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[Via Satellite 04-21-2014] Exelis has integrated its Jagwire geospatial data management system with MotionDSP’s Ikena image processing software, in a move to improve the quality of its satellite video feeds...

[Via Satellite 04-21-2014] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has awarded a $178 million contract to ATK for hardware orders for the United States Air Force’s Phase 1 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle...

[Via Satellite 04-21-2014] ViXS filed a complaint in the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) against Entropic Communications and several of the company’s customers and importers. ViXS alleges that these...

Randy Roberts, Thuraya’s VP of Innovation addressed a repeated concern among attendees at SATELLITE 2014: what role satellite can play when terrestrial services are present. “One of the things I’ve...

[Via Satellite 04-18-2014] Sky Perfect JSAT signed an agreement with Space Systems/Loral (SSL) to procure two new satellites: JCSAT 15 and 16. The two satellites will be used for services...

[Via Satellite 04-18-2014] C-COM Satellite Systems announced its financial results for the first quarter. Revenues for the quarter ending on Feb. 28, 2014, were approximately $2.4 million, and the company...

[Via Satellite 04-18-2014] SES Broadband Services (SBBS) plans to expand its consumer Ka-band services to Germany and Italy over the company’s Astra 2E satellite. SBBS’s Internet Service Providers (ISPs) started...

[Via Satellite 04-18-2014] GlobaFone added the Iridium GO! personal Wi-Fi hotspot device to its portfolio of satellite services. The GO! device can connect to multiple devices, as well as enable...

O3b Networks went live with news of the company’s first revenue generating customer during SATELLITE 2014. In a video interview with Mark Holmes, editorial director of Via Satellite, O3b CEO...

[Via Satellite 04-17-2014] SES and Milano Teleport signed a deal to provide connectivity to Mario Zuccelli, an Italian research station in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. SES will provide ground infrastructure...