, […]

[Via Satellite 06-20-2014] The Inmarsat-sponsored organization Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) arrived in the Kurdistan province of Iraq to help citizens contact family and friends during this time of developing unrest. […]

[Via Satellite 06-20-2014] The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) contracted additional capacity on SES’ Astra satellite at 28.2 degrees east for the duration between the 2014 Wimbledon Tennis Championships and Glastonbury […]

[Via Satellite 06-20-2014] Avanti Communications released a proprietary application for Android smartphones or tablets to help with Ka-band satellite field installations. This Avanti Mobile Assist platform will help with job […]

[Via Satellite 06-20-2014] DigitalGlobe has begun offering new oil and gas industry products from the recently acquired Spatial Energy. The new DigitalGlobe Energy Suite has online, subscription-based offerings for enterprise […]

[Via Satellite 06-20-2014] Mobile Viewpoint introduced a new software-only solution for Apple laptops and desktop computers to its family of encoders. The new application allows Mobile Viewpoint’s bonding technology to […]

[Via Satellite 06-20-14] Thaicom installed more than 30 Newtec M6100 broadcast satellite modulators on the platform for the Thaicom 6 satellite, allowing the spacecraft to provide television broadcasting in C-band […]