Satellite Industry Seen Outpacing Global Economic Growth in New SIA Report
The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) released its 17th annual report recapping how the industry faired for the past year. The study, performed by the Tauri Group, found the satellite industry’s growth slightly outdid both worldwide and United States growth rates and… READ MORE »
Ball Completes Environmental Tests on MOIRE Telescope for DARPA
Ball Aerospace and Technologies completed thermal vacuum environmental tests on components of its Membrane Optic Imager Real-Time Exploitation (MOIRE) telescope for the Defense Advanced Research Projects… READ MORE »
The June issue of Via Satellite magazine is here! This month we reached out to end users across key emerging regions to see if demands for cellular backhaul capacity are as strong as the satellite industry hopes they are. We also bring you top Airbus execs' insight into the company's reorganization, and an exclusive coverage of our 4k Technology Breakfast during NAB. Read it now!
AEB’s First CubeSat Transported to Russian Launch Base
The Brazilian Space Agency’s (AEB) first CubeSat, C Br1, was transported to the Yasny launch base in Orenburg Oblast, Russia from the Dutch facility in Delft, Netherlands where it underwent final testing. In March the satellite went through a battery of tests in the Integration and… READ MORE »
Envivio Software Set to Power First Live 4K Broadcast at French Open
French broadcaster TDF will use Envivio’s ultra-HD (4K) compression technology for its live streaming of the French Open 2014 tennis championship to compatible TV sets in France. This will mark the first Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) broadcast transmission in 4K… READ MORE »
PT Digital Media Asia is set to deploy the new Viva+ Indonesian Direct-to-Home (DTH) service, which will broadcast all 64 main World Cup games using Newtec’s satellite solution. The games will broadcast over nine… READ MORE »
Eutelsat Launches Demo Ultra-HD Channel at 50 Frames per Second
Eutelsat launched a demonstration channel for Europe’s first High Efficiency Video Encoding (HEVC) ultra-HD broadcasting channel with a frame rate of 50 frames per second and a 10-bit color depth. The channel was launched via Eutelsat’s Hot Bird video… READ MORE »
