E-letter: News Feed

The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) has selected Hughes Network Systems to provide a satellite back-up solution for its Operational Systems Network (OPSnet).

RRsat Global Communications Network announced the opening of a local office in Moscow, Russia.

DSAT Cinema announced that 1,000 cinema complexes in Europe are now fully equipped for satellite reception.

SpaceX has been awarded a contract with Thales Alenia Space to launch Turkmenistan NSSC, Turkmenistan’s first satellite. The satellite is scheduled to launch within the next two years on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Pegasus, a winged rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corp., will carry NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft into orbit

The United States is no longer alone in testing Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) technology as Canada became the first country approved to use and test the Lockheed Martin-produced satellite system, according to company officials.

The launch of O3b Network’s first four satellites aboard an Arianespace Soyuz rocket has been postponed by 24 hours, according to the launch company.

Newtec and satellite service provider SpeedCast announced the results of an intensive trial of Newtec’s latest S2 Extensions and Clean Channel Technology.

International satellite communications companies have begun increasing delivery of Global VSAT Forum (GVF)’s VSAT Installation Training & Certification throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Geolink Satellite Services, part of CETel Group, has signed a multi-year transponder contract with Arabsat on its 5A satellite.

SES and Thailand’s IPMTV have broadened their partnership, signing additional capacity on the upcoming SES 8 and renewing IPMTV’s multi-year capacity deal on NSS 6.

More opportunities for satellite broadband services are beginning to emerge as the demand for Internet access continues to grow around the world, according to Stephane Palomba regional vice president Asia at Gilat Satellite Networks.

Intelsat announced agreements with media customers in the Asia-Pacific region including Hong Kong-based TVBI

Despite seeing a 23 percent revenue increase in 2012, the satellite manufacturing sector also saw the biggest loss of U.S. jobs

Thuraya Telecommunications has secured a long-term financing facility through Dubai Islamic Bank

SES announced that the ASTRA 2E satellite has safely arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

ViaSat and Boeing have agreed to work together by offering ViaSat Ka-band airborne satellite terminals as a factory line-fit option on Boeing commercial aircraft

Gilat Satellite Networks and Thaicom have signed a Cooperation Framework Agreement.

To address the operational and technical issues with collecting images from the Landsat 8 satellite, scientists and engineers from around the world are participating in the Landsat Ground Station Operators Working Group and the Landsat Technical Working Group this week.

Azerspace 1, Azerbaijan's first telecommunication satellite, has been broadcasting state-run TV channels in test mode since it began trials after its February launch. That will change in July when

At the International Aeronautics and Space Show in Paris, Thales Alenia Space announced the signing of a new deal with Swiss Space System (S3).

03b Networks announced a major multi-million dollar, multi-year deal to provide fiber-equivalent capacity to Malaysian telecoms provider Maju Nusa.

Singapore – Mediascape, the largest DTH platform operator in the Philippines, expects to become the number one player in the market this year, reaching approximately 600,000 subscribers.

Inmarsat announced the appointments of Abe Peled and Simon Bax as additional non-executive directors to its board.

n an effort to connect people in rural and remote areas, help fill coverage gaps, and bring people back online after disasters, Google will release 30 high-tech balloons in the first trial of Project Loon.

On Monday, Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with the European Space Agency at the Paris Air & Space Show for ESA’s mission to Mars in 2016.

Details about the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia’s (MPDC) arrangement with the Naval Research Laboratory are developing as part of a lawsuit by people taken into custody during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings.

Encompass Digital Media Asia has selected AsiaSat’s DVB-S2 MCPC to distribute Edge Sport HD

Sea Launch and Eutelsat announced the finalization of an agreement to launch the Eutelsat 3B spacecraft in April 2014

ORBIT Communication Systems announced the launch of the OceanTRx maritime stabilized mobile VSAT platform for the Asian market.