Caleb Henry

[Via Satellite 1-2-2014] Es’hailSat has partnered with the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football club for the Qatar Winter Game vs. Real Madrid. The game takes place in Doha, Qatar on Jan. […]

[Via Satellite 1-2-2014] Iran is preparing to launch domestically designed and manufactured satellites in the beginning of Feb. 2014. According to Hamid Fazeli, deputy head of the Iran Space Agency […]

[Via Satellite 1-2-2014] The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has appointed Richard Chernock as the Chairman of the ATSC’s Technology Group 3 (TG3), the standards development group working on the […]

[Via Satellite 12-31-13] Andrew Ruszkowski has been named chief commercial officer at XTAR. In the newly created position, Ruszkowski will continue to support XTAR’s fleet development to sustain current and […]

[Via Satellite 12-31-13] NewSat has received a copy of the confirmation letter issued by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to use Measat’s orbital slot 91.5 degrees east for […]

[Via Satellite 12-31-13] United Arab Emirates (UAE) prime minister and VP Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced that the UAE will launch its first locally-constructed satellite in 2017. The […]

[Via Satellite 12-31-13] China has put into service its high-definition Earth observation (EO) satellite Gaofen 1. The satellite was launched on April 26, 2013 using a Long March 2D rocket. […]

[Via Satellite 12-31-13] Energia has completed a full cycle of ground tests, assembly and factory trials for EgyptSat 2. The satellite launch is expected to occur in April 2014 using […]

[Via Satellite 12-30-13] On Friday Dec. 27, 2013, United States President Obama signed into law the FY2014 National Defense Authorization Act, which has broad implications for the space industry. One […]

[Via Satellite 12-30-13] The U.K.’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is investing approximately $7.6 million in a space weather forecasting system to protect technology from severe solar activity. […]

[Via Satellite 12-30-13] Gazprom Space Systems’ board of directors has unanimously approved several long-term company goals for development until 2020. The company will continue to build and sustain its fleet […]

[Via Satellite 12-30-13] KT has selected Hwang Chang-Gyu through its CEO recommendation committee as the company’s new CEO candidate. KT cited Hwang’s background as an IT specialist, his ability to […]

[Via Satellite 12-30-13] The launch date has been set for Thaicom’s Thaicom 6 satellite for the first week of 2014. The 87-minute launch window is set for Jan. 3, 2014 […]

[Via Satellite 12-30-13] MBC Bollywood, the latest channel in MBC Group’s bouquet of 14 channels, has been added to Arabsat’s Badr 4 satellite. The channel is known for providing Indian […]

[Via Satellite 12-27-13] High Throughput Satellite (HTS) services continue to be a popular idea, which Euroconsult believes has the potential to grow rapidly in 2014 and the following years. Over […]

[Via Satellite 12-27-13] Under a contract worth more than $134 million, the U.S. Air Force has selected Raytheon to develop a terminal that transmits emergency messages to aircrews during nuclear […]

[Via Satellite 12-27-13] Panasonic Avionics has signed a definitive agreement with China Telecom Satellite Communications to jointly develop, implement and support in-flight connectivity solutions for Chinese airlines. The agreement will […]

[Via Satellite 12-27-13] Skybox Imaging has released its first high-resolution, high-definition video of Earth taken by its first commercial remote sensing satellite SkySat 1, which captures up to 90-second video […]

[Via Satellite 12-27-13] NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have selected a launch window on Thursday Feb. 27, 2014 from 1:07 p.m. to 3:07 p.m. EST (3:07 a.m. […]

[Via Satellite 12-27-13] Florida-based Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA) has signed its first tenant agreement at Cecil Spaceport with Generation Orbit Launch Services (GO). GO, based in Atlanta, will use Cecil’s […]

[Via Satellite 12-26-13] As satellite industry leaders concentrate more of their resources on capturing market share in different economies, a potential stumbling block in their efforts could stem from no […]

[Via Satellite 12-26-13] The ISS-Reshetnev-built Express AM5 satellite was successfully launched from platform 81 at Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome onboard a Proton M rocket. Express AM5 is the first satellite built […]

[Via Satellite 12-26-13] Azerspace 1, which entered commercial service in March, has gathered $10 million in revenues for Azerbaijan. Located at 46 degrees east longitude, the satellite carries 36 active […]

[Via Satellite 12-26-13] India’s space agency, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), has set the date for the launch of its 23rd geostationary communication satellite, GSAT 14. The satellite is […]

[Via Satellite 12-26-13] The joint French-Italian multipurpose satellite Athena-Fidus has finished its initial checkout at Arianespace’s spaceport. The spacecraft has a launch date on Jan 23rd, along with the SSL-built […]

[Via Satellite 12-26-13] GATR and its customers Global DIRT and emergency.lu, along with Cisco Tactical Operations (TACOPS) and Intelsat General, contributed inflatable ground-based satellite terminals, networking equipment, satellite bandwidth, and […]

[Via Satellite 12-24-13] Wireless and satellite communications company CalAmp had a salient increase in satellite revenue during the company’s third quarter. Consolidated revenue rose by 43 percent to $63 million, […]

[Via Satellite 12-24-13] On Friday Dec. 20, 2013, Bolivia launched its first telecommunications satellite, designated Tupak Katari. The launch took place at 16:42 UTC onboard a Long March 3B rocket […]

[Via Satellite 12-24-13] Saft achieved a milestone when Inmarsat’s Inmarsat 5 F1 satellite became the 100th satellite to use the company’s Li-ion battery technology. Launched onboard a Proton M rocket […]

[Via Satellite 12-24-13] NASA‘s Launch Services Program has chosen United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) Atlas 5 vehicle to launch the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission, […]