E-letter: News Feed

[Satellite TODAY 10-12-11] Analyst firm Mobile Experts is predicting massive, five-year growth of up to $1.5 billion in wireless backhaul link demand for mobile communications, which could provide strong potential […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-10-11] Thales Alenia Space has won a new nine-month study contract from the European Space Agency (ESA), the company announced Oct. 10. The ESPRIT (Emerging system concepts […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11] Sofradir has won a key contract to supply technology to new European Earth observation satellites. The company announced Oct. 10 that it had won a multi-million euro […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11] Hughes Europe is to provide satellite communications support to the ISMEP (Istanbul Seismic Risk Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness) project currently underway in Turkey, the company announced Oct. […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11]  OnAir has signed a new reseller deal for its Mobile OnAir solution, which provides passengers with inflight mobile phone connectivity, as well as mobile data facilitating ‘office-in-the-sky’ […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11]  MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has won a new deal with Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems, worth around $3.5 million, the company announced Oct. 7. It will […]

[Satellite News 10-11-11] Coming off of a multi-year contract from Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to provide a satellite capacity system to help manage the operator’s commercial satellite business, Optimal Satcom […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11] Canadian satellite operator Telesat restored customer services on the Anik F2 satellite after a technical anomaly occurred on the spacecraft Oct. 6, which left some of its […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11] The China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) and the China Institute of Rocket Carrier Technology have launched the French-made W3C telecom satellite into orbit on a Long […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11] Polish technology company TS2 has signed a strategic agreement with Satcom Global to distribute the Iridium Extreme global network phone to its customers and national trade partners, TS2 […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11] Global satellite communications provider NSSL Global has brought its spot beam on the SES NSS6 satellite online to support shipping in South East Asia and increase its […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-10-11] Mobile satellite voice and data services operator Globalstar has accepted the resignation of CFO and Senior Vice President Dirk Wild, the company confirmed Oct. 7. Wild […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-07-11] Sea Launch AG successfully placed the Intelsat 18 satellite into orbit Oct. 5 onboard a land launch Zenit-3SLB rocket from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] Thales Alenia Space rejected Globalstar’s recent order for six quick-delivery spacecraft as part of its second-generation constellation, according to documents filed Oct. 5 with the U.S. Securities […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] The highly anticipated and long-delayed launch of the ViaSat-1 high-capacity satellite is now scheduled for Oct. 19, the satellite’s operator ViaSat confirmed Oct. 6. The satellite will […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] MSS operator Inmarsat has selected Hughes Network Systems to develop a new machine-to-machine (M2M) terminal for its BGAN service, the companies announced Oct. 6.    Hughes recently […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] The gross merchandise transaction value of mobile payments for physical goods will exceed $170 billion worldwide by 2015 — nearly tripling the market’s $60 billion forecasts for […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-06-11] Independent global investment banking firm Greenhill & Co. (GHL) will sell all 9.8 million of its stock shares in mobile satellite operator Iridium Communications during a […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Hundreds of satellite executives, manufacturers, scientists and end-users from a wide variety of industry sectors packed into the Oct. 4 Hosted Payload Summit to address issues and […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Earth imagery solutions provider DigitalGlobe has received a one-year, $37.9 million value-added services contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the NGA’s new Enhanced GEOINT […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Satellite operator SES has secured an additional long-term contract with U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 to provide additional capacity on SES’ recently launched Astra 1N spacecraft, SES announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Signal quality and video delivery solutions provider Sencore has deployed two SMD 989 DVB-S/S2 satellite modulators to NES Communications, which has installed the new hardware in its […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Newtec’s new business partner program “bePart” has reaped more than 15 new strategic partnerships in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, the company announced Oct 5.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Gulf Air Senior Manager of IFE and Communications Mohamad El Assaad will speak as a panelist on Via Satellite’s Oct. 25 webinar, “Satellite Broadband on Airplanes: A […]

[Satellite News 10-06-11] U.K. operator Avanti Communications will announce the commission of its Hylas-3 satellite in the near-term thanks to encouraging pre-sales on the future satellite, Avanti CEO David Williams […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-11] The Megha-Tropiques advanced weather and climate research satellite, a collaborative effort between Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and French Space Agency (CNES), is set to launch on […]

[Satellite News 10-05-11] Hundreds of satellite executives, manufacturers, scientists and end-users from a wide variety of industry sectors packed into the Oct. 4 Hosted Payload Summit to address issues and […]

[Satellite News 10-05-11] After signing a new strategic contract with SES to bring more capacity to the Russian market, Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) could announce details of a new satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-05-11] A U.S. Air Force Academy physics department research center has been awarded a research grant worth approximately $800,000 to study space situational awareness, the Air Force […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-11] L-3 Communications Systems-West issued ASC Signal Corp. a $3.8 million subcontract to build a dual-band antenna system supporting global data collection and dissemination for the U.S. Navy […]