E-letter: News Feed

ORBCOMM announced that its globaltrak division has completed the shipment of its fuel monitoring system, which is designed to prevent theft of mission-critical fuel used by U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Panasonic Avionics has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China Telecom Satellite Communications Limited to jointly develop, implement and support in-flight connectivity solutions for the Chinese market.

A 200-year-old shipwreck has been discovered off the coast of Texas, where archeologists have launched a high-tech salvage operation

ID Inquiries has been appointed by the Premier League, the English professional football league, to carry out investigations into the unauthorized and illegal use of foreign satellite systems and web streams in the United Kingdom.

SES announced it has signed a 15-year contract with Platco Digital, a sister company of the South African independent broadcaster e.tv.

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) announced it has executed multiple agreements with Harris CapRock to provide satellite capacity services from its 1 degree west orbital location.

Astrium has recently signed a contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), the South Korean space agency.

Boeing reports strong second-quarter results and raises 2013 EPS guidance.

In the wake of C-COM Satellite Systems’ recent deal with Vox Telecom in South Africa, C-COM’s CEO Leslie Klein points to a new trend in the satellite industry.

Armed with only a team of student volunteers and a workspace in his mother’s backyard, 28-year-old Chris Nsamba has set out to build and launch Uganda’s first space observer.

SatCam hopes to take user-submitted data to improve weather research and forecasting, while giving users an added bonus.

SES announced that the East African pay-TV broadcaster Zuku TV will complete its migration on the SES fleet by the end of July 2013 and has committed to growth capacity on the new satellite.

C-COM Satellite Systems, a global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, announced today that it has started supplying South Africa's largest independent telecommunications firm Vox Telecom with iNetVu Mobile antennas.

Boeing recently demonstrated that astronauts in its Crew Space Transportation (CST) 100 capsule will be able to safely exit the spacecraft during an emergency water landing.

Astrium Satellites and Thales Alenia Space have been declared the winners of an €800 million contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Defense. The recent announcement names Astrium as the lead contractor for the Falcon Eye program, a UAE defense initiative responsible for managing next-generation military surveillance satellites.

Brazil and Argentina have joined an international effort to provide data and to help prevent an ocean color data gap, which occurred after the Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) mission failed in 1986.

Intelsat has selected Space Systems/Loral (SSL) to provide a new communications satellite to expand its coverage of the Western hemisphere.

As the demand for satellite cellular service has the potential to increase, companies such as Dubai-based Thuraya and U.S.-based Globalstar are already working on securing some of that demand.

In-flight entertainment provider, Global Eagle Entertainment and China Telecom Satellite Communications recently signed a memorandum of understanding, in which Global Eagle will assist China Telecom in providing an in-flight connectivity (IFC) service for Chinese airlines and airline customers who fly into and over China

NASA and NOAA are using GPS to better forecast the ferocity of hurricane and tropical cyclone winds.

Telespazio has signed a contract with the French company STIME to deploy one of the largest Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite networks in Europe for Les Mousquetaires group.

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket carrying the second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS 2) satellite for the U.S. Navy lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Friday July 19.

Eumetsat announced that Calibration and Validation (cal/val) activities concluded after the final Product Validation Review Board (PVRB) meeting declared the IASI Level 2 (L2) products derived from Metop B operational.

Fashion TV (FTV), has selected SatLink Communications, a global teleport, content management and HD playout services provider, to playout, uplink and stream its HD channel onto AsiaSat 5.

Since the release of a U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) report earlier this year, demand for satellite broadband service continues to increase exponentially, prompting service providers such as Hughes and ViaSat to change how they do business to meet this increased demand.

ITT Exelis has received Nadcap accreditation of its aerostructures composite design and manufacturing center for chemical processing.

Space Systems/Loral (SSL) announced that it has signed a contract with an undisclosed customer to provide a multi-mission satellite to be used for telecommunications, television broadcast, and other services such as distance learning.

Following integration of its full payload stack, the heavy-lift Ariane 5 is now complete in preparation for its July 25 launch.

At the ACOMM awards July 18, the Communications Alliance awarded Optus the “Satellite Provider of the Year” honor for the company’s commitment to providing satellite products and services in remote areas.

Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex) announced it has entered into an agreement with Boeing for the design, construction and delivery of Satmex 9, the latest communications satellite in its fleet. Satmex 9 will be launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.