Caleb Henry

[Via Satellite 12-04-2015] Azercosmos and Intelsat have chosen Arianespace to launch the Azerspace 2/Intelsat 38 telecommunications satellite. The mission is scheduled for 2017 using an Ariane 5 rocket from the […]

[Via Satellite 12-04-2015] To accommodate an increase in the payload capability of LauncherOne, Virgin Galactic has swapped the carrier aircraft WhiteKnightTwo for a Boeing 747-400. The larger aircraft, previously operated […]

[Via Satellite 12-04-2015] The Galileo Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites 3 and 4, assembled by OHB System AG of Germany, are now in service. The satellites are broadcasting navigation signals […]

[Via Satellite 12-04-2015] ViaSat has partnered with The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to live stream a wide variety of the university’s athletics programs through the company’s Exede satellite network. To broadcast sports […]

[Via Satellite 12-03-2015] Arianespace’s Dec. 2 Vega launch of the Lisa Pathfinder space probe fulfilled the final flight of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Vega Research and Technology Accompaniment (VERTA) program […]

[Via Satellite 12-03-2015] The fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite finished on-orbit testing on Nov. 30, and has been accepted by the U.S. Navy. Launched Sept. 2, MUOS 4 […]

[Via Satellite 12-03-2015] PlanetiQ, a startup with plans to field a constellation of 12 small weather satellites, has signed a contract with Antrix Corporation Limited, the commercial arm of the […]

[Via Satellite 12-03-2015] Inmarsat’s third Global Xpress satellite, Inmarsat 5 F3, successfully completed all in-orbit testing and reached Full Operational Capability (FOC) on Dec. 1, 2015 for government customers. The […]

[Via Satellite 12-02-2015] Roughly half a year after a massive earthquake struck at the heart of Nepal, the country is still trying to recover. The magnitude 7.8 earthquake caused substantial […]

[Via Satellite 12-02-2015] The French Office National d’Etudes et Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA) is leading a study with partners in six European nations on the feasibility of a low cost system […]

[Via Satellite 12-02-2015] Norsat International has released its ATOM 25-Watt Ka-band Block Upconverter (BUC) and Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA) products. The 25W ATOM Ka BUC is software switchable between […]

[Via Satellite 12-01-2015] Outcomes from the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) 2015 World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-15) turned out to be more favorable than many feared leading up to the event, which […]

[Via Satellite 12-01-2015] Eutelsat, Afrique Telecom and Wikimedia France have teamed up to kick-start a large-scale initiative to extend free access to French-language Wikipedia in Sub-Saharan Africa via Wi-Fi hotspots. […]

[Via Satellite 12-01-2015] The Australia Defence Force (ADF) and the United States military partnered with Hughes Network Systems’ Defense and Intelligence Systems Division (DISD) at Talisman Sabre 2015 to test […]

[Via Satellite 12-01-2015] The newest satellite in Russian Satellite Communications Company’s fleet, Express AM8, was commissioned today, Dec. 1, at its nominal orbital slot of 14 degrees West. Express AM8 […]

[Via Satellite 12-01-2015] Michael Schwartz, Telesat’s vice president of marketing, corporate development and regulatory from 2007 to 2012, has rejoined the company from mobile operator Sprint Corp. Schwartz resigned in […]

[Via Satellite 11-30-2015] OmniAccess CEO Bertrand Hartman sees the need for satellite technology to increase in capability in order to keep pace with the runaway demand for connectivity on the […]

[Via Satellite 11-30-2015] The Lebanese Red Cross, the sole provider of emergency medical services in Lebanon, is deploying 125 handheld Spot Gen3 safety devices from Globalstar subsidiary Globalstar Europe Satellite […]

[Via Satellite 11-30-2015] SkyVision Global Networks, in partnership with ABS, is launching two new video platforms on the ABS 3A satellite to enable Direct-to-Home (DTH) services across Sub-Saharan Africa, including […]

[Via Satellite 11-30-2015] Qatari telecommunications company Ooredoo has launched a new broadband service called “VSAT Internet” for nations located in the Middle East. The company is using capacity from Eutelsat’s […]

[Via Satellite 11-30-2015] SES and Commission Electorale Nationale Independante (CENI), the official electoral body of Burkina Faso, partnered to enable secure digital transmission of the results of the Nov. 29 […]

[Via Satellite 11-24-2015] SmartSky Networks, designer of a new 4G LTE Air-to-Ground (ATG) network for the aviation sector, is open to partnering with satellite companies to augment its future connectivity […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-2015] United Launch Alliance (ULA) is kicking off a new program providing free launches to academia for CubeSat missions on the Atlas 5 rocket. The program signals a […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-2015] State-owned China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC), the world’s largest railway transportation supplier, has selected Gilat for satellite connectivity onboard trains. The companies signed a long-term partnership […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-2015] Intelsat announced Nov. 19 it has moved the Horizons 2 satellite to a new orbital position at 85 degrees east to launch a new Free-to-Air (FTA) Direct-to-Home […]

[Via Satellite 11-20-2015] Starting with nine satellites and later scaling up to 48, San Jose, Calif.-based Hera Systems revealed its intentions to launch a constellation of high-resolution Earth Observation (EO) satellites […]

[Via Satellite 11-19-2015] Eutelsat has partnered with telecom infrastructure specialist Camusat to spur on better turnkey connectivity solutions for mobile operators in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using satellite, Eutelsat can deliver coverage […]

[Via Satellite 11-19-2015] Wireless link optimization specialist XipLink has completed a test with a significant Asian cellular service provider, delivering accelerated voice, data and video traffic exceeding 90 megabits per […]

[Via Satellite 11-19-2015] Inmarsat and Ericsson have signed a strategic maritime agreement to jointly develop services, solutions and applications to drive industry standards for satellite connectivity and application integration in […]

[Via Satellite 11-19-2015] ViaSat and Cobham Satcom have joined forces to offer new product and service offerings to the Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) market. The companies are starting with the release […]