E-letter: News Feed

[Via Satellite 05-02-2014] KVH Industries reported a 7 percent decrease in revenue during the first fiscal quarter of 2014. Total revenue was $37 million. The company’s fiber optic gyro solutions, […]

[Via Satellite 05-02-2014] MITEQ has announced the releases of its new, next-generation uplink power control for critical Ka-band links. The UPC2 uplink power control unit is rack-mountable and designed to […]

[Via Satellite 05-01-2014] The United States Court of Federal Claims has restricted the joint Boeing–Lockheed Martin launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) from purchasing RD-180 engines manufactured by Russia’s NPO Energomash. […]

[Via Satellite 05-01-2014] Eutelsat has signed an agreement with Wireless Innovation to use Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat High Throughput Satellite (HTS) for communication services to Wireless Innovation’s utilities, renewables, construction, asset management […]

[Via Satellite 05-01-2014] Arianespace signed a contract with Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) for the launch of the bank’s first satellite, BRIsat. The contract ceremony took place in Jakarta, Indonesia. Jacques […]

[Via Satellite 05-01-2014] TelOne, Zimbabwe’s government-owned national telephone company, has signed a contract with Avanti Communications to deliver broadband services to the consumer, enterprise and public sectors through Avanti’s Hylas […]

[Via Satellite 05-01-2014] The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has granted five contracts to the Canadian industry to perform studies on five potential microsatellite missions. The missions would address needs in […]

[Via Satellite 05-01-2014] Hunter Communications has partnered with Nanometrics to design an induced seismic and microseismic monitoring application via satellite for the hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) sector. The application, deployed by […]

[Via Satellite 05-01-2014] Thuraya has joined the Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA), the non-profit organization for promoting the interests of the users of Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) across the globe. […]

[Via Satellite 05-01-2014] Tata Elxsi revealed its Reference Design Kit (RDK) reference deployment suite for operators. The RDK is an integrated software bundle that is used by TV service providers, […]

[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] The recent decision made by the United States Court for the Southern District of California to award ViaSat $283 million in damages against Space Systems Loral (SSL) […]

[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Due to rising tensions with Russia after the events in Ukraine, the Canadian government has decided not to continue with the Russian Soyuz launch of Com Dev’s […]

[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has been selected to manufacture a satellite for PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) to provide a platform for banking communications services for its more […]

[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] A Proton-M rocket has successfully launched the communication satellites KazSat3 and Loutch 5V from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Thales Alenia Space provided the payload for KazSat […]

[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Space Systems Loral (SSL) has successfully delivered the Optus 10 satellite, designed and built for the Australian satellite provider Optus, to the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. […]

[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Kazakhstan’s first Earth observation satellite, KazEOSat 1, built by Airbus Defence and Space, was successfully placed into orbit on board an Arianespace Vega launcher from the spaceport […]

[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Iridium completed an upgrade to its ground station infrastructure in preparation for the launch of its next generation satellite constellation, Iridium Next. This upgrade affected five ground […]

[Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Ball Aerospace celebrated the eighth anniversary of its on-orbit operations for the CloudSat spacecraft and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Earth science satellite. Ball […]

[Via Satellite 04-29-2014] Citing key synergies between the two companies, Orbital Sciences and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) have announced a $5 billion merger to create one unified aerospace and defense company. […]

[Via Satellite 04-29-2014] Gondwana, a pan-African telecom operator, selected Avanti Communications to help extend the company’s coverage to Kenya, Tanzania, parts of Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Avanti will power […]

[Via Satellite 04-29-2014] Ultra Electronics AEP has signed an agreement with Thuraya Telecommunications to offer an end-to-end solution involving the communicate and encrypt range of solutions Ultra Electronics AEP offers […]

[Via Satellite 04-29-2014] United Launch Alliance (ULA) released a statement addressing the SpaceX suit against the U.S. Air Force’s block buy of 36 cores from ULA for the Evolved Expendable […]

[Via Satellite 04-29-2014] Hughes has awarded a contract to SSL Digital, a subsidiary of Grupo Medcom, for 1,400 HX90 broadband satellite terminals. The terminals will offer digital video and signage […]

[Via Satellite 04-29-2014] Raytheon reported its first quarter 2014 Earnings per Share (EPS), which was $1.87 from continuing operations, an increase compared to first quarter 2013 EPS at $1.49. Adjusted […]

[Via Satellite 04-29-2014] NovelSat introduced a new satellite transmission technology, the Second Generation Digital Video Broadcast Standard-Satellite (DVB S2) Plus. This new standard is a backward-compatible alternative to the DVB […]

[Via Satellite 04-29-2014] Macom has launched two new X-band high-powered Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) amplifiers for communications and radar applications. The first is a two-stage 8.5 amplifier, MMAP-015030, which […]

[Via Satellite 04-28-2014] SpaceX is filing suit in the United States court of federal claims against the U.S. Air Force’s block buy of 36 cores from United Launch Alliance (ULA) […]

[Via Satellite 04-28-2014] International telecom and media company Millicom began its first Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV service in Bolivia. The new service targets the 6.5 million out of 10.5 million people […]

[Via Satellite 04-28-2014] Airbus Defence and Space has been selected as the prime contractor for building Peru’s first Earth observation satellite system, with support from the French government. The satellite […]

[Via Satellite 04-28-2014] Thuraya signed an agreement with Western Union to start offering top-up prepaid SIM balances to satellite phone users through Western Union’s QuickPay service. This new method will […]