April 2014 Edition - Maritime, Mobility...

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• Contents
• InfoBeam
• InfoBeam I
• InfoBeam II
• InfoBeam III
• Features...
• Executive Spotlight: David Bettinger, iDirect
• Top Mobile Satellite Trends To Watch... The View From Thuraya, by Rashid Baba
• Executive Spotlight: Andrew Loretta, ORBCOMM
• SatBroadcasting™: 2014, A Year Of Change For Satellite Operators, by Chris Forrester
• Long-Term Remote Monitoring of Satellite Performance, by Sook Hua Wong
• Small Cell Over Satellite: Connecting Rural Areas Cost Effectively, by Doreet Oren
• Satellite Scaffolding: Form + Function, by Jos Heyman
• Careers: Overcoming "Candidate Polishing," by Bert Sadtler
• Using SkyTrac's Technology To Track Aircraft Positions, by Brian O'Flynn
• NSR Analysis: Satellite Backhaul + Trunking Are Capacity Driven Markets, by Jose Del Rosario
• Naval Research Laboratory Models The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, by Kyra Wiens
• The 30th Space Symposium: Government's Best Bargain Ever, by Elliot Pulham
• Euroconsult Analysis: How Will Future HTS Satellites Impact Maritime Communications? by Capucine Fargier
• Advertiser Index
• Advertiser Index
• Calendar Of Events
• Past News

March 2014 Satellite NewsVisit www.satnews.com for today's news

March 27, 2014
Rockwell Collins—The First From Brazil (Comms)
[SatNews] Rockwell Collins recently delivered its HF-9087D radio to Helibras, marking the first radio manufactured and delivered...   Full Story

Lockheed Martin—Protected Transmission Test Initiated For AEHF-3 (Satellite)
[SatNews] The third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite has begun transmitting using its protected communications payload, joining two other satellites...   Full Story

Nverzion—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] NVerzion has unveiled NGenius(tm), a new open source storage solution that provides broadcasters and media companies with a reliable, cloud-based automation...   Full Story

ISDC 2014—An On-World Experience For Out Of World Interests (Event)
[SatNews] Now is the time to register for what promises to be a truly extraordinary ...   Full Story

NovelSat—Got Video Distribution Cost Concerns? Read On... (SatBroadcasting™—Bandwidth)
[SatNews] NovelSat has unveiled FreeBand, a new solution that gives broadcasters free satellite bandwidth for video contribution—broadcasters who lease satellite bandwidth for ...   Full Story

Northrop Grumman + Australian Defence Science + Technology Organisation (DTSO)—
[SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and the Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) have signed a strategic alliance to...   Full Story

Digital Rapids—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event— SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Digital Rapids will be showcasing the company's complete range of award-winning media transformation and workflow solutions in booth number SL5625 at the ...   Full Story

Mobile Viewpoint + EBU—'Best In Class' For Failover Technology (Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest—Award)
[SatNews] Mobile Viewpoint, a leading European company involved in video transmission over bonded IP networks, has received a ‘Best in Class’ award from...   Full Story

Miranda Technologies—Technology Showcase + Debut @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Miranda Technologies, a Belden Brand, will launch the new NVISION CR6400 compact router series...   Full Story

U.S. Air Force Chief—Budget Cuts Affect Combatant Commands (Sequestration)
[SatNews] Painful budget reductions will reduce the future capabilities of combatant commanders, Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark A. Welsh III told Congress...   Full Story

DeLorme + FAA—North To Alaska With inReach Approval (SATCOM)
[SatNews] The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Alaska Flight Services has announced that the DeLorme inReach satellite communicator has been approved for the ...   Full Story

Euroconsult—First Industry Trends & Strategies Report (Earth Observation—EO)
[SatNews] Data distributors and services providers have established themselves as a key component of the EO value-chain...   Full Story

Thales Alenia Space...Certified + Improved + Renewed...After Passing Audits By Five Auditors
[SatNews] They also noted a general improvement in the quality management system, compared with the previous renewal audit in 2010.   Full Story

Orbital Sciences'... NEXT Huge Project...81 Satellites For Iridium! (Satellite Production)
[SatNews] ...integrate a total of 81 satellites for the constellation, including 66 low-Earth orbit operational satellites, six in-orbit spares, and nine ground-backup spacecraft—in the next three years.   Full Story

Fiscal Uncertainty 'Troubling' to Maritime Service Chiefs
[SatNews] According to Greenert, the Navy would be unable to perform at least four of the 10 primary missions articulated in...   Full Story

DOD Science, Technology...Fiscal Unknowns Create Lack Of Balance... Increases Risk To The Future Force
[SatNews] "However, instability and effects of the Budget Control Act and the near-term lack of balance between...will increase the risk to our future force."   Full Story

Navy + Marine Corps... Budget Cuts Could Cut Into National Security Issue
[SatNews] On September 11, 2001, the U.S. Navy stood at 316 ships, he explained, and by 2008 that number had dropped to 278 ships.   Full Story


March 26, 2014
United Launch Alliance + NRO—Payload Push Put In Abeyance For Second Time (Launch)
[SatNews] The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the National Reconnaissance Office (NROL-67) payload has been delayed (once again) to...   Full Story

C-COM Satellite Systems—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] C-COM Satellite Systems will be displaying their nexgen, one-button, auto-acquire...   Full Story

National Space Society—Shotwell To Be Honored (Event)
[SatNews] The National Space Society has awarded its 2014 Space Pioneer Award for the Entrepreneurial Business category to SpaceX President and...   Full Story

Advantech Wireless—Technology Demo @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Advantech Wireless Inc. will present a live demo of its powerful and award winning Teleport Technology of the year—Broadcast Solution: GaN SSPAs & Multicarrier...   Full Story

Bittree—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Bittree has launched a new line of flush-mount data feed-through panels that will make their debut at the 2014 NAB Show—the 24-position Cat 6 feed-through panels provide ...   Full Story

DeLorme—Contract Free + GPS For InReach (SATCOM)
[SatNews] DeLorme has a new contract-free subscription plan for its line of inReach satellite communicators—this is the first time contract-free plans are available for a...   Full Story

SMi—ISR Conference In Its Third Year (Event)
[SatNews] Following on from the hugely successful 2013 ISR conference and now in its third year, ISR ...   Full Story

JAXA + MHI—A New Flagship For Space Transportation (Launch Vehicle Manufacturing)
[SatNews]  The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)  selected Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) as the prime contractor who will be responsible for the launch and space transportation services for a newly...   Full Story

Comtech EF Data + Intelsat—Feeding LTE Services Into South America (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Comtech EF Data Corp. recently announced they reached a new milestone in satellite-based mobile backhaul—working with Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), Comtech EF Data is now enabling...   Full Story

NASA—Wanted: Suborbital Flight Services Proposals (Business)
[SatNews] NASA is seeking proposals from U.S. commercial suborbital reusable launch vehicle providers to integrate and fly technology...   Full Story

Millennium Space Systems—Building Blocks To Success (Business)
[SatNews] Millennium Space Systems executives, employees, business partners, and government officials have celebrated the opening of the company’s “Factory of the New ...   Full Story

Airbus Group—Financially Speaking, 1 Billion Euros Bond Issue (Business)
[SatNews] Airbus Group (stock exchange symbol: AIR), rated A2 by Moody's and A by Standard & Poor's, successfully priced a...   Full Story

Panasonic Avionics + Japan Airlines—Welcoming Wi-Fi (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Japan Airlines (JAL) has selected Panasonic Avionics (Panasonic) for a major expansion of in-flight Wi-Fi for its international fleet, which...   Full Story

FreeWave Technologies—Welcoming WavePoint (M2M)
[SatNews] FreeWave Technologies has announced WavePoint™; a versatile high speed wireless networking platform that securely communicates industrial data over long...   Full Story

European Space Agency (ESA) + Arianespace—Feeding Sentinel-1A (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] ESA’s first satellite dedicated to Europe’s environmental monitoring Copernicus program has been fueled and pressurized, ready...   Full Story

Landsat 8 Uses OLI To Observe Washington's Fatal Landslide (Earth Observation)
[SatNews] As water backed up, local authorities expressed concerns about a potential flash flood.   Full Story

Arianespace Preps For Integration Of Soyuz' Fregat (Launcg)
Copernicus will create a sustainable European satellite network to collect and evaluate ...   Full Story


March 25, 2014
ABI Research—Looking @ Nearly 50 Million Equipped Vehicles (Telematics—Analysis | Reports)
[SatNews] Although telematics technologies and services were first adopted by the long-haul trucking industry in the United States more than 20 years ago, adoption in the ...   Full Story

Maritime Broadband + DRYNET GmbH—A C-Bird In The Hand (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Maritime Broadband Inc. has announced  that DRYNET GmbH, Kiel, Germany, has been appointed as agent of the...   Full Story

International Datacasting—The Boardroom, Smith Is Appointed (Business)
[SatNews] International Datacasting Corporation (TSX: IDC) (“IDC” or the “Corporation”) has appointed David J. Smith to the firm's Board of Directors—throughout his ...   Full Story

Here's Looking @ Earth—Soyuz + Sun Rise (Imagery)
[SatNews] The sun rises behind the Soyuz launch pad shortly before the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur...   Full Story

intoPIX + Macnica America—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—Reference Design)
[SatNews] intoPIX has recently introduced together with Macnica Americas a complete SMPTE2022 FPGA reference design that combines both...   Full Story

