Government and Africa Market Challenges Loom Large for Intelsat
Intelsat generated revenues of more than $2.6 billion in 2013, but an overall loss of $255 million. These were two of the highlights of its fourth quarter results issued Feb. 20. Encouragingly for the operator, it generated a net profit of in excess of $72 million during this… READ MORE »
Ex-Im Bank to Continue Support to US Satellite Communications Industry
With more than $50 billion in U.S. exports in FY 2012, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) is one of the satellite industry’s largest supporters. As one of the country’s fastest growing industries, satellite accounts for… READ MORE »
CPI SuperLinear® TWTAs are the most power-efficient HPAs in the industry. They are twice as efficient as comparable SSPAs, including GaN-based products, resulting in lower operational costs and better MTBF. SuperLinear TWTAs are available in C-, X- and Ku-bands, and cause less carbon emissions than any alternative.
Smart Communications Expands Partnership with Thuraya
Smart Communications has selected Thuraya Telecommunications Company to provide mobile satellite handsets and airtime services to subscribers in the Philippines. This multiyear agreement will produce a combined voice services and handset offer called SmartSAT, an extension of Smart’s crew calling service Phone Pal. The package will… READ MORE »
Orange Business Services Extends Satellite Presence in Americas
Orange Business Services is currently expanding its presence across corporate private networks with increased capacity, new licenses, integrated services and customer implementations in the oil, gas, mining and shipping industries. The company has recently doubled its satellite capacity in the Americas… READ MORE »
The February issue of Via Satellite magazine is here! This month, we relive the much anticipated and dramatic SES 8 launch, the first commercial satellite launch by SpaceX. We also go through what it takes for the satellite industry to win the spectrum battle at the upcoming WRC-15, and get an overview of India's regulatory obstacles for satellite and what needs to be done in order to overcome them. Plus, as a digital exclusive, we bring you the Satellite Executive of the Year nominees! Find out who are the four runners to the most prestigious award in the satellite industry. Read it now!
Skybox Signs Agreement with Orbital for Satellite Launches
Skybox Imaging has signed an agreement with Orbital Sciences to launch six more satellites into orbit. The satellites will be launched into a sun-synchronous orbit aboard Orbital’s Minotaur C space launch vehicle, a commercial version of their Minotaur product line that serves the U.S. government… READ MORE »
ETL Systems to Introduce New RF Over Fiber Design at Satellite 2014
ETL Systems is expanding its product range from radio frequency (RF) systems to fiber applications, and will introduce its new solution at SATELLITE 2014 in March. This new design will feature high-level RF specs and a design for high isolation applications, with full details being… READ MORE »
Saft Awarded $20 Million Contract from Boeing
Boeing has awarded Saft with five contracts to build Li-ion batteries for four of the company’s current GEO communication satellite programs. These new contracts make a total of 11 contracts Boeing holds with Saft, representing more than $20 million in satellite battery sales. There are currently 75… READ MORE »
iGT Releases DoD-Approved Router Board
iDirect Government Technologies (iGT), a subsidiary of iDirect, has released the e150 Integrated Router Board, its new satellite router. The router board is designed to meet the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) satcom requirements for remote sensor monitoring. The e150 was created for sensor applications… READ MORE »
