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[Via Satellite 09-14-2015] International Launch Services (ILS) has appointed Kirk Pysher, formerly VP of mission assurance and product development, as president of the company. He takes over leadership from Phil...

[Via Satellite 09-14-2015] Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has reached launch agreements with International Launch Services (ILS) and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) to launch its Hispasat 1F and Amazonas 5 satellites....

[Via Satellite 09-14-2015] Burgeoning satellite operator Fibersat has signed a framework agreement with Arabsat for the acquisition of a high throughput Ka-band hosted payload on an upcoming satellite. The payload,...

[Via Satellite 09-14-2015] Lockheed Martin is introducing payload technology on Hellas-Sat 4/SaudiGeoSat 1 to enable flexible bandwidth and frequency management for secure communications. That same technology can be used to...

[Via Satellite 09-14-2015] The World Teleport Association (WTA) has started its Teleport Certification Program with a team of four beta customers: du, Elara Comunicaciones, GlobalSat and The Talia Group. WTA’s...

[Via Satellite 09-14-2015] International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) has received new orders totaling more than CA$1,100,000 ($830,000) to support the U.S. government in the expansion of its secure worldwide satellite broadcast...

[Via Satellite 09-11-2015] United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Blue Origin have signed a new agreement to expand production capabilities for the American-made BE-4 engine that will power the Vulcan next...

[Via Satellite 09-11-2015] High TV has debuted a 24/7 multi-genre linear Ultra-HD cable TV channel through the SES 3 satellite. The new Ultra-HD network is called High 4K TV and...

[Via Satellite 09-11-2015] Two Full Operational Capability (FOC) Galileo satellites for Europe’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) launched Sept. 10 aboard an Arianespace Soyuz rocket. Galileo 9 and 10, also...

[Via Satellite 09-11-2015] ViaSat has granted terminal type approval certification to five new Ka-band mobile VSAT antenna models from AvL Technologies for use on the company’s Ka-band enterprise service network....