DARPA + Boeing—ALASA Award Acquisition (Satellites—Launching System)
[SatNews] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Boeing a contract worth approximately...   Full Story

NASA Venice Rolls Up Their Pants + Plans For MOSE To Part The Waters (Earth Observatory)
[SatNews] But the tide has turned, and the sea that once protected Venice now threatens it.   Full Story

Silent Falcon™ UAS Technologies—Going Into Production (UAV | UAS)
[SatNews]  Silent Falcon™ UAS Technologies (SFUAS), a former subsidiary of Bye Aerospace, Inc., has announced a transition to the production phase of its...   Full Story

NASA + JAXA—Global Rainfall + Snowfall Satellite's Initial Captures (Imagery)
[SatNews] NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have released the first images captured by their newest Earth-observing satellite, the Global...   Full Story

Thomson Video Networks... Flex Their Talents With Newest MediaFlex™ @ NAB (SatBroadcasting™ | 2014 NAB)
[SatNews] ...broke new ground as one of the first worldwide implementations of HEVC, and the latest release takes this powerful solution to compelling new levels of...   Full Story

Telit + Nimblelink...Are Nimble With Solutions For M2M Applications (M2M)
[SatNews] ...product that is the smallest embedded cellular modem on the market...   Full Story


March 24, 2014
Royal Caribbean International—High Speed On The High Seas (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Forget the days of no signals and slow signals—get ready for high speed on...   Full Story

Envivio—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] At NAB 2014 on booth SU6202, Envivio (Nasdaq:ENVI) will showcase its latest offerings for video service and content providers, including...   Full Story

Arianespace, Airbus Defence and Space, SES, HISPASAT, Orbital Sciences—A Workhorse Ariane 5 Takes The Reins For SES + HISPASAT Satellites (Launch)
[SatNews] UPDATE—[SatNews] Orbital Sciences has just released their information regarding the Arianespace' Ariane 5 launch of HISPASAT's Amazonas 4A and SES' ASTRA 5B satellites...   Full Story

VITEC—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] VITEC will be showcasing their entire line-up of portable and rugged MGW Encoders at NAB 2014 on booth # SL6305—demos will include live encoding of the ...   Full Story

Omnetics Connector Corporation—Latch That Connector Without Tools (Interconnect Products)
[SatNews] Omnetics Connector Corporation, a worldwide designer and manufacturer of micro and nano miniature interconnect products, has announced their new and...   Full Story

GTX Corp.—Pronouncement Of Patents (Tracking)
[SatNews] GTX Corp. (OTCQB: GTXO) was recently notified by the U.S. Patent Office that another patent has been...   Full Story

Arabsat—Technology Showcase @ Gulf Radio & TV Festival (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) will be participating in the Gulf Radio & TV Festival in its 13th session from March 25th -to the 27th, 2014, in...   Full Story

Bridge Technologies—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Bridge Technologies (Booth SU3106) will present a strong product portfolio for connected media operations at NAB 2014, with a focus on Objective QoE, the...   Full Story

Cinegy—Joining Forces In MENA (Business—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Cinegy has announced their recent expansion in the Middle East with reseller...   Full Story

O3b Networks—Four To Ship (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] O3b Networks Ltd (O3b) has reported that its second group of four satellites have successfully completed all required...   Full Story

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Integral Systems Europe Limited) + Turksat—Tooling In Turkey (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) has announced that their Integral Systems Europe Limited (Kratos ISE UK) business unit has been selected...   Full Story

Space Foundation—Speaking @ Hall Of Fame™ Dinner—NASA's Bolden (Event)
[SatNews] Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will be the featured speaker at the Space Technology Hall of Fame®...   Full Story

SpaceX + NASA—Next Cargo Dispatch Attempt Announced (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] SpaceX has confirmed it will target its next cargo mission launch to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, for 10:50 p.m...   Full Story

EUMETSAT—New Learning Zone To Stimulate Youth Interest In Satellites (STEM)
[SatNews] EUMETSAT has launched a new youth education web site, the Learning Zone, to stimulate interest among young people and teachers in the role of satellites in...   Full Story

MilSatCom Pivots To The Pacific + An Incentive For Early Birdies (Event)
[SatNews] Hear from Royal Thai Navy, French MoD, Phillipine Navy, Canadian Department of Defence, New Zealand Defence Force and many more...   Full Story

Boeing Defense, Space & Security—An Electrifying Milestone (Satellites)
[SatNews] Boeing [NYSE: BA] is on track to deliver the world’s first all-electric propulsion satellites late 2014 or early 2015 as the company has met...   Full Story

EMC Satcom Technologies Has The Link...SatLink® For Hatef Libya
[SatNews] ...will enable robust services across Libya while reducing overall operational expenses.   Full Story


March 23, 2014
U.S. Army—At The Tipping Point Of UAS Capabilities (UAV | UAS)
[SatNews] "We're on the tipping point of unmanned aerial systems' ability to deliver capability to the Soldier," said Col. Thomas von Eschenbach—the unmanned aerial/aircraft system, or UAS, is no longer seen by Soldiers as a new system and as the ...   Full Story

General Dynamics C4 Systems—Winning Ways With WIN-T (Comms)
[SatNews] General Dynamics C4 Systems-built Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2 completed a developmental test at...   Full Story

Northrop Grumman—A Grand Forks Gain (UAV | UAS)
[SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) delivered a Global Hawk Block 40 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to the U.S. Air Force at...   Full Story

Sencore—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Sencore, at their booth on SU2615 during NAB 2014, will be demo'ing a number of their ...   Full Story

McMurdo Group—SAR Expertise For All (Webinars)
[SatNews] McMurdo Group, a leader in end-to-end search and rescue (SAR) and maritime domain awareness (MDA) solutions, has announced that it will host a webinar series...   Full Story

MEASAT Satellite Systems, Globecast + TV5MONDE—An HD Happening (SatBroadcasting™—Capacity)
[SatNews] MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”) now has an agreement with Globecast and TV5MONDE to upgrade the TV5MONDE channel from...   Full Story

KVH Industries—Sea The Entertainment (SatBroadcasting™—Antennas)
[SatNews] KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) is introducing the TracVision TV-series, a powerful family of fully stabilized marine satellite television antenna systems designed to ...   Full Story

Xytech—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Xytech will debut a new version of the company's flagship MediaPulse platform at the 2014 NAB exhibition in Las Vegas—MediaPulse 2014 redefines facility management software, delivering a true end-to-end solution encompassing...   Full Story

Orbit Logic—Imaging System Asset (Imagery)
[SatNews] Orbit Logic announced will deliver their Collection Planning & Analysis Workstation (CPAW) software to an undisclosed customer for an ...   Full Story

Lockheed Martin + Politechnika Warszawska—Manned + Unmanned Platform Integration Program (UAV | UAS)
[SatNews] Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Politechnika Warszawska (Warsaw Polytechnic) will jointly conduct an advanced applied research program in the field of ...   Full Story

Thales Alenia Space—Decisive Demonstrator Development (Spacecraft)
[SatNews] IXV (Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle), the European Space Agency’s atmospheric reentry demonstrator developed by Thales Alenia Space, has finished...   Full Story


March 22, 2014
AmpliTech Group—Fresh Follow-On (Business—RF/Microwave)
[SatNews] AmpliTech Group, Inc. (OTCBB:AMPG), a provider of RF/microwave, microelectronic, MMIC, and low noise amplifiers for critical and high-reliability, wireless and commercial applications, has announced that the company has received a...   Full Story

NASA—Mosaic Lunarcy (Imagery)
[SatNews] Scientists, using cameras aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), have created the largest high resolution mosaic of our moon’s north polar ...   Full Story

HISPASAT—The Hope For The Day (Launch)
[SatNews] The HISPASAT Group today launches its new communications satellite, the Amazonas 4A...   Full Story

TE Connectivity—Packing In More Functionality (Connectors)
[SatNews] TE Connectivity (TE) has launched new extensions to its rugged, high-speed Mezalok mezzanine connector family—the new extensions include a stack height of...   Full Story


March 20, 2014
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, USAF + United Launch Alliance—Fairing Well (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] A Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been encapsulated into its payload fairing in preparation for an April...   Full Story

NSR—Backhaul, Trunking and Video Offload Examinations (Analysis | Report)
[SatNews] NSR's Wireless Backhaul, Trunking and Video Offload via Satellite, 8th Edition, analyzes current and...   Full Story

NewSpace Global—Finely Focused On The Small Satellite Market (Analysis | Report)
[SatNews] NewSpace Global (“NSG”) has released their NewSpace Global 2014 SmallSat Report which takes a market-focused approach to the small satellite (“SmallSat”) sub-vertical,...   Full Story

SNL Kagan—Multichannel Segment Perusal (Analysis | Report—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Announced today, the U.S. multichannel segment posted its first full-year decline in subscriptions, according to SNL Kagan estimates for ...   Full Story

Miranda Technologies—Technology Showcase + Debut @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Miranda Technologies, a Belden Brand, will launch the new NVISION 8500 baseband IP Gateway cards at NAB 2014—the introduction of these...   Full Story

Harris Corporation—Making Manpack MUOS Meaningful (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation, (NYSE:HRS) has successfully completed initial interoperability testing of its widely fielded Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G multiband...   Full Story

