E-letter: News Feed

In-flight connectivity company GoGo and SES have partnered to deliver GoGo broadband services aboard commercial airliners flying over the North Atlantic Ocean Region, Europe and the United States.

Boeing’s third of four 702 Medium Power (MP) satellites for Intelsat S.A. arrived at the Sea Launch home port in Long Beach, Calif. on Nov. 28.

Hispasat’s new Amazonas 3 satellite for Latin America is currently undergoing its final construction phase

[Satellite TODAY 12-19-12] Satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) and Sea Launch have confirmed that the Independent Oversight Board (IOB) formed to investigate the solar array deployment anomaly following launch of […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is calling for submissions to replace its 200-276 Mbps wireless technology, Common Data Link, currently used for military communications.

The next NASA communications satellite TDRS-K has arrived to Cape Canaveral to get ready for its launch scheduled for Jan. 29.

SES is now the first satellite operator to offer the satellite broadband service Internet Satellite JET with download speeds of up to 20 Mbit/s for consumers in France, effective immediately via France Telecom-Orange's satellite broadband affiliate NordNet.

NSR's Broadband Satellite Markets 11th Edition report projected the worldwide VSAT, Broadband Satellite, Trunking and Backhaul markets to gain $9.1 billion in 2021, as satellite broadband Internet access subscribers will exceed 5.2 million globally in 10 years, and the enterprise VSAT installed base will reach nearly 2.9 million sites.

[Satellite TODAY 12-18-12] X-band satellite operator XTAR has spent the last 18 months retooling and reconfiguring its infrastructure to provide a whole new world of potential for bandwidth. Why? As […]

NASA announced it has successfully crashed its two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) twin satellites into the moon.

Xtar has acquired a significant segment of the airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (AISR) market over the last year under various contracts valued at over $8 million and more than […]

The third failure of the Breeze-M upper stage of Russia’s Proton rocket in 16 months has pushed its manufacturers to conduct a thorough assessment of Breeze-M.

The United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has drafted a Future Airspace Strategy (FAS) to overhaul the nation’s aerospace infrastructure, which includes making satellite-based aircraft navigation mandatory in certain areas […]

Astronomers from Harvard have confirmed that the North Korean satellite launched into space last week is tumbling in orbit and that no transmission has been received from it, signals that the spacecraft is almost certainly inactive.

Satcom Direct has launched the mobile application FlightDeck 360, enabling customers to view real-time flight data and utilize datalink communications before and during a flight using an Internet connection and […]

Wavestream, now a subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks, is shipping its AeroStream transceivers to Tecom Industries for integration into Tecom’s KuStream 1000 and KuStream 1500 broadband antenna systems for onboard […]

Wavestream, now a subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks, is shipping its AeroStream transceivers to Tecom Industries for integration into Tecom’s KuStream 1000 and KuStream 1500 broadband antenna systems for onboard […]

Etihad Airways has launched its new in-flight Internet and mobile connectivity service powered by the Panasonic Avionics Global Communications Suite “Etihad Wi-Fly,” the company announced.    The first Airbus A330-200 […]

Wednesday’s Qatar Airways flight was the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner to deliver both Wi-Fi Internet and mobile phone access to passengers via OnAir’s inflight connectivity, the companies announced.    The […]

Banyan Air Service, based at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), completed the second of two Bombardier Challenger 604s with the Aircell AGT-4000 Gogo in-flight internet system. One of the […]

Lufthansa German Airlines on Tuesday said it has began testing the BoardConnect in-flight entertainment system from Lufthansa Systems on an Airbus A320 stationed in Munich.    The Lufthansa Systems system […]

Etihad Airways on Monday launched its Etihad Wi-Fly in-flight Internet and mobile connectivity service, powered by the Panasonic Avionics Global Communications Suite. The airline’s first aircraft equipped with Panasonic’s communications […]

Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce says he is confident the company can make a strong impact in all areas of the in-flight connectivity business, including cabin and cockpit […]

Raytheon’s Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) has completes a Full Rate Production (FRP) review by the U.S. Navy and will be installed on more than 300 U.S. Navy ships, subs and shore stations.

The Eutelsat 21B satellite has fully entered into commercial service at 21.5 degrees East.

Arianespace has released a new mobile application that allows users to follow the company’s activities from their tables and smartphones.

The competition promises $30 million to the first privately funded team that can successfully land and communicate with an unmanned vehicle on the moon.

The Skynet 5D satellite has joined with Mexsat Bicentenario on Ariane 5 in preparation for the Dec. 19 Arianespace seventh and final 2012 heavy-lift flight from the French Guiana Spaceport.

Mobile satellite services provider Thuraya Telecommunications and Japanese telecommunications company SoftBank Mobile have partnered to provide Japanese business, enterprise, and consumer subscribers across Thuraya’s satellite network with mobile satellite communication services.

Modern Times Group (MTG)’s Viasat Broadcasting will provide season-long coverage of the National Basketball Association (NBA) according to a new multi-year pay-TV partnership.