Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-15-12] Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch, winner of Via Satellite magazine’s 2011 Satellite Executive of the Year Award, confirmed March 13 that the Iridium NEXT constellation has...

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-12] Boeing has won a four-spacecraft manufacturing contract for a small platform version of its 702 satellite that will be powered solely by electric motors, the company announced...

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-12] Australian operator NewSat has contracted Arianespace to launch the Jabiru-1 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the European Spaceport in French...

[Satellite News 03-15-12] The transition from Ku-band to Ka-band is happening, much the same as the transition from C-band to Ku-band happened 20 years ago, thanks to the aggressive emergence...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-14-12] China is planning to launch about 20 rockets each year before 2015 as part of the nation’s “100 rockets, 100 satellites” space program, China Aerospace Science...

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-12] European satellite operator Eutelsat has unified the names of its satellites under the company brand name, Eutelsat announced March 11.    The company’s satellites will now take...

[Satellite TODAY 03-14-12] Japanese telecommunications and car electronics manufacturer Yupiteru has selected Swiss positioning company U-blox’s QZSS satellite positioning technology and QZSS-enabled LEA-6H satellite receiver module for integration with its...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 03-13-12] Australian operator NewSat has entered into an agreement with AP Kypros Satellite for an additional orbital slot and expanded frequencies in existing slots, NewSat announced March...

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-12] Comtech Xicom Technology has introduced a new high-efficiency 750-Watt peak-power Ku-band traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA), the company announced March 12.    The company said its XTD-750KHE...

[Satellite TODAY 03-13-12] Satellite technology manufacturer Winegard has introduced two new airline-checkable 1.2-meter auto-acquire flyaway antennas as lightweight, real-time broadband solution for mobile users, the company announced March 12.  ...