E-letter: News Feed

Norsat International has introduced its new Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) and custom microwave products for airborne and Ka multi-band applications.

South Korea has announced its plans to strengthen its surveillance system against North Korean electronic jamming signals, which have targeted the South’s civilian facilities in the past.

[Satellite TODAY 04-09-13] Via Satellite has launched its first dedicated edition for Asia. The issue will be distributed at the Asia Pacific Operators Summit (APOS) hosted by Media Partners Asia […]

Ball Aerospace & Technologies has started integration for DigitalGlobe’s next generation commercial remote-sensing satellite.

Panasonic Avionics Corporation has announced completion of commercial agreement with Australian Satellite Communications (ASC) and is now ready to enter into service with a full transponder of capacity on the Eutelsat 172A satellite pending imminent regulatory approval.

MEASAT Satellite Systems has announced an agreement with CET Teleport GmbH for capacity on the Africasat-1a satellite.

LGS Innovations, an independent subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, has announced the appointment of Rich Martin to chief information officer.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has announced its oldest Earth observation satellite Radarsat-1 is unlikely to recover fully from an anomaly experienced on March 29.

[Satellite TODAY 04-08-13] International Datacasting (IDC) has appointed Doug Lowther as its new CEO. Lowther is expected to start his new role in late May. Previously, he had been Executive […]

The take-up rate of in-flight connectivity services is proving to be lower than expected. Euroconsult recently released the “Prospects for In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity” report

C-COM Satellite Systems has announced its iNetVuKa-98H mobile antenna system, combined with the HNS 2W Dual IFL Transceiver, is suitable to operate over the Middle East satellite operator Yahsat’s Yahclick network.

Matt Perkins, CEO of Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL), has been elected Vice-Chair of the U.K. Industry Association for Space (UKspace), the trade association of the UK space industry.

KVH Industries has introduced its new TracPhone V3-IP satellite communications systems and announced the availability of an integrated service package that pairs its mini-VSAT Broadband service with the Iridium OpenPort broadband service.

ATEME has announced that Turner Broadcasting has used ATEME's Kyrion CM5000 encoder in its dual channel version for remote production.

NASA has announced a $200 million grant to fund the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) project.

he compression market is heating up ahead of NAB with the main technology vendors making a flurry of announcements as they look to meet the needs of broadcasters and DTH players.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ subsidiary RT Logic has launched two new products for building cost-effective satellite control centers: the Software Front End Processor (FEP) and the Software Gateway. Both are based on a "software only" architecture that replaces the hardware/software appliances used in the industry today.

Ericsson has launched a new high-performance compression platform for the delivery of TV services over all networks.

Azercosmos and MEASAT have announced that the Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a satellite has successfully completed in-orbit testing and entered full commercial service.

RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, has announced several changes to the company's operational leadership team.

A new Swiss company is planning to build a spaceport to offer cheap access to orbit for small satellites. Swiss Space Systems (S3) is working on an unmanned suborbital mini shuttle based on a previous European design called Hermes.

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has announced that its electronics branch, Singapore Technologies Electronics (ST Electronics) has secured approximately 151 million Singapore dollars worth of contracts for rail electronics, satellite communications (satcom) and smart utility projects in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q2013).

Surrey Satellite Technology US (SST-US) has moved into a new purpose-built company headquarters and satellite manufacturing facility in Englewood, Colo.

Advantech Wireless has announced the release of its most powerful Next Generation Satellite Communications product, the New Millennium Series VSAT Hub for HTS.

AsiaSat has signed a significant deal with GeoMetWatch, which will see the satellite operator host the first of six Sounding & Tracking Observatory for Regional Meteorology (STORMTM) instruments on board a new satellite planned to be launched by AsiaSat in 2016. The deal allows AsiaSat to go in a new direction, and shows the operator’s willingness to look for more creative deals.

Philippines Airlines (PAL) is the latest Asian Airline to announce plans to offer in-flight connectivity services. The company has announced a deal with OnAir, which will enable its passengers to use both GSM and Wi-Fi Internet services. It has hooked up with OnAir to provide the service.

Philippines Airlines (PAL) is the latest Asian Airline to announce plans to offer in-flight connectivity services. The company has announced a deal with OnAir, which will enable its passengers to use both GSM and Wi-Fi Internet services. It has hooked up with OnAir to provide the service.

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) and GeoMetWatch have announced a strategic partnership to host the first of six Sounding & Tracking Observatory for Regional Meteorology (STORMTM) instruments on board a new satellite planned for launch in 2016 and to be positioned at 122 degrees east.

KVH Industries has expanded the global mini-VSAT Broadband network by more than its double in the Brazilian and African regions.

HISPASAT has announced it will provide broadband connections for the Mars Spanish Mission (MSM), the first Spanish simulated Mars colonization mission.