SES + Arianespace—A Date For A Takeoff (Launch)
[SatNews] SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced that Arianespace has scheduled the launch of its new satellite, ASTRA 5B...   Full Story

Es-hailSat—RFP For #2 (Satellite Manufacturing)
[SatNews] Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, has announced that a Request for Proposals (RFP) has been issued for the design and manufacture of...   Full Story

Harris Corporation—SOCOM Satisfaction With HF TacNet Test (Comms—BLOS)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has successfully created a high-frequency (HF) tactical radio network that linked U.S. military bases in four states and provided clearer...   Full Story

Advantech Wireless—Addition To Their Portfolio (SATCOM—SSPA/SSPB)
[SatNews] Advantech Wireless Inc. has added the new SapphireBlu (tm) 3000W Ku-Band Hubmount UltraLinear (tm) Modular SSPA/SSPB to its broad portfolio of solutions...   Full Story


March 19, 2014
Airbus Defence & Space—Technology Showcase @ DIMDEX 2014 (Event—Business)
[SatNews] At DIMDEX 2014 in Doha, Airbus Defence and Space will present a wide portfolio of products and solutions out of the former units...   Full Story

Arianespace—Tradition Rules, Graphically Speaking (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] A new preparation milestone has been reached for Ariane 5’s March 21st flight from French Guiana with installation of customer graphics on the heavy-lift mission’s ...   Full Story

Azercosmos OJSC—Technology Showcase @ CABSAT 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] “Azercosmos” OJSC participated at CABSAT-2014, the Middle East and Africa's largest broadcast, digital media and satellite event, that was held from March 11th...   Full Story

Wohler Technologies—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Wohler Technologies will showcase its MPEG Series DVB-ASI and IPTV monitors, the industry's first universal...   Full Story

MEASAT Satellite Systems—Channel Cultivation (SatBroadcasting™—Capacity)
[SatNews] MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”) has announced that the MEASAT-3/3a platform has become the first Asian C-band satellite platform to exceed 50...   Full Story

SES—Gaining Viewership (Business—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] SES (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced that the company has increased its reach in 2013 worldwide to 291...   Full Story

Rohde & Schwarz—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Rohde & Schwarz offers a complete line of solutions to help the broadcast industry adopt the high-resolution 4K standard—through the CLIPSTER(r) mastering station...   Full Story

RacoWireless + SkyWave Mobile Communications—An Impressive Integration For Fleet Management (M2M)
[SatNews] RacoWireless has completed the integration between RacoWireless’ Position Logic platform and the Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) Agent with IsatData Pro Satellite M2M ...   Full Story

KVH Media Group—Contemplate Crewtoo (Maritime Recruitment—Comms)
[SatNews] Crewtoo, the world’s largest online network dedicated to seafarers, has launched an online maritime jobs board as a direct response to requests from its members, who have...   Full Story

Exelis—Assemblies Achievement (Satellite)
[SatNews] Exelis (NYSE:XLS) has successfully completed and fully tested six transmitter assemblies, which are integral payload components...   Full Story

Brüel & Kjær—Master Vibration (Training)
[SatNews] The Bruel & Kjaer UK 2014 training calendar, offering a range of acoustic and ...   Full Story

RRsat...Ready + Rarin' Now Opens Doors + Services In U.S. (New U.S. Locations)
[Satews] Consumer demand for the highest-quality entertainment experience at home and on every screen is growing rapidly, complicating...   Full Story

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) + NASA—Solar Probe Plus Testing Initiated (Satellite)
[SatNews] NASA’s ambitious mission to fly through and examine the sun’s atmosphere—has reached a key stage of development....   Full Story

Airbus Defence and Space—The First Of Six Getting Set To Go (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] Airbus Defence and Space is preparing the launch of ASTRA 5B, which is due to be put into geostationary orbit (36,000 kilometers) aboard an Ariane 5 launcher...   Full Story

Vislink's Acquisition...Life's A Beach... In A Box + More!
[SatNews] The Company will now be able to offer broadcasters a complete 'scene to screen' solution.   Full Story

Orbital’s Cygnus...Resupply Of Supplies To The International Space Station...The Ultimate In Room Service (Launch)
[SatNews] ...will have delivered approximately 3,800 kilos (about 8,400 lbs.) of cargo to support the Expedition crews ...   Full Story

Airbus Defence + Space Has The Evidence To Build A Big Case ...Ariane 6
[SatNews] ...boosters, will be the largest carbon motor case ever produced in Europe....   Full Story

SkyTrac Systems'... Weather Overlays Alerts Pilots To Avoid Lay Overs
[SatNews] “Now operators flying internationally can view weather overlays on all continents...”   Full Story


March 18, 2014
S3 USA Operations + Space Florida—Subsidiary Debuts Along With MOU @ Kennedy Space Center (Business)
[SatNews] Aerospace company Swiss Space Systems (S3) inaugurated its new U.S. subsidiary, S3 USA Operations (Florida) Inc., at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC)—S3 has also signed a...   Full Story

Airbus Defence & Space—Joining In The Hunt For The Missing Airliner (Satellites)
[SatNews] Just a day after the disappearance of the aircraft, the very high resolution Pléaides 1A and 1B satellites, the high resolution SPOT 5 and 6 satellites and the synthetic...   Full Story

Harris Broadcast—Morphing Into Imagine Communications + GatesAir (Business)
[SatNews] Harris Broadcast, a portfolio company of The Gores Group, has unveiled Imagine Communications and GatesAir...   Full Story

ABI Research—In-Dash Navigation Units Will Continue To Experience Attach Rate Increase (GPS)
[SatNews] Once a luxury item, embedded in-car navigation systems are now increasingly becoming less expensive and are offered in mass-market cars—at the...   Full Story

Agilent Technologies...Is Active With Solutions To Passive Cellular Probe
[SatNews] A flexible API with an extremely wide range of selection triggers and filters enables integration with...   Full Story

SIA Welcomes Two 'Newbies' ...Glowlink + iDirect = Specialized Experience
[SatNews] "Both companies bring unique capabilities to add considerable specialized experience and will add to the overall strength..."   Full Story

Advantech Wireless—Technology Showcase + Presentations @ NAB 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Advantech Wireless will be on booth during the upcoming NAB 2014 exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada, which runs from April 7th through the 10th, and the firm will offer ...   Full Story

NASA + United Launch Alliance—A Ride For Sun Explorer (Launch Contract)
[SatNews] NASA’s Launch Services Program has selected United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) proven Atlas V vehicle to launch its next-generation sun explorer called Solar Orbiter—this award...   Full Story

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter...You Can Zoom To The Moon + Turn Moon Into Pixels (Interactive Mosaic)
[SatNews] Constructed from 10,581 pictures, the mosaic provides enough detail to see textures and subtle shading of the lunar terrain.   Full Story

ESA's ATV...Sends Georges Out This Summer For A Test Run To The ISS...A Rendezvous In Space
[SatNews] An interesting exercise that, in the future, could help in gaining access to 'uncooperative' targets...   Full Story

MILCOM 2014...Faces The Challenges Of The Day...Affordable Mission Success (Event)
[SatNews] And 'tis the season for shows, and another will be geared towards the military. This one...   Full Story


March 17, 2014
PCTV Systems Sarl—Stickin' It To USB HD (SatBroadcasting™—Receiver)
[SatNews] Hauppauge Digital Inc. subsidiary, PCTV Systems Sarl, has launched the PCTV DVB-S2 Stick (461e), a HD digital satellite TV receiver, designed for...   Full Story

Exelis + Blackberry—GPS Conflict Gone (Business)
[SatNews] Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has reached a license agreement with Blackberry regarding patent infringement claims related to...   Full Story

SMi—The Evolution Of Space Militarization (Event)
[SatNews] Join SMi in two weeks' time at the 9th annual Military Space conference featuring leading military space experts, senior military representatives, government officials and...   Full Story

Arabasat—Four To Be Built (Satellites—RFP)
[SatNews] Arab  Satellite Communication Organization—Arabsat—has announced the release of a Request for Proposal (RFP)  for the procurement of four new satellites...   Full Story

Inmarsat—Maylaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Support (Search + Rescue)
[SatNews] Inmarsat has been appointed as a technical adviser to the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in...   Full Story

Lockheed Martin—Refund Or Reflight Program (Launch Services)
[SatNews] Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services, Inc. (LMCLS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], has introduced the industry’s first—and only—100 percent space launch vehicle “refund...   Full Story

MarketsandMarkets—Nanos, Micros + More... The Worldwide Markets (Analysis | Reports)
[SatNews] MarketsandMarkets has said that the report, "Nanosatellite and Microsatellite Market [Geographic Information system, Payload, Space Science, Satellite...   Full Story

METEOREX 2014—St. Petersburg Platform For Hydrometeorological Interests (Event)
[SatNews] METEOREX—the world’s largest and most important exhibition in the field of hydrometeorology, hydrology, environmental monitoring and related areas, occurs  every...   Full Story

NASA—Space Communications Antenna Supported Early NASA Missions
[SatNews] This 26 meter (85 foot) antenna operated in Woomera (Island Lagoon), Australia...   Full Story

ITU—Health Data Exchange Spec Enabled (Comms)
[SatNews] Following calls for increased global coordination of standards enabling e-health, ITU has offered first stage approval to an important specification enabling an...   Full Story

