E-letter: News Feed

[Satellite TODAY 03-18-13] ViaSat is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its Exede Internet service, reaching more than 285,000 subscribers on ViaSat-1 within the Exede residential broadband service’s first year of […]

Tags: ISRO, GPS, Galileo, BeiDou Publication: IBTTimes.co.in Publication Date: 03/17/2013 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), the first operational launch vehicle of ISRO Image credit: ISRO India aims to launch the first […]

Tags: NASA, Laser Communications, LADEE Publication: SpaceDaily.com Publication Date: 03/18/2013 Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) components integrated onto the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft. Image credit: NASA […]

Egyptian cabinet agrees to reassess 2011 ban on issuing permits for new privately-owned satellite channels.

It is a perennial problem in military operations that there is never enough satellite capacity to satisfy commanders’ gargantuan appetite for voice and data communications.

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-13] Enterprise global satellite and cellular data communications solutions Orbcomm has acquired value-added resellers GlobalTrak and MobileNet for a combined cash purchase price of nearly $8 million, including […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-13] The SATELLITE 2013 conference and exhibition is set to kick off Monday, March 18 with full-day pre-conference sessions focusing on the industry’s latest technical and engineering challenges. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-13] Swiss Space Systems has announced its plans to provide low-cost satellite launches at a quarter of the current market rates. The company said it targets to charge […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-13] ViviSat has announced the opening of the ATK Robotic Rendezvous and Proximity (RPO) testing facility to ViviSat clients at the headquarters of ATK’s Space Systems Division in […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-13] YahLive, the HD television satellite platform for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, was presented with the Satellite Services Provider of the Year award at […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-13] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has signed a satellite transmission agreement with Neterra, a new direct-to-home (DTH), white-label, shared platform, called “the W1”, that offers pay-tv services in […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-13] Global FSS operator Telesat has signed a deal with OmniAccess, a VSAT service provider and network integrator in the luxury super yacht market. Under the deal, OmniAccess […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-13] ALi Corporation, a Set-Top Box (STB) solution provider, has announced the launch of its new high definition network media player, M3912. The player features multi-screen bridges, which […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-13] Inmarsat has announced the appointment of Bill Peltola as senior director for Aviation Services in the Asia-Pacific region. He will be responsible for developing market opportunities for […]

Tags: SpaceX,Spaceport, NASA, Grasshopper, Reusable rocket Publication: GizMag.com Publication Date: 03/10/2013 Click on the image to watch SpaceX’s Grasshopper reusable vertical takeoff and landing rocket take its highest flight to […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that the first four satellites of the future Galileo Satellite Navigation constellation achieved their first autonomous position fix.

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-13] Eutelsat Communications and OneAccess have announced a partnership to offer a new performance-enhanced platform for businesses, designed to deliver services operated on Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat High Throughput Satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-13] Hughes Network Systems has rolled out its Jupiter high-throughput technology to the global market, beginning with its the HN9600 and HN9800 Ka-band satellite routers, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-13] Talia, a data communications, network, and satellite solutions provider, has announced the start of broadcast playout services on the Arabsat fleet.     Located at 26 degrees east, […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-13] Japanese firm Sumitomo Construction Machinery has selected Orbcomm to provide wireless data connectivity for their global Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) telematics solution.     Orbcomm will provide its […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-13] Skycasters has selected iDirect’s Evolution Series X3 and X5 platform to provide high-speed, high-efficiency IP broadband connectivity for enterprise. The satellite routers feature highly efficient implementation of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-13] Boeing has shipped its fifth Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite, which aims to provide faster transmission of airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance imagery to the United States […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-13] Canadian mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna manufacturer C-COM Satellite Systems reported its eighth consecutive profitable year in 2012, increasing its quarterly dividend by approximately 33 percent compared to […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-13] Global imagery provider DigitalGlobe has awarded Richmond-based communications and information company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) a contract from to produce and provide a ground station solution, […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-13] Cobham is presenting a new HD MPEG4 IP Encoder that features IP connectivity via 3G, 4G and LAN at CABSAT 2013 in Dubai. Specifically designed for broadcast […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-13] The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has granted the first low-profile Vehicle Mounted Earth Station (VMES) license to ThinKom Solutions’ ThinSAT 300 on-the-move antenna product.    The ThinSAT […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-13] Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) operator Thuraya Telecommunications has announced the launch of Thuraya IP+, the latest addition to its portfolio of mobile satellite broadband terminals.    Thuraya’s new […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-13] Xiplink has announced the release of XipOS Software Version 4.0, which will be available to all customers on support programs at no additional charge starting on March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-11-13] FSS satellite operator Intelsat announced a number of executive appointments March 11, most significant of which involves the company’s board of directors electing eight-year Intelsat CEO and […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-11-13] An active Russian spacecraft has collided with a piece of space debris, believed to be from a destroyed Chinese satellite. The impact between Russia’s Ball Lens in […]