Rachel Scharmann

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] SES launched a new video distribution neighborhood for the Latin American market and a new antenna seeding program for the NSS 806 satellite. The new neighborhood will […]

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] The University of Maryland (UMD) created a Center for Orbital Debris Education and Research (CODER) for addressing issues in orbital space debris, which often pose a threat […]

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] The European Space Agency (ESA) and Airbus Defence and Space signed the first contractual documents for the construction of the MetOp Second Generation (MetOp SG) weather satellites. […]

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] Teledyne Brown Engineering (TBE), a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies in Huntsville, Ala., officially formalized its commercial space imaging partnership with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for use […]

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] Sharp, a Japanese consumer electronics company, has chosen the ViXS XCode 6400 System on Chip (SoC) to power the company’s Ultra High Definition (Ultra-HD) 4K Recorder TU-UD1000 […]

Satellite and broadcast industry professionals convened in Las Vegas, Nev. on April 8, 2014 for the 4K Technology Breakfast hosted by Via Satellite, Intelsat and Ericsson Television. During the session, the

[Via Satellite 05-21-2014] Thaicom authorized Orbital Sciences to begin production and integration testing for the Thaicom 8 commercial satellite, the second satellite Orbital will build for the company. The first […]

[Via Satellite 05-21-2014] SES Government Solutions (SES GS) will be the first provider to offer O3b Networks’ services from its Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation of satellites directly to the […]

[Via Satellite 05-21-2014] Rockwell Collins has developed a new satellite reception technology to increase the reliability of the company’s Tailwind 550 Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) TV system for private jets […]

[Via Satellite 05-21-2014] Inverto Digital Labs has chosen Entropic’s EN5520 digital Channel Stacking Switch (dCSS) to power its Unicable 2 Multi-switch and Low Noise Block (LNB) products. The dCSS solution […]

[Via Satellite 05-21-2014] HeliosNet selected Newtec to provide Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B) Very-Small-Aperture Terminal (VSAT) services across Eastern Russia. This new service will use Russian Satellite Communications Company’s (RSCC) […]

[Via Satellite 05-20-2014] O3b Networks and Timor Telecom (TT), a subsidiary of Portugal Telecom, signed an agreement allowing O3b to provide high throughput, capacity for the telecom company’s services in […]

[Via Satellite 05-20-2014] According to the newly released report by Northern Sky Research (NRS) “Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Services (SMLS), Fourth Edition,” the satellite industry ordered and launched more than […]

[Via Satellite 05-20-2014] Airbus Defence and Space delivered X-band satellite communications capabilities — Deployable Maritime Milsat (DMM) services that use Airbus’ Skynet 5 constellation — to four United Kingdom Royal […]

[Via Satellite 05-20-2014] Eutelsat Communications announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ending on March 31, 2014. Revenue for the first nine months increased by 2.5 […]

[Via Satellite 05-20-2014] Thuraya and ViaSat signed an agreement to jointly develop and launch a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) platform, with combined features of M2M-specific products and commercial packages. This joint solution […]

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] The most recent Boeing-built Global Positioning System (GPS) 2F satellite sent its first signals from space following its launch on Friday, May 16, 2014. This marks the […]

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] Telenor Group changed the organizational structure of its Group Executive Management (GEM), adding three new members on Friday, May 16. The company appointed Henrik Clausen, Katja Christina […]

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] O3b Networks and FSM Telecom (FSMTC) forged a long-term agreement for O3b to provide its O3bTrunk service to Chuuk, the most populous of the four states of […]

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] ATK reported revenue from its fourth quarter and Fiscal Year 2014 (FY14), which ended on March 31, 2014. The company had an operating profit of $170 million […]

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] Technicolor signed an agreement with Tata Sky, a Direct-to-Home (DTH) service provider in India, to provide 4K Set-Top Boxes (STBs) in a mass-volume order starting in early […]

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] The Russian Proton M rocket suffered an unspecified failure during the third stage of the launch for Airbus Defence and Space’s Express AM4R satellite. The failure occurred […]

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] Hispasat will collaborate with NEC Colombia to install the first of 648 digital kiosks in Colombia, as part of an award by the Colombian Ministry of Information […]

[Via Satellite 05-15-2014] NextG-Com, an embedded software company, will be opening its first Asian sales and business development liaison office in Shanghai, China.  The company also has plans to later […]

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] Garmin reached an agreement with Fusion Electronics, a provider of integrated marine audio equipment, to acquire all of the company’s assets and those of its subsidiaries. The […]

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] Valleypoint Telecoms, an African telecommunications operator based in Nairobi, Kenya, entered into a contract with Avanti Communications to extend its broadband coverage across Western Kenya. This new […]

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] General Dynamics C4 Systems delivered the 4,000th Sectera vIPer Universal Secure Phone to the United States Department of State. These phones have been replacing older models of […]

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] On-Waves Ehf, a maritime mobile operator and a subsidiary of Síminn, chose the IMSWorkX call-back broker application for satellite telephone voice service. The IMSWorkX is a fully […]

[Via Satellite 05-15-2014] Via Sat Brasil entered into a multi-year contract with Eutelsat do Brasil, the Brazilian subsidiary of Eutelsat, for the complete high throughput payload on the Eutelsat 3B […]

[Via Satellite 05-15-2014] Gogo received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and certification from the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) to install its Ku-band satellite […]