Harris RF Communications—Senior Scientist Recognized, Award To Nieto (Business)
[SatNews] John Nieto, a senior scientist with Harris Corporation’s RF Communications segment, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Harris Fellow Award, the company's...   Full Story

EIAST + Satrec Initiative—Dubai Sat-2 Promos (Business)
[SatNews] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) has signed a contract with Satrec Initiative, a provider of integrated and customized solutions for Earth observation missions, for...   Full Story

Panasonic Avionics—Bird B' Gone (SATCOM—Radome)
[SatNews] Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) will double the size of its connectivity-equipped fleet by the end of 2014, following the FAA...   Full Story

O3b Networks News (2)...Reveals Satellite Trunking Taken To A New Level + O3b's Gateway In Pakistan
[SatNews] is designed to deliver the most efficient networking and trunking solution over the highest throughput satellites in the world...   Full Story

NASA News (4) Remotely Controls Space Robots Transferring Hazardous Oxidize... Eliminates Danger To Humans...+ More
[SatNews] "This is the first time that anyone has tested this type of technology, and we've proven that it works.   Full Story

Sencore + Danmon Asia Are A Team In Vietnam
[SatNews] ...rapidly growing, technology-driven company with a wide range of innovative products...   Full Story

Thales Acquires...  LiveTV =  US$400M (Acquisition)
[SatNews] With estimated revenues for 2014 projected at over US$150M...   Full Story

Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) + Thales Alenia Space—Double Express Delivery (Launch)
[SatNews] The new Russian communications and broadcasting satellites, Express-AT1 and Express-AT2, were successfully...   Full Story

Samsung Electronics + Green Hills Software—Operational Authority Obtained (Comms)
[SatNews] Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, and Green Hills Software have announced that Samsung KNOX Hypervisor has been approved for use on...   Full Story

Bye Aerospace—Moving On Up, Johnson Joins As Senior Executive (Business)
[SatNews] Charlie Johnson, a veteran leader of the aviation and aerospace industries with more than 40 years of experience, has joined Bye Aerospace, Inc. to...   Full Story

Communications & Power Industries (CPI), Satcom Products Group + Kuwait's Ministry of Information—Uplink Play (SatBroadcasting™—TWTA)
[SatNews] The Satcom Products group of Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has been awarded a contract to provide a quantity of more than fifteen high power satellite uplink...   Full Story

NASA's MESSENGER... Shoots The Incredible Wrinkling + Shrinking Mercury
[SatNews] The planet is now up to 8.6 miles (14 kilometers) smaller in diameter than it was nearly four billion years ago   Full Story

University Of York... Challenges Students To Ultimate Recycling... Put A Satellite In A Can! (Launch)
[SatNews] Talk about recycling! These soft drink cans get launched into space...no deposit no return?   Full Story

Hubble Celebrates It's 24th Birthday With A Monkey
[SatNews] Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, you smell like a monkey and you look like one, too! This was the ultimate insult kids used to sing to each other and now...   Full Story


March 14, 2014
Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI)—Moving On Up, VanBeber To Chair, Stott to President (Business)
[SatNews] The Society of Satellite Professionals International has announced the appointment of Dianne VanBeber, Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications for Intelsat, as Chair of the Board, and of Chris Stott...   Full Story

Wohler—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Wohler Technologies announced that it will feature version 8.3 of the Wohler RadiantGrid...   Full Story

Volicon—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] At the 2014 NAB Show, Volicon will unveil five powerful new applications within the company's Observer® Media Intelligence Platform (MIP)(tm), an...   Full Story

Inmarsat + Telespazio—Xpressing Great Interest (Business)
[SatNews] Inmarsat, (LSE:ISAT.L) has signed an agreement with Telespazio SpA, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, appointing the international managed satellite services...   Full Story

Pilat Media—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Pilat Media will demonstrate the newest enhancements to its flagship Integrated Broadcast Management System (IBMS), the industry's most comprehensive, functionally rich, robust, and scalable software system for...   Full Story

NHK—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Japanese public broadcaster NHK will present the latest iteration of its Super Hi-Vision system at the 2014 NAB Show, including a closed-circuit demonstration of...   Full Story

NETIA—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] At the 2014 NAB Show, NETIA will highlight an array of new product features and functions that not only streamline the sharing of content among...   Full Story

McMurdo Group, Kannad, BOATRACS—Get Enlightened Regarding The Search + Rescue Chain Of Events (Webinar)
[SatNews] Do you know what happens when an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) is triggered in the middle of the ocean or a...   Full Story

Arianespace—The Arrival Of ASTRA 5B (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] The ASTRA 5B satellite, one of two passengers for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission, has been delivered to the...   Full Story

NASA—Moving On Up, Miller To Chief Technologist (Business)
[SatNews] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has announced that David W. Miller, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...   Full Story


March 13, 2014
Agilent Technologies—Handheld Radar Precision Testing (Microwave + RF)
[SatNews] Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its FieldFox handheld combination analyzers offer an easier, more cost-effective solution than benchtop...   Full Story

Airbus Defense & Space + Inmarsat—New Xpress'ions Of Confidence (Business)
[SatNews] Airbus Defense and Space have expanded their strategic agreement on Global Xpress high-speed broadband with two additional agreements covering...   Full Story

Cinegy—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Cinegy Capture PRO is a centralized multi-channel, scalable and cost effective ingest tool using many of the industry-leading components developed for and used by other ...   Full Story

Crystal Solutions—Technology Showcase + Presentation @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Crystal Solutions will be launching Crystal Solutions Connect(tm) at the...   Full Story

Skyline Communications + Deutsche Telekom—Headend Management (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Skyline Communications has announced that German Deutsche Telekom has deployed the DataMiner multi-vendor network management platform for the end-to-end...   Full Story

Elektrobit—Technology Showcase @ Satellite 2014 (Event—Analysis | Report)
[SatNews] Elektrobit (EB) has completed a multi-year study with European Space Agency (ESA), analyzing the benefits of...   Full Story

Arianespace—DZZ-HR Delivered (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] Activities for Arianespace’s next light-lift Vega flight from the Spaceport are now fully underway following this week’s delivery of the DZZ-HR payload to...   Full Story

STRONG—HDMI + SCART Flexibility (SatBroadcasting™—Receiver)
[SatNews] STRONG, a provider of consumer digital TV reception equipment in Europe, has launched the new Digital HD Satellite Receiver SRT 7004 for reception of digital...   Full Story

ECAPS + Skybox Imaging—Propelled Into Action With 12 Modules (Satellites)
[SatNews] ECAPS, an SSC Group company, has been awarded a contract by Skybox Imaging (Skybox) to supply 12 complete HPGP (High Performance Green Propulsion) propulsion...   Full Story

ASTON—Technology Showcase @ CABSAT 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] XENA® HD Twin Connect, the new hybrid HbbTV platform powered by ASTON R&D Team, is the first and the only receiver available with either satellite...   Full Story

Winegard... Receives Clear Signals ...Antennas Really Spread Out In 410,000 Sq. Ft. Facility (Antenna Manufacturing )
[SatNews] The newly added 410,000 sq. ft. facilities enable engineers to quickly and accurately characterize antenna from 50 MHz to 50 GHz in-house and reduce design and development time in half.v   Full Story

Space Symposium Presents Under Secretary of the Air Force Fanning ...Corporate Partnership Dinner Speaker
[SatNews] ...Corporate Partnership Dinner recognizes the organizations that support Space Foundation education, research, analysis, policy and space awareness programs.   Full Story

AGI's ComSpOC Takes The Guess Work Out Of Ducking Speeding Space Objects
[SatNews] to establish a geographically diverse network of sensors that will provide persistent day/night tracking of all space objects in Earth orbit.   Full Story


March 12, 2014
Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI)—Satcom Products Group—Technology Showcase + Debut @ Satellite 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] The Satcom Products group of Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) has introduced multi-band capability in its Ka-band and Ku-band TWT and solid state...   Full Story

Broadpeak—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] At the 2014 NAB Show, Broadpeak will showcase a comprehensive lineup of content delivery network (CDN) and video server technologies which address operators' most critical needs: the ability to deliver video over cable, IPTV, OTT, and...   Full Story

Inmarsat + Hughes Network Systems—A Discreet Move (SATCOM—Terminals)
Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) has signed a contract with Hughes Network Systems, LLC ( Hughes ) to manufacture the new Low Profile BGAN terminal, which will equip ...   Full Story

Arianespace—Israël Calls For Opening Of U.S. Market For Launches (Business)
[SatNews] Arianespace has called for an opening of the U.S. government market to international launch services competition, with the company ready...   Full Story

GVF + Harris CapRock—Accredited Organization Program Initiated (SATCOM—Training)
[SatNews] The importance of high-quality satellite earth station installation and maintenance is being reinforced in the energy, maritime, military and other key markets...   Full Story

Etisalat—Technology Showcase @ CABSAT 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Etisalat, a leading telecom provider in the UAE, showcased its latest VSATExpress, VSATConnect and Satellite News Gathering (SNG)...   Full Story

iDirect + Nawras—Service Extension is Evolutionary (SATCOM)
[SatNews] VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of Vision Technologies Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), has announced that Nawras, which provides both fixed and mobile...   Full Story

