EC Commissioner Leads Satellite Broadband Charge in Europe
Satellite has played a important role in Europe reaching a key broadband target, according to the latest information from the European Commission (EC). The EC released a statement where it said every EU household can now have a basic broadband connection, thanks to pan-EU availability of satellite… READ MORE »
US Air Force Extends SES’ Hosted Payload Contract
The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center has awarded a two-year contract extension to SES Government Solutions (SES-GS). The contract allows the Air Force to continue its research and development mission through the use of the Commercially Hosted… READ MORE »
The November edition of Via Satellite magazine is here! In this issue, we learn the inside story behind Eutelsat's strategy for Latin America, examine how the oil and gas industry looks to the HTS market, but only at the right price, and see how the government approaches business with satcoms under the thumb of sequestration. Read it now!
Astrium Wins €230 M Contract for Next-Gen Weather Satellite Instruments
The French Space Agency (CNES) has awarded Astrium a €230 million contract to provide next-generation Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI-NG) instruments for Europe‘s Meteorological Satellite Agency (EUMETSAT)’s future MetOp-SG satellites. The instruments will… READ MORE »
DLR, Thales Alenia Space and SES to Develop Space-Based Air Traffic Control Monitoring System
Thales Alenia Space Germany, DLR, and SES TechCom, a subsidiary of SES, have signed a long-term agreement for the joint development of the first European space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast… READ MORE »
AsiaSat 8 on Track for Launch in 1H 2014
Following good progress made in the manufacturing and testing, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) has targeted the Asiasat 8 launch for April 2014. With the successful completion of all the reference performance testing of the spacecraft’s payload and bus subsystems, AsiaSat 8 commenced Spacecraft… READ MORE »
Phasor Solutions Demonstrate Ku-Band Flat Satellite Antenna System
Phasor Solutions, a London-based manufacturer of high gain electronically steerable antenna systems, has successfully conducted operational test of its flat satellite antenna with no moving parts that uses electronically steered beam to communicate with satellite at multi Megabit rates. The demonstration was achieved with the firm’s fully operational… READ MORE »
