E-letter: News Feed

[Via Satellite 10-09-13] MACOM Technology Solutions announced a new GaN unmatched wideband transistor in SOT-89 package suited to 50 V operation in driver and power applications. Operating over the DC […]

[Via Satellite 10-08-13] Hughes Network System (HNS) recently announced it had teamed up with Media Networks Latin America (MNLA) to bring broadband services based on Ka-band to Latin America. While […]

[Via Satellite 10-08-13] SES’ SES 8 satellite has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The satellite will now be processed for a November launch on board […]

[Via Satellite 10-08-13] The fifth and final European Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) built by Astrium, called “Georges Lemaître,” has left the company’s Bremen site and is on its way to […]

[Via Satellite 10-08-13] Himawari Operation Enterprise and Mitsubishi Electric have completed the ground operations system for the Himawari 8 and Himawari 9 weather data transmission satellites. The Japan Meteorological Agency […]

[Via Satellite 10-08-13] Pay-TV network OSN has extended its landmark deal with The Walt Disney Company MENA. The agreement will make OSN the exclusive subscription TV service in the region for first-run Disney […]

[Via Satellite 10-08-13] Advantech Wireless has received an additional contract of more than CA$3 million ($2.9 million) for a major network expansion of a regional operator in Latin America. Advantech Wireless’s Broadband […]

[Via Satellite 10-07-13] The Montenegrin Police Force is the latest customer in Europe looking to benefit from high-powered satellites. Earlier this month, Eutelsat Communications and Satellite Broadband Service Network Montenegro […]

[Via Satellite 10-07-13] European satellite operator Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has selected iDirect’s new Velocity product line as the ground infrastructure solution for its new Thor 7 high throughput satellite […]

[Via Satellite 10-07-13] Inmarsat has triggered an option to purchase a fourth Inmarsat 5 satellite under its existing contract with Boeing Satellite Systems International. The program schedule from Boeing has […]

[Via Satellite 10-07-13] Brazilian telecommunications company Embratel has signed an agreement with RigNet, a global provider of remote communications, systems integration and collaborative applications dedicated to the oil and gas […]

[Via Satellite 10-07-13] Global Eagle Entertainment has selected Jay Itzkowitz as senior vice president and general counsel of the company. As head of the organization’s legal team, Itzkowitz is responsible […]

[Via Satellite 10-07-13] Euroconsult, a global consulting firm in the satellite and broadcasting sectors, has appointed Marc Welinski as deputy director of broadcast and broadband. In this new position, Welinski […]

[Via Satellite 10-04-2013] Axiros has entered a deal with ViaSat, resulting in the first deployment of the TR-069 protocol over satellite. Under the agreement, ViaSat will position Axiros’ AXESS.ACS for […]

[Via Satellite 10-04-13] SES and Eutelsat are in discussions toward finding a solution around 28.5 degrees east. Following the decision of the Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the rules of the […]

[Via Satellite 10-04-2013] Thales Alenia Space Belgium will build a new plant in Leuven, which will start operations in the first half of 2014. This strategic new facility reflects Thales […]

[Via Satellite 10-03-13] Optus has signed a five-year contract with the State Government of Western Australia to deliver an enhanced satellite service through the Optus Aurora Digital Viewer Access Satellite […]

[Via Satellite 10-04-2013] Eutelsat Communications has reached a new milestone in the drive to reduce the digital divide with satellite broadband installers now trained and certified to bring Eutelsat’s Tooway […]

[Via Satellite 10-04-13] iDirect Government Technologies (iGT), a wholly owned subsidiary of VT iDirect (iDirect), has launched its Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) hardening scripts, an improved information assurance (IA) […]

[Via Satellite 10-03-13] The Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG) will use its annual conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil later this month as a call to arms for the industry […]

[Via Satellite 10-03-13] Lockheed Martin has powered on the system module of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite–R (GOES-R) satellite for the first time. The GOES-R series is NOAA‘s next geostationary […]

[Via Satellite 10-03-2013] Raytheon has successfully completed software iteration 1.5 Critical Design Review (iCDR) for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX). The iteration 1.5 software […]

[Via Satellite 10-03-13] UltiSat, a global provider of turnkey communication solutions, has been awarded multiple contracts to provide several nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with global managed satellite network solutions. These programs […]

[Via Satellite 10-03-13] Spirent Communications has introduced a carrier-approved Assisted Global Navigation Satellite System (A-GNSS) record and playback capabilities on its Hybrid Location Technology Solution (HLTS). This new A-GNSS record […]

[Via Satellite 10-03-2013] Comtech EF Data Corporation has completed interoperability testing with a selection of Cobham SATCOM Maritime VSAT stabilized antenna systems and the ROSS Open Antenna Management (ROAM) protocol. […]

[Via Satellite 10-02-2013] On September 29, SpaceX’s upgraded Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a successful demonstration mission to deliver the CASSIOPE satellite to orbit for […]

[Via Satellite 10-02-13] Orbcomm has completed the acquisition of Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation’s Sensor Enabled Notification System (SENS) operation, which includes satellite hardware, network technology and web platforms. The SENS […]

[Via Satellite 10-02-2013] Pullmantur Cruises, a Royal Caribbean International brand, is renewing and extending its long-term relationship with MTN Communications. Pullmantur chose to increase the breadth of communications services and […]

[Via Satellite 10-02-13] Exelis’ subsidiary Exelis Visual Information Solutions, developers of ENVI and IDL software, will now deliver its image and data visualization analysis software packages to NASA with a […]

[Via Satellite 10-02-13] ThinKom Solutions’ ultra-low profile ThinSAT 300 antenna, which provides global communications-on-the-move (COTM) connectivity, has been qualified to be interoperable with iDirect‘s OpenAMIP protocol. Complying with iDirect’s OpenAMIP […]