Northrop Grumman—Speedy Downlink For Protected Comms Payload (SATCOM—Antennas)
[SatNews] Two downlink antennas that are the fastest of their kind to operate in space are being integrated into the protected communications payload built by Northrop...   Full Story

Winegard—Technology Showcase On The Skids @ Satellite 2014 (Event)
[SatNews] Winegard has designed and developed a self-contained, rugged, and transportable 1.2 meter skid system for...   Full Story

Boeing + Inmarsat—Hand-Off Has Happened (Satellite)
[SatNews] Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] first of four satellites for Inmarsat’s Global Xpress network has passed all of its on-orbit testing...   Full Story

SkyTrac—Ontario Support Signed (Comms—Aviation)
[SatNews] SkyTrac has been awarded the Hydro One Networks Inc. helicopter operations support...   Full Story

Arqiva + Es'hailSat—Tying Down Transponders (SatBroadcasting™—Capacity)
[SatNews] Arqiva is supporting Qatar's first satellite company Es'hailSat in their distribution of Al Jazeera Media Network channels to the Middle East—Arqiva will be ...   Full Story

Near Earth LLC + ORBCOMM—Acquisition Assistance (Business)
[SatNews] Euroscan Holdings, B.V., a telematics solution provider, has been acquired by ORBCOMM Inc., a leading global satellite data communications company, specializing in...   Full Story

Gilat Satellite Networks + Inmarsat—Xpressly for VSAT (SATCOM—Business)
[SatNews] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: GILT) has announced a new partnership with Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT) that is designed to address additional...   Full Story

Here's Looking @ Earth—South Island Inundation (Imagery)
[SatNews] A powerful storm passed over New Zealand’s South Island in March 2014 and brought gale-force winds, torrential rains, and...   Full Story

KORE Wireless + ATrack—It's In The Cards (M2M)
[SatNews] M2M wireless network provider, KORE Wireless, and  ATrack, a leading Telematics hardware manufacturer, have established a global partnership to provide...   Full Story

Winegard + ViaSat—Of Exeding Interest To O&G (SATCOM—Antennas)
[SatNews] Winegard is working with ViaSat, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSAT) to provide the Oil and Gas Industry with a new family of Winegard satellite terminals certified to work on the ...   Full Story

Space Tech Expo... The Latest From Space Suits To Rocket Systems...2014 Will Be Largest B2B... Ever (Free Event)
[SatNews] ..."to the Red Bull Stratos record jump to Earth, to Billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic venture offering wealthy thrill-seekers like Brad Pitt a ticket to ride in space..."   Full Story

Advantech Wireless + World Teleport Association—Award Winning GaN-Based HPAs (Event)
[SatNews] Advantech Wireless’ SapphireBlu(tm) Series of Ultralinear(tm) GaN based HPAs was selected as the Teleport Technology of the Year 2014 by the...   Full Story

SES + Alruya...One Has The Capacity...The Other Has The Gas (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Not only is [the company's] coverage over Libya optimal, but also the professional team has made it easy for us to ramp up and double our capacity in the last few months...”   Full Story

SIA Proves It Is Innovative...Wins SSPI"s Industry Innovator Award
[SatNews] "...has long placed a high priority on reforming the U.S. export control system for satellites to ensure our industry’s ongoing competitiveness, and we are honored to..."   Full Story

World Teleport Association—19th Teleport Awards For Excellence Winners (Event)
[SatNews] The World Teleport Association (WTA) has announced the winners of the 19th Teleport Awards for Excellence during an exclusive...   Full Story

Orolia + Transas Sign Partnership To Provide Solutions + Safety On The Water
 
[SatNews] ...solutions to address the maritime industry’s need for high-end e-maritime systems that integrate the latest in Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) and Search and Rescue (SAR) functionality.   Full Story


March 11, 2014
Monroe Electronics + ZeeVee—Incorporating EAS (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Monroe Electronics has announced that ZeeVee is offering an update that makes Emergency Alert System (EAS) capability available across its ...   Full Story

Winegard + Data Technology Solutions—Technology Showcase @ Satellite 2014 (Event—WiMAX)
[SatNews] Winegard, in a joint venture partnership with DTS (Data Technology Solutions), has introduced a new WiMAX auto acquisition mount that sits atop oil and gas drilling rigs to...   Full Story

Harris Corporation + Aireon LLC—Squitter Success (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has achieved a key milestone under a five-year contract with Aireon LLC that will create the...   Full Story

Haigh-Farr—Technology Showcase @ Satellite 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] While the larger satellites are still of prime interest because of shear capacity, depth of functions and expected service life, a new generation of compact satellites has been...   Full Story

International Datacasting (IDC)—An Action Plan Is Applied (Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest—Business)
[SatNews] International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC) ("IDC" or the "Company") has just released an update on the Company's action plan and recent...   Full Story

Global Teleports—A New Service Play (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Global Teleports has announced the launch of its Vip3Play satellite service, a highly cost-efficient satellite broadband...   Full Story

SIS LIVE + Sky News—A Driving Force (SatBroadcasting™—SNG Vehicles)
[SatNews] Satellite connectivity and broadcast expert SIS LIVE has announced an agreement with Sky News for the provision of six new Satellite Newsgathering (SNG) vehicles which will ...   Full Story

Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI)—Satcom Products Group—Technology Showcase + Debut @ Satellite 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] The Satcom Products group of Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) has introduced a new 80 watt Ku-band, GaN-based, solid state block upconverter (BUC) at the...   Full Story

ViaLite Communications—Technology Showcase + Debut @ Satellite 2014 (Event—RF)
[SatNews] ViaLite Communications have announced a 100km RF over fiber link that does not require ...   Full Story

Gilat Satellite Networks—Technology Showcase + Debut @ Satellite 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT) has now made available their new StealthRay 300X-M (SR 300X-M) ultra-compact, low-profile, MIL-STD, X-band broadband antenna for real-time broadband satellite...   Full Story

Newtec + Airbus Defence & Space—Dialog Brings Them Together (SATCOM—Business)
[SatNews] Satellite communications specialist Newtec and Airbus Defense and Space have signed an important contract to deploy...   Full Story

NYNEX + Avanti Communications—Lots More For Libya (SATCOM—Business)
[SatNews] NYNEX satellite OHG has increased its multi-million dollar contract with Avanti Communications to extend...   Full Story

MTN —Maritime Vessel Streaming Solution (SATCOM)
[SatNews] MTN Communications (MTN) is launching “MTN OceanCast," the only HD system for live streaming of events from any maritime vessel offering simple...   Full Story

SES + Nawras + MTN Communications—Capacity All Around (SATCOM)
SatNews] SES (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced that Nawras has signed a   Full Story

TrustComm, Boeing Commercial Satellite Services (BCSS) + Inmarsat—Xpressing Their Interest (SATCOM—Business)
[SatNews] TrustComm Inc. has signed a Service Provider Agreement with Boeing Commercial Satellite Services (BCSS) to distribute...   Full Story

Talia + Thuraya—Headway For Mobility In MENA (SATCOM—Business)
[SatNews] Talia has announced the company will now be able to provide their customers in the oil and gas industry across the Middle East and Africa access to...   Full Story

UK Space Agency + European Space Agency—PLATO Partnerships (Satellite)
[SatNews] The UK is set to play a leading role in the search for habitable planets orbiting alien stars, following David Willett’s announcement on March 11, 2014, that the UK Space...   Full Story

Es'hailSat—Technology Showcase @ CABSAT 2014 (Event)
[SatNews] Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, is exhibiting at the annual CABSAT exhibition in Dubai, which attracts key players from the dynamic and fast-growing ...   Full Story

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Kratos ISE UK) + TrustComm—Starlight & An Earth Station (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) has revealed that their Integral Systems Europe Limited (Kratos ISE UK) business group has been selected by TrustComm, Inc. to deliver its Starlight...   Full Story

Arianespace—Technology Showcase @ Satellite 2014 (Event)
[SatNews] Offering a family of launchers with unrivaled reliability, Arianespace reaffirms its position as the benchmark launch services provider, with solutions that cover the needs of the world’s satellite manufacturers and operators—Arianespace is on hand at...   Full Story

EchoStar Corporation—Moving On Up, Jason To Vice President (Business)
[SatNews] EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) has announced that former NASA Flight Director Jerry Jason  has joined...   Full Story

Airbus Defense and Space—AuroraGlobal In Launch Mode + DZZ-HR Is On Its Way (MILSATCOM + Satellite)
[SatNews] Airbus Defense and Space has launched AuroraGlobal + has also shipped DZZ-HR to Kourou...   Full Story

Harris News (3)...Boeing Signs = More Satellite Antennas + CapRock Has Their Finger On The Pulse™ + GVF Accreditation @ Satellite 2104 + CABSAT
[SatNews] ...part of $1.6 billion investment—the world’s first globally available, high-bandwidth, Ka-band network delivered by a single operator.   Full Story

SatLink To Distribute Globally For ERTA...Coming To A Station Near You?
[SatNews] ...whose broadcasts include news, entertainment, music and sports content, will extend its audience reach across Africa, North America, Europe and the Middle East...   Full Story

Arianespace Hosts @ Spaceport's Launch Table (Launch)
[SatNews] It's the 218th series mission...   Full Story

GL Communications Enhances LTE Protocol Analysis + Emulation Tools
[SatNews] is capable of capturing, decoding and performing various test measurements across various interfaces over LTE and IMS networks.   Full Story

The 30th Space Symposium's Featured Speaker...Gen. William Shelton (NSS)
[SatNews] There promises to be a strong military program at this event in May...   Full Story


March 10, 2014
Kymeta...  Electronic Beamsteering Metamaterials-Based Antenna Is Right On The Beam
[SatNews] The demonstration shows that the antenna can dynamically track motion of moving platforms and automatically re-direct the beam towards the satellite through software without any moving parts.   Full Story

CPI... Has The Touch + Gives You The Power With TouchPower™ (Touchscreen TWTAs)
[SatNews] “Configurable color displays let the user select which parameters are seen, and our SCOPESCREEN feature provides charts and graphs that display amplifier performance over time."   Full Story

Department of Defense (DoD)—It's All About Sharing (Comms)
[SatNews] The Department of Defense announced its electromagnetic spectrum strategy for sharing with...   Full Story

ISPM—Technology Showcase @ TM Forum's LATAM Focus In Sao Paulo (Event—eHealth)
[SatNews] A vendor of flexible service assurance and management software for telec how barriers to the adoption of eHealth services can be...   Full Story

Spacecom—A Hybrid Happening For AMOS-5 (Satellite)
[SatNews] Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has announced that AMOS-5 at 17 degrees East is now providing a hybrid satellite-cellular communications solution in...   Full Story

European Space Agency (ESA) + Isdefe—Greater Precision + Accuracy With SARAS (Antennas)
[SatNews] High above Earth speeding attaining speeds of over 28,000 km/h—about 40x faster than a commercial airliner, satellites are difficult targets to track ...   Full Story

Kratos Defense & Security (Kratos ISE) + An Phat JSC—New NOC For Vinsast-2 (Satellite)
[SatNews] This business group has been awarded a contract by An Phat Technology Trading Joint Stock Company to upgrade ...   Full Story

Northrop Grumman—Technology Showcase @ Satellite 2014 (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) will highlight its specialized space capabilities for products ranging from secure military satellite communications to...   Full Story

Emerging Markets Communications (EMC)—Technology Showcase @ Satellite 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Global VSAT and terrestrial communications solutions provider Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) will be showcasing expanded services and new technology at the Satellite 2014 Conference and...   Full Story

O3b Networks—Lower Latencies Over The Long Haul (Comms)
[SatNews] Offering a true fiber alternative, O3b Networks has unveiled O3bTrunk+, a next generation IP trunking solution that boosts existing link...   Full Story

CET Teleport + Limeline—Moniker Moves (Business)
[SatNews] CET Teleport GmbH and Limeline Group are becoming part of the Onlime...   Full Story

NovelSat + Televisa—The 100Mbps Barrier Broken (SatBroadcasting™—4K)
[SatNews] During a successful multi-vendor test, Mexico-based Televisa, the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world, announced they successfully demonstrated Ultra High Definition 4K content delivery using...   Full Story

ThinKom Solutions + Northrop Grumman—Fully Feasible Firebird Flight (SATCOM—Antenna)
[SatNews] ThinKom Solutions has announced that the ultra-low profile ThinSAT(r) 300 antenna, which provides global Ku-band Communications-on-the-Move (COTM) connectivity, has been successfully flight tested...   Full Story

Globecast Australia—Sponsorship Of The Technical Kind (SatBroadcasting™—Event)
[SatNews] GLOBECAST AUSTRALIA is going to be the Technical Sponsor for the 12th...   Full Story

AFCEA + George Mason University—C4I Issues + Technology To Be Addressed (Event)
[SatNews] The AFCEA/GMU Critical Issues in C4I Symposium brings academia, industry and government together to address important issues in C4I technology and...   Full Story

Airfilms Productions + Cobham Broadcast—Technology Showcase @ CABSAT 2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Airfilms Productions, a leading Dutch production house focused solely on aerial imaging services, has successfully deployed Cobham Broadcast’s Nano HD...   Full Story

GL Communications—Looking @ LTE (Comms—Analyzer)
[SatNews] LTE (Long Term Evolution) protocol standard is generally considered the 4G (4th Generation) mobile standard in the ever-evolving mobile technologies environment—its ...   Full Story

MILSATCOM Middle East—Only A Few Days Away (Event)
[SatNews] Military satellite communications (milsatcom) has achieved special significance in the past few years—innovative developments such as improved satellite...   Full Story

Broadpeak + Eutelsat—Delivery Of Content For Multiscreen Services (SatBroadcasting™—OTT)
[SatNews] Broadpeak has teamed with global satellite provider Eutelsat to improve the...   Full Story

Gilat Satellite Networks (Gilat)—Technology Showcase @ Satellite 2014 (SATCOM—Router + BUC)
[SatNews] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq:GILT) has announced the availability of the SkyEdge II-c Capricorn ultra-high-speed satellite router for high-end enterprises, broadband access and cellular applications—the Capricorn VSAT will be showcased...   Full Story

HISPASAT—Technology Showcase + Presentations @ Satellite 2014 + CABSAT 2014 (Events—SATCOM)
[SatNews] HISPASAT, the Spanish communications satellite operator, will present its advanced telecommunications satellite service offering at...   Full Story

ETL Systems + Globecomm—Signal Support (SATCOM—RF)
[SatNews] ETL Systems, a global designer and manufacturer of RF distribution equipment for satellite communications, has been selected by Globecomm to provide...   Full Story

International Launch Services (ILS) + JSC Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems (ISS Reshetnev)—Combining Forces To ID Applicable Spacecraft (Business—Launch)
[SatNews] International Launch Services (ILS) and JSC Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems (ISS Reshetnev) have signed an agreement to collaborate on...   Full Story

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Kratos ISE + Kratos ISI)—Double The Pleasure (Business—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) has announced that their Integral Systems Europe (Kratos ISE) business group has been awarded a contract by Federal Network Agency, the spectrum regulator for the Federal Republic of Germany, to provide a satellite carrier monitoring solution and integrate it with...   Full Story

MTN Government—Cyber Solution For SocNet Protection (Comms)
[SatNews] MTN Government (MTNGOV), a subsidiary of MTN Communications (MTN) has introduced the industry’s first “Social Media Threat Intelligence” managed service., which is a predictive cyber solution that enables U.S. government agencies using...   Full Story

Orbital Sciences Corporation—GEOStar-3 Debuts (Satellite Platform)
[SatNews] Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) has debuted their GEOStar-3(tm) satellite platform, stating the program is now ready for delivery to...   Full Story

Thuraya Telecommunications Company + Talia—Furthering MSS Client Services (Business)
[SatNews] Thuraya Telecommunications Company now has a partnership with Talia, a top-tier provider of...   Full Story

Entropic + Microelectronics Technology—Single Feed, Four Tuners Support (SatBroadcasting™—LNB)
[SatNews] Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR) and Microelectronics Technology Inc. (MTI) have announced a major direct broadcast satellite (DBS) operator in the Middle East deployed MTI's 4x4, Quad Single Cable Router (SCR) DBS outdoor unit low noise block (LNB) product, based...   Full Story

CABSAT—Edition #20 Opens The Doors On The 11th (Event)
[SatNews] Having helped shape the region’s broadcast and satellite industry landscape for two decades, the historic 20th edition of CABSAT, the leading content management event in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA), opens on Tuesday, March 11th, 2014, with a...   Full Story

EUMETSAT—New Steps For Climate Monitoring Cooperation (EO)
[SatNews] On March 5th through 7th, EUMETSAT hosted the first meeting of the joint Working Group on Climate of the Committee for Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) and the...   Full Story

Thales Alenia Space—Moving On Up, Van Schaik To Senior V.P. (Business)
[SatNews]Martin Van Schaik has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Sales, at Thales...   Full Story

ViaSat + Lightspeed + More—Joining Forces, FIPS Approval, + More Than 2 Million Terminals (SATCOM—Business)
[SatNews] LightSquared has announced a multi-year agreement with ViaSat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT)—together, the companies will introduce ViaSat L-band Managed Service...   Full Story

Airbus Defence & Space—Technology Showcase + Announcement @ Satellite 2014 + New Agreement With Intelsat (Event—Business)
[SatNews] Following the recent creation of Airbus Defense and Space, the company launched the AuroraGlobal high throughput services for government, maritime and enterprise markets at Satellite 2014 in Washington DC as a response to ...   Full Story

EOMAP + Satrec Initiative—Sub-Meter Bathymetry Launched (Imagery)
[SatNews] The teams of EOMAP and Satrec Initiative have launched the world’s first commercial, sub-meter bathymetry product based on...   Full Story

Cobham SATCOM's News Items... New Senior VP...New Products...SAILOR + THOR...GlobalXpress® All @ Satellite 2014
[SatNews] “I’m keen to meet as many partners and staff as quickly as possible, so visiting Satellite 2014 is a great way to start my new journey in this exciting company.”   Full Story

  Iridium, Teledyne + Rutgers University...Go Deep + Partner For Challenger Glider Mission (Underwater SATCOM)
                           
[SatNews] ...collecting an unprecedented undersea dataset to better equip researchers with the tools to predict the ocean's future and its impact on global weather.   Full Story

Teledyne Microwave Solutions... Is On-The-Move + Goes Light With A Trio Of Ka-Band On-The-Move Products
[SatNews] “This trifecta of benefits gives integrators immediate Ka- access while reducing the time, costs, and operational complexities of alternative solutions.”   Full Story


March 8, 2014
MIT + NASA—Keeping Solar Energy At Bay (Analysis | Report)
[SatNews] The Earth’s magnetic field, or magnetosphere, stretches from the planet’s core out into space, where it meets the solar wind, a stream...   Full Story

CETel Group, Telesat Canada + Arabsat—C-'ing Extended Services + A Lifetime Of Ku- (Teleport)
The CETel Group (Central European Telecom Services) have announced further cooperation with Arabsat to expand the existing solution portfolio by providing...   Full Story

CPI Helps Cathodes With LifeExtender™ ...Totally Tubular @ Satellite 2014 (TWT )
SatNews] This technology is the only method offered to the satellite communications market today that actually extends traveling wave tube (TWT) cathode life.   Full Story

World Teleport Association—Teleport Operators Examined (Analysis | Report)
[SatNews] The World Teleport Association (WTA) has released their Satellite Operator Benchmarks...   Full Story

TrustComm, Spectra Group + Inmarsat—Inmarsat-4 For UHF Radios (Comms)
[SatNews] TrustComm Inc. has been designated as a Service Provider for Inmarsat’s new L-TAC space-segment services and has signed a distribution agreement, with Spectra Group...   Full Story

GEMCO + MEDUSA—Deep Diving Into EGNOS (Event)
[SatNews] GEMCO (Galileo Euromed Cooperation Office) hosted an event focused on the use of E-GNSS (European Global Satellite Navigation Systems), primarily EGNOS...   Full Story

Ericsson + Telespazio—Content Concentrations (SatBroadcasting™—Encoder)
[SatNews] Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) ConsumerLab research from 2013 shows that HD quality content is of paramount importance to viewers and that consumer desire for a greater choice ...   Full Story

Crystal Solutions—Interference Insights @ Satellite 2014 (Event—Workshops)
[SatNews] Crystal Solutions will be hosting a series of satellite interference prevention and Carrier ID detection...   Full Story

Advantech Wireless—Technology Showcase @ Satellite 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Advantech Wireless Inc. will present details and a demonstration of its revolutionary VSAT Discovery Hubs product line-up based on...   Full Story


March 6, 2014
Hughes Network Systems + GSA—GETN Support (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES has been awarded a task order by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) in support of the Government Education and Training Network (GETN) to provide commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM)...   Full Story

Thales—Watchkeeper Is Released To Service (UAV | UAS)
[SatNews] Watchkeeper, the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed by Thales for the British Army, has been given a...   Full Story

Spaceflight—Moving On Up, Blake To President (Business)
[SatNews]  Spaceflight Inc., the company reinventing the model for launching small satellites, has promoted Curt Blake...   Full Story

Sky Sights—Aimed Through An Aurora (Launch)
[SatNews] On March 3, 2014, at 6:09 a.m. EST, a NASA-funded sounding rocket launched straight into an...   Full Story

Skyline Communications + Skylogic—All Out For Antennas (Earth Station)
[SatNews] Skyline Communications, a provider of end-to-end, multi-vendor network management solutions for the satellite, broadcast, IPTV and HFC broadband industry, hsa announced that Skylogic, a leading...   Full Story

ATK—Technology Showcase @ Satellite 2014 (Event—Satellites)
[SatNews] ATK (NYSE: ATK) will display small satellite products and capabilities including in-orbit life extension services at the ...   Full Story

Aon Benfield (Impact Forecasting)—Windstorm Wisdom (Research + Forecasts)
[SatNews] Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, has launched its...   Full Story

Thuraya—Technology Showcase + Presentations @ Satellite 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Thuraya invites attendees at Satellite 2014 to the company at booth 7087, where the company will be ...   Full Story

Aireon LLC—A Qualified Success (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Aireon LLC, the developer of the world's first space-based global air traffic surveillance system, has announced that the receiver payload for the system has successfully...   Full Story

CPI Satcom Products—Technology Showcase @ Satellite 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] CPI Satcom Products will be demonstrating a number of new products during Satellite 2014 at booth 4016—they will include their new...   Full Story

Geoimage, Blackbridge + RapidEye—Five Fives Featured (Business—Imagery)
[SatNews] Geoimage has announced that the firm has recently signed a distribution agreement with BlackBridge to market and sell RapidEye...   Full Story

Hellas Sat—Technology Showcase + Presentations @ CABSAT 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] With Hellas Sat now being a Member of the Arabsat Group, the two companies will take advantage of the commercial synergies and have...   Full Story

Satellite Internet—Rent Your Way Into Better Broadband (SATCOM)
[SatNews] A British Internet Service Provider, Satellite Internet, has launched a new low-cost equipment rental scheme, offering new customers a chance to connect to satellite...   Full Story

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (Kratos ISE UK) + Dialog Television—NOC'ing About In Sri Lanka (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced that its Integral Systems Europe Limited (Kratos ISE UK) subsidiary has been selected by Dialog Television (Private) Limited of Sri Lanka to...   Full Story

MTN Communications + NewSat—Delving Deeper Into APAC (SATCOM)
[SatNews] MTN Communications (MTN) has announced its expansion of the world’s most powerful maritime and remote broadband communications network in...   Full Story

Spectracom—These Are Testing Times (GNSS—Simulator)
[SatNews] Spectracom, a business of the Orolia Group (NYSE Alternext Paris – FR0010501015 – ALORO) has announced its program to develop robust applications-specific testing solutions—the program fills...   Full Story

TeleCommunication Systems (TCS)—Technology Showcase @ Satellite 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) will be presenting their latest products and technologies at booth #8045 during the...   Full Story

Techno-Sciences (TSi)—MEOSAR Delivered For SARSAT (SATCOM—Ground Station)
[SatNews] Techno-Sciences, Inc. (TSi) has successfully installed the second COSPAS-SARSAT Medium Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) satellite Ground Station for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the...   Full Story

KNS Antennas Connect Maritime +  Connects As Primary Sponsor Of MSUA-11 @ Satellite 2014
[SatNews] This Company arrives at Satellite 2014 from South Korea with a busy agenda, beginning with acting as the primary sponsor of...   Full Story

CABSAT Turns 20 + Shows Off A New Look @ The Hub...Dedicated Content Delivery Zone
[SatNews] ...Content Delivery Hub will feature more than 900 pioneering exhibitors from over 60 countries...   Full Story

SSPI...A Golden Event Turns 50...Come Celebrate!
[SatNews] Rather they are individuals whose personalities, persistence, vision and sense of mission give extra weight to their personal contributions...   Full Story


March 5, 2014
C-COM Satellite Systems—Next Gens' Smaller, Lighter + Stronger FlyAway With Compliments @ Satellite 2014
 (SATCOM—Antennas)
[SatNews] C-COM Satellite Systems will be displaying their nexgen, one-button, auto-acquire...   Full Story

Agilent Technologies—VSA Validation (Microwave)
[SatNews] Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has introduced their M9393A PXIe performance vector signal analyzer (VSA), offering speed and accuracy previously...   Full Story

Thuraya Telecommunications Company + SRT Wireless—A VIPturbo Team-Up (Comms)
[SatNews] Thuraya Telecommunications Company is partnering with US-based SRT Wireless to deliver the next generation of Internet Protocol (IP) modems and an open...   Full Story

Secure World Foundation (SWF)—Moving On Up (Business)
[SatNews] Secure World Foundation (SWF) welcomes Project Managers Ms. Laura Delgado López and Mr. Christopher D. Johnson, and SWF Advisory Committee member Dr. Mazlan Othman...   Full Story

Ball Aerospace—A GPM Spin (Satellite—Instrument)
[SatNews] The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager started to spin at its normal rate today and collect science..   Full Story

Space Foundation—Proposed NASA Budget Draws Support (Government)
[SatNews] The Space Foundation has offered its support for the Administration's FY15 budget proposal for NASA, calling the budget proposal a "balanced approach to sustaining...   Full Story

KenCast—Technology Showcase @ Satellite 2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] KenCast will be exhibiting their mobile video, cinema, signage and streaming video technology at ...   Full Story

iDirect—Technology Showcase + Subject Matter Expert Presentations @ Satellite 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), has announced that the agenda for Satellite 2014 Conference and Exhibition will feature four...   Full Story

Dejero + NBN Television—Notching Up Newsgathering (Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest—Transmitter)
[SatNews] Dejero, creator of cellular newsgathering products, has announced that Australia's NBN Television has expanded its live electronic newsgathering (ENG) capabilities...   Full Story

ETL Systems—StingRay Sallies Forth (RF)
[SatNews] ETL Systems, a global designer and manufacturer of RF distribution equipment for satellite communications, has launched a new range of RF over...   Full Story

Cinegy—Technology Showcase + Giveaway @ NAB 2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Cinegy has announced that the first 1,000 visitors to its booth SL11116 at the NAB...   Full Story

Miranda Technologies + MLB—Network Expansion Completed (SatBroadcasting™—Router)
[SatNews] Miranda Technologies, a Belden Brand, has completed a major router expansion at MLB Network, Major League Baseball’s 24/7 cable television network, that...   Full Story

Track24 Defence—BLOS For Blue Force Tracking (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Situational command and control (SCC) specialist Track24 Defence  has manufactured and launched a new IP68-rated beyond line-of-sight (BLOS) satellite device...   Full Story

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (RT Logic)—Sixtieth Sent To Iridium (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) has announced that the firm's RT Logic subsidiary has recently delivered its sixtieth T400SDM Software-Defined Modem to...   Full Story

Iridium Communications + ZTR Control Systems—Reaching Into Remote Monitoring (M2M)
[SatNews] Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has an agreement with ZTR(TM) Control Systems to use Iridium's M2M Short Burst Data (SBD) service to provide satellite ...   Full Story

Globecast—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Globecast will be presenting product and technologies at the upcoming NAB 2014 exhibition being held in...   Full Story

WORK Microwave... Knows How To Work Broadcast Applications + Work The Show (SatBroadcasting™ | Satellite 2014)
[SatNews]...designed to help operators optimize satellite bandwidth, improve signal quality, and reduce operating expenses...   Full Story

SpaceX's Elon Musk Before The U.S. Senate On Defense Appropriations..."Bring On The Competition!" (Launch | Report)
[SatNews] "To put this into perspective, had SpaceX been awarded the missions ULA received under its recent non-competed 36 core block buy, we would have saved the taxpayer $11.6 billion. "   Full Story

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL)—A 30th Birthday Celebration For UoSAT-2 (Satellite)
[SatNews] Surrey Satellite Technology LLC Ltd. is celebrating the UoSAT-2's 30th birthday.   Full Story

South Africa—Two Close Calls For ZACUBE-1 (Satellite)
[SatNews] South Africa's first nano-satellite experienced two very close encounters with defunct satellites in the past few days, after three months in orbit, authorities...   Full Story

Russia—Glonass Getting Prepped (Satellie)
[SatNews] Russia is planning to launch another Glonass-M navigation satellite into orbit on...   Full Story

Intrasky's Recipe For Success...Combine Eutelsat + Newtec = Better Internet Connectivity + Capacity In Levant... (Ka-band Capacity)
[SatNews] ..."offer flexible and reliable Internet connectivity solutions, challenging the perception that fiber is the automatic route to highly competitive point-to-point links."   Full Story

CompassCom's... Asset Tracking On Any Wireless Network ...CompassLDE®... Better Than Bloodhounds
[SatNews] “Organizations can light up their processor with live streaming information showing where their mobile assets are located and what they are doing.”   Full Story

ViaSat + EL AL To Exede® Working Towards Certification
[SatNews] ...enable airlines to provide a consistent, high-speed service level to each passenger, rather than simply an aggregate amount of bandwidth to the plane that leaves passengers competing for service.   Full Story

Pacaya Volcano... Guilty Of Intermittent Violent Phases Of Lava Fountaining (Earth Observation)
[SatNews] Typical activity in recent years includes strombolian activity, lava flow emission and intermittent violent phases of lava fountaining.   Full Story

C-COM Satellite Systems Get The Nod Of Approval From ViaSat To Exede® Expectations
[SatNews] ... is the first auto-deploying flyaway product to be authorized for use on the Company's service in the USA.   Full Story


March 4, 2014
NovelSat—A New World Record + A Space-Based First (SATCOM)
[SatNews] NovelSat has just debuted their NovelSat Sky-Fi™—this is the first, portable, satellite-based wireless Internet access solution—using NovelSat Sky-Fi, Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) operators now can offer free...   Full Story

Ecliptic—Deployment Sequence Captured (Satellite—Video System)
[SatNews] A multi-camera onboard video system supplied by Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation has successfully captured the 7-hour deployment sequence...   Full Story

bcc Research—Delving Into Satellite Technology Markets (Analysis | Report)
[SatNews] Telecommunication components, modules, and devices are integral to the crucial "eye in the sky" and data-relay functions that satellites perform for...   Full Story

Harris Corporation—Deep Reflection By Sirius FM-6 (Satellite)
[SatNews] An advanced antenna reflector designed and built by Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has been successfully deployed in space onboard the Sirius FM-6 satellite...   Full Story

Liquid Telecom—Keeping African Data In Africa (Satellite Hub)
[SatNews] Liquid Telecom has built a satellite hub at Teraco’s vendor-neutral Earth station in South Africa, enabling the company to route...   Full Story

Rohde & Schwarz—Technology Showcase @ Defence Services Asia (Event—SDTR)
[SatNews] Rohde & Schwarz will demonstrate its portfolio of integrated communications and intelligence solutions for all branches of the armed forces at the...   Full Story

Crystal Solutions—Technology Showcase + Launch @ Satellite 2014 (SATCOM—CID)
[SatNews] Crystal Solutions, a provider of Network Management and Intelligent Control™ Solutions, will launch its Carrier ID...   Full Story

Iridium Communications + Thales Alenia Space—Send In The Sims (Satellite)
[SatNews] Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has announced that Thales Alenia Space has delivered two, complete, high-fidelity satellite simulators and a number of ...   Full Story

World Teleport Association—An Awarding Ceremony (Event)
[SatNews] Since 1995, the World Teleport Association (WTA) has presented annual awards to companies and individuals who ...   Full Story

Airbus Defence and Space, Arvalis—Institut de végétal, Delta Drone + FARMSTAR Expert—A Growing Partnership (UAV | UAS — Imagery)
[SatNews] In 2014, Airbus Defence and Space, Arvalis—Institut du végétal and Delta Drone will explore the potential offered by image and data acquired from sensors carried on-board fixed and rotary wing UAVs—such addition of UAV data could lead to...   Full Story

ORBCOMM—NexGen OG2 Modems Unveiled (SATCOM—M2M)
[SatNews] ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC), a global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions, has announced the availability of its next generation OG2 satellite modems, which...   Full Story

Kratos' New Star...NeuralStar® SQM...First End-To-End Service Management Solution (Satellite 2014)
[SatNews] ...the first end-to-end service management solution for satellite and terrestrial network operations.   Full Story

Signalhorn...Pulls Up A Chair And... Takes A Seat At The European Security Round Table
[SatNews] ..."the ESRT will allow the Company to have a voice on matters involving secure communications, with which it is well acquainted”...   Full Story

Hughes Is Gettin' Award For GETN From GSA (Distance Learning Programs)
[SatNews] “With federal agency budgets stretched so thin, distance learning is especially in demand, and its well understood that satellite technology is a cost-effective approach to delivering...   Full Story


March 3, 2014
NSR—An Energy-Filled Entry (Analysis | Reports)
[SatNews] NSR’s Energy Markets via Satellite, 4th Edition, provides the industry-leading, dedicated analysis on the energy markets—from pipeline SCADA applications to...   Full Story

GL Communications—A Suite For UMTS Protocol Testing...
[SatNews] GL Communications' Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is a 3rd generation mobile technology evolved from...   Full Story

Cyta + TrustComm—Making Makarios Home (Teleport)
[SatNews] Cyta  has reached an agreement with TrustComm for the hosting of its new Starlight Gateway in Cyprus—the Starlight Gateway will be built at Cyta’s Makarios...   Full Story

MITEQ—Technology Showcase @ Satellite 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] MITEQ will be presenting several new products at their booth, #5017, during the upcoming...   Full Story

Airbus Defense and Space—Technology Showcase @ Satellite 2014 (Manufacturing)
[SatNews] Airbus Defense & Space will be offering several presentations at their stand, No. 5023, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C., during the upcoming...   Full Story

Aireon LLC + NAV Portugal—Signed MOU Assures Airspace Accommodations (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Aireon LLC, the developer of the world's first space-based global air traffic surveillance system, has announced the firm has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NAV Portugal, the Portuguese...   Full Story

2wcom + KRONEHIT—Better Coverage Now Assured (SatBroadcasting™—SVB-S)
[SatNews] KRONEHIT, Austria’s only nationwide private radio broadcaster, has implemented a new satellite DVB-S system to provide...   Full Story

USAF...Straight From The General's Mouth, There's A New Satellite That Won't Make Russia Or China Happy (MILSAT)
[SatNews] "...So it’s likely other countries, especially Russia and China, are going to consider this a threat.”   Full Story

Hughes Hires A Veteran Of Defense and Intelligence Community...Now Sr. Director  (Executive Moves)
[SatNews] He served as Chief of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance with the Office of Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics in the Space and Intelligence Office, where he ...   Full Story


March 2, 2014
Harmonic—Technology Showcase @ NAB 2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] At booth SU1210 at the 2014 NAB Show, Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) will demonstrate a series of solutions that optimize the production and delivery of high-value...   Full Story

Arianespace—Slotting Sentinel-1A For Checkout (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] The first spacecraft for Europe’s Copernicus Earth observation program—Sentinel-1A—is now undergoing pre-launch checkout at the Spaceport, readying it for...   Full Story

Raytheon Company—JPSS Mod (Satellites)
[SatNews] The Company received a $185 million modification from NASA on its current Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS) contract, which is...   Full Story

SkyTrac Systems—Monitoring Activities Are Streamlined (Flight Data Monitoring)
[SatNews] SkyTrac Systems has introduced a new Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) section to SkyWeb to streamline monitoring...   Full Story

NASA Fondly Recalls Astronaut  Gardner, The First Space Salvager Of Stranded Satellites
[SatNews] “So now, appearing a bit more like Laurel and Hardy moving a piano, the two astronauts on their own struggled to push and turn and steady the nine-foot-long satellite."   Full Story


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