E-letter: News Feed

    Dish is launching a nationwide satellite broadband service in the United States, the company announced, Sept. 27. The operator is launching dishNET, a high-speed Internet service via satellite nationwide […]

    Sky News Arabia has launched a real-time web streaming service, based on Envivio software encoder technology, Envivio announced Sept. 27. The Envivio video processing solution is used to compress […]

        CASBAA has released a new study looking at how pay-TV markets are regulated in Asia, and how new Over-The-Top (OTT) services, legal and illegal, could impact traditional […]

    European satellite operator SES has produced solid financial performances recently, but with six satellites due to be launched over the next nine months, the company may struggle with […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-12] Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) has successfully completed pre-ship review of its first prototype spacecraft of the Orbcomm generation 2 constellation at the company’s Space Systems headquarters in […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-12] Semiconductor-based components and subsystems provider Emcore has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract by Orbital Sciences for NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-12] Canadian space hardware subsystems provider Com Dev International has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $4 million to provide satellite equipment for an unnamed U.S. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-12] APT Satellite Holdings of Hong Kong has entered into a contract with Chinese space company CSCC to provide project management services for the Apstar 7B (ChinaSat 12) […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-25-12] Satellite broadband could play an important role in meeting African governments’ broadband targets, such as increasing broadband penetration to approximately 80 percent of Africans by 2020, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-12] Eutelsat Communications has obtained all required regulatory approvals to acquire the GE-23 satellite, associated customer contracts and orbital rights from GE Capital, which completes the operator’s transaction, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-12] The commercial industry will supply 68 percent more satellite capacity to government and military users over the next decade despite near term uncertainty driven by troop withdrawals […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-12] Lockheed Martin has delivered the propulsion core module for the first U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System 2 spacecraft to the company’s GPS Processing Facility (GPF) in […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-12] The second annual Hosted Payload Summit will kick off on Thursday, Sept. 27 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C., focusing on the opportunities and challenges […]

[Satellite News 09-25-12] For an organization like the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the broadcasting sector’s constant migration to newer standards and broadcasting systems is creating a number of technical challenges. […]

[Satellite News 09-25-12] Uplogix identifies itself as an independent network management platform that is located with and directly connected to managed devices. The company designs its solutions to both work […]

[Satellite News 09-25-12] The overall satellite market is in good health with analysis firms such as NSR, Futron and Euroconsult predicting stable growth for the industry over the next few […]

 [Satellite TODAY Insider 09-24-12] AsiaSat has sold its entire interest in SpeedCast to private equity firm, TA Associates, the company announced Sept. 24. SpeedCast has been a strong performer recently, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-12] SES now expects its Astra 2F satellite to be launched on Sept. 28, the company announced Sept. 24. The satellite will be launched into space from the […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-12] Lockheed Martin has completed a key software design milestone for Iridium, the company announced Sept. 24. Lockheed Martin’s Application Software for the Iridium NEXT constellation held the […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-12] Dish TV, India’s largest DTH operator, has signed a key sports content collaboration deal as it seeks to improve it content offering here. Dish TV has well […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-12] Northrop Grumman has won a new contract worth $20 million with the U.S. Air Force, the company announced Sept. 24. The U.S. Air Force awarded the company […]

[Satellite News 09-21-12] Canadian satellite and information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) and Loral Space & Communications were notified by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-21-12] Thales Alenia Space will partner with Honeywell to integrate its Inmarsat Global Xpress aviation Ka-band satcom avionics and antenna systems with Thales’ cabin network solutions, the companies […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-21-12] The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has unveiled a program to modernize approaches and descents to six Florida airports as part of its transition to a satellite-based […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-21-12] NASA and U.S. commercial launch service provider SpaceX have announced Sunday, Oct. 7 as the target launch date for the first cargo resupply mission to the International […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-21-12] The Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) has elected MorganFranklin Director of Business Development for C4 Programs Daniel Gager to the board of directors for SSPI’s mid-Atlantic […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-12] Canadian satellite operator Telesat is conducting live demonstrations this month in Iqaluit to illustrate how satellite services can help remedy the bandwidth gaps that were identified in […]

Panasonic Avionics has a new 10-year contract to provide technical support services for AeroMexico’s fleet of 737-800 BSI aircraft.

 The Lake Forest, Calif.-based avionics supplier said the contract requires it […]

Thales will partner with Honeywell to bring the global broadband aircraft connectivity to the world aviation industry. The companies are working to integrate the Honeywell-developed GX Aviation Ka-band satcom avionics […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-12] Amos satellite fleet operator Spacecom and SatLink Communications have reached an agreement with France 24 to distribute the network’s French and English channels to Africa via the […]