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June 29, 2012
Space Foundation...Friday UPDATE: A Happy Return To Offices — Colorado's Fires Too Close For Comfort
[SatNews] Thursday update..."although we believe that our building has sustained no damage"...   Full Story

Arianespace... Fairing Fit (Launch)
[SatNews] The EchoStar XVII telecommunications platform has joined its MSG-3 co-passenger on...   Full Story

Hughes Network Systems... Lose That Latency (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) has successfully demo'd wireless 4G/Long Term Evolution (LTE) transmissions over satellite backhaul...   Full Story

ATK... Definitely At Liberty To Say... (Launch Vehicle)
[SatNews] ATK (NYSE: ATK) completed its   Full Story

ULA And USAF's Satellite Sent Spying Into Space! (Launch)
[SatNews] Great way to end the week despite hurricane Debby—send the most powerful rocket into space on a secret military spying mission.   Full Story


June 28, 2012
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates... Information Provisioning Expertise Leads To Payload Solution (Satellite)
[SatNews] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA) has been selected by...   Full Story

Arianespace... Dual Passenger Integration (Launch)
[SatNews] The final payload integration phase has begun for Arianespace’s heavy-lift mission on July 5, with...   Full Story

Boeing + ICO Global... Case Closed (Business)
[SatNews] ICO Global Communications Ltd. announced this week that Boeing Co. has agreed to pay...   Full Story

NASA... Playing Games With Rockets (Tech)
[SatNews] With NASA's Rocket Science 101, a new game designed for...   Full Story

SES, BeIN + Globecast... A Sporting Solution (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced that the new French...   Full Story

GeoEye The Check ($111 Million) Is Already In The Mail
GeoEye selected Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company to build GeoEye-2.   Full Story

Verimatrix Dishes As Nepal Relies On Security
[SatNews] ...provides a robust cardless security solution that saves the operator from managing the logistics of smart cards.   Full Story

U.S. Forest Service Is SPOT-On x 6,000
[SatNews] Communication is critical, but what happens when the location is so remote that normal communications don't exist?   Full Story


June 27, 2012
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne... Continuous Combustion For CST-100 (Systems)
[SatNews] Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne has successfully completed a series of tests...   Full Story

SMi... Returning With More MILSATCOM Expertise (Event)
[SatNews] Now in its 14th year is the Global MilSatCom 2012...   Full Story

NOAA... Data Delivery — Nearing A 3x Speed Factor (Imagery)
[SatNews] Data flowing from a new generation of instruments onboard the Suomi NPP satellite, a joint NASA/NOAA mission, are being used...   Full Story

Pilat Media + SimpleStream... Blending Their Specialties (SatBroadcasting™—OTT)
[SatNews] Pilat Media Global plc (AIM: PGB) is joining forces with SimpleStream Limited to launch...   Full Story

Harris CapRock + Brasdril... Drilling Into Core Capabilities (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Harris CapRock Communications has signed a four-year renewal contract with...   Full Story

NASA... Weld Done (Spacecraft)
[SatNews] The NASA team at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans has completed...   Full Story

Here's Looking @ Earth... Glory Be (Imagery)
[SatNews] A layer of stratocumulus clouds over the Pacific Ocean served as the backdrop for this rainbow-like optical phenomenon known as a glory.   Full Story

Hughes Network Systems... HSCK Has FIPS + Cementing A Rural Project Solution Into Place (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has announced that its Hughes SPACEWAY Crypto Kernel (HSCK) has achieved...   Full Story

Lockheed Martin... Most Impressive In-Orbit Ops Stats (Satellites)
[SatNews] The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) commercial geostationary (GEO) communications satellite fleet has...   Full Story

Inmarsat... Broadband Life Vests For Mariners (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Voice Distress over FleetBroadband has won the "Safety at Sea" magazine's...   Full Story

Telenor... Moving On Up... (Business)
[SatNews] Ove Fredheim was today appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Telenor in Serbia.   Full Story

ULA...Hurricane Debby Moves On...Friday Looks Like Launch
[SatNews] Seventy percent chance of favorable weather, after hurricane Debby has drenched Cape Canaveral, the launch is back on again for...   Full Story


June 26, 2012
Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA)... Solutions Recommendations Offered (Analysis | Reports)
[SatNews] The Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA) has completed a position paper providing recommendations for changes...   Full Story

AIS Engineering... Moving On Up... (Business)
[SatNews] AIS Engineering, Inc., a communications provider to federal and commercial clients, specializing in satellite communications, has...   Full Story

OTE... Xpress SAS (SATCOM)
[SatNews] OTE has secured an important agreement with Inmarsat for the provision of...   Full Story

Hughes Network Systems... IPoS Implementation Impetus (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has announced that its HX System employs...   Full Story

International Datacasting... Moving On Up... (Business)
[SatNews] International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC) has announced that Del Lippert and Georges Ata had been appointed...   Full Story

RSCC + Ireland... Russia Gets Its Éire Up (Business)
[SatNews] Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos and Ireland’s National Space Center have signed...   Full Story

Intelsat... Applause For Array Activation (Satellite)
[SatNews] Intelsat S.A. has reported that the south solar array on...   Full Story

ULA Scrubs NROL-15 Launch...Debby Dumps On Florida...
[SatNews] Regardless of the sophistication of all scientific equipment and bright minds involved in a launch, one fact remains...   Full Story

NASA + Orbital Sciences... Antares Added (Launch)
[SatNews] NASA has modified its NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Virginia, to add...   Full Story

Loral Space & Communications Inc. + MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. + Space Systems/Loral... Acquiring Minds Wish To Know... (Business)
[SatNews] Loral Space & Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LORL) has announced its entry into a definitive agreement with...   Full Story

NSR's Maritime Quandry...Capacity Or Customers? (Webinar)
[SatNews] the maritime segment has seen bandwidth demand grow substantially, yet thousands of lower data units were added in the last year....   Full Story


June 25, 2012
NASA... Concept Turning Into Reality (Launch Vehicle)
[SatNews] The nation's space exploration program is taking a critical step forward with a successful major technical review...   Full Story

CASIS... Identity Impact (Business)
[SatNews] The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization managing research...   Full Story

Earthly Orbit Communications Ltd. + RSCC... Capturing Capacity (Satellites)
[SatNews] The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC), the Russian state satellite operator, and Earthly Orbit Communications Limited, a U.K.-based satellite solution provider, jointly announced...   Full Story

Brüel & Kjær + Pratt & Whitney... Primary PULSE Analysis (Business—Systems))
[SatNews] Bruel & Kjaer is to supply Pratt & Whitney with a Static Engine Certification Test (SECT) System.   Full Story

SatStation... Docked For Performance (SATCOM)
[SatNews] SatStation, a division of Atlantic Radiotelