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In March this year, the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) signed an agreement that will see the RadioAstron satellite mission collaborating with...

Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a Enters Full Commercial Service The Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a satellite has successfully completed in-orbit testing and entered full commercial service. The spacecraft will provide communications services to customers in Azerbaijan, Europe, Africa,...

SSL, Satmex Successfully Performs Post-Launch Maneuvers on Satmex 8 The Satmex 8 satellite, designed and built by Space Systems Loral (SSL) for Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex), has successfully performed post-launch maneuvers...

Arianespace Scores Intelsat Launch Deal Arianespace has signed a launch services contract with Intelsat that will send three of its satellites into orbit through 2017. The satellites will weigh more...

Satellite is often a technology that has labels. It is often labeled as a “last resort” technology, and satellite investments are often seen as “low risk, low reward” which can...

The United Kingdom aims to be at the forefront of space capable nations. For U.K. Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts, this presents quite a challenge as he looks...

With the newly elected Mexican government in 2013 came a series of reforms in sectors such as education, energy, labor and telecommunications. The telecom reform proposed by the new President...

Sky News Arabia is the new kid on the block. The news channel aims to take on the heavyweights in the MENA region such as Al Jazeera and CNN. With...

This column has previously discussed the hacking threat to U.S. satellites (see, “A New Threat: Satellite Hacking and China’s Role,” Via Satellite, December 2011). At that time we assessed the...

SATELLITE 2013 was a great event as usual. But, if you had $10 for every time someone either mentioned the Boeing/ABS/Satmex “electric” satellite deal or High Throughput Satellites (HTS), you...