Juliet Van Wagenen

[Via Satellite 01-04-2017] Satellite-enabled aircraft tracking, known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), can help to curb aviation carbon emissions in the near term, a new study by Purdue University confirms. […]

[Via Satellite 01-04-2016] SKY Perfect JSAT has struck a contract with Arianespace to launch the satellite company’s JCSAT-17 communications satellite. JCSAT 17 will be launched aboard Arianespace’s Ariane-5 launch vehicle […]

[Via Satellite 01-04-2016] UAE-based satellite operator Al Yah Satellite Communications (Yahsat) is looking to refresh and expand services delivered over its Y1B Ka-band satellite by implementing Hughes Network Systems’ Jupiter […]

[Via Satellite 01-04-2016] Global Beam Telecom, an Inmarsat distribution partner, has struck a multi-year agreement with Tecbuy and Virgin Megastores in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to sell Inmarsat’s Global […]

[Via Satellite 01-04-2016] Eutelsat Communications has launched two new Ultra HD channels at its Hotbird video neighborhood. Fashion TV’s new Ultra HD channel, FTV UHD, and Travelxp 4K, a 4K […]

[Via Satellite 01-03-2017] Harris Corp. has completed the previously announced sale of its CapRock Communications commercial business to SpeedCast for $425 million in cash. CapRock, which was part of the […]

[Via Satellite 01-03-2017] The QVC television channel is broadcasting its new High Definition (HD) channel through Giglio Group’s M-Three SatCom business unit using Eutelsat Hot Bird satellites on 13 degrees […]

[Via Satellite 01-03-2017] Digital platform security provider Irdeto has partnered with Tata Elxsi, a player in the automotive ecosystem market, to provide automakers with secure in-car display systems. Irdeto has […]

Millennials from across the satellite industry predict what the market and the spacecraft themselves might look like 30 years from now.

[Via Satellite 12-20-2016] The European Space Agency (ESA) and Inmarsat have completed the first flight trials for Iris Precursor, a project to enhance and modernize air traffic management over European […]

[Via Satellite 12-15-2016] Swiss start-up ELSE has raised more than $4 million in funding, putting the company on track to launch two demonstration nanosatellites in the fourth quarter of 2017, […]

[Via Satellite 12-16-2016] The United Launch Alliance (ULA) has named the winners of its additive manufacturing GrabCAD design challenge, the 3-2-1 Liftoff! ULA Rocket Hardware Challenge. The challenge asked participants […]

[Via Satellite 12-16-2016] EchoStar Mobile, a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, has selected Bentley Walker as the first European-wide distributor for its new satellite-based network that will provide IP-based Mobile Satellite […]

[Via Satellite 12-16-2016] Eutelsat Communications has appointed Sandrine Teran as group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the executive committee. She will join Eutelsat on Jan. 9, 2017. Teran […]

[Via Satellite 12-16-2016] O3b Networks struck an agreement with Digicel to boost broadband capacity to support the Green Climate Fund (GCF) convention and board meeting held in Apia, Samoa from […]

[Via Satellite 12-15-2016] Despite glitches and delays, land-based mobility in the satellite market will generate $18.1 billion in revenue over the next decade, Northern Sky Research‘s (NSR) newly released “Land-Mobile […]

[Via Satellite 12-15-2016] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has appointed Kevin Walden Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the company. Walden has been serving as acting CIO since earlier this year. In […]

[Via Satellite 12-15-2016] Ukrkosmos, the state-appointed operator of satellite telecommunications systems in Ukraine, has selected a video compression solution from video infrastructure provider Harmonic to support its new teleport offering […]

[Via Satellite 12-15-2016] Spaceflight Industries has announced the availability of its BlackSky global intelligence platform, as well as its Early Adopter Program (EAP) participants, and the partner ecosystem fueling the […]

[Via Satellite 12-15-2016] MX1, a subsidiary of SES, has signed a multi-year agreement with Discovery Networks Germany, Eurosport’s parent company, to handle technical services and satellite transmission of the Eurosport […]

[Via Satellite 12-13-2016] Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones, could offer the satellite industry a $19.9 billion revenue opportunity over the next decade, according to a new report by Northern […]

[Via Satellite 12-13-2016] NASA has rescheduled the launch of its Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) spacecraft for no earlier than Wednesday, Dec. 14, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station […]

[Via Satellite 12-13-2016] The 5G Infrastructure Association has elected Christine Leurquin, vice president of institutional relations and communications at SES, to the association’s board. As part of the 5G Infrastructure […]

[Via Satellite 12-13-2016] The U.S. Air Force approved Lockheed Martin‘s design to upgrade the current GPS satellite ground control system with new capabilities that will enable it to operate more […]

[Via Satellite 12-13-2016] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has signed on as the newest sponsor of the Air Force Association’s StellarXplorers Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) program. StellarXplorers seeks to […]

[Via Satellite 12-12-2016] Inmarsat has signed a contract with Arianespace to launch its S-band satellite for the European Aviation Network (EAN) on an Ariane 5 heavy lift launch vehicle. EAN […]

[Via Satellite 12-12-2016] NASA has selected satellite systems provider Space Systems Loral (SSL) to provide its SSL 1300 platform spacecraft bus to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center for its Restore-L […]

[Via Satellite 12-12-2016] The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service has awarded McMurdo, a part of Orolia Group, a $6.67 million contract. McMurdo […]

[Via Satellite 12-12-2016] UltiSat, a provider of managed network services, has appointed Dan Morris as senior director of government services. Morris will oversee efforts to expand the company’s work with […]

[Via Satellite 12-08-2016] The Cape Town-based Meta Economic Development Organization (MEDO) has bought the first privately owned satellite in Africa, and perhaps more remarkably, the company is teaching teenage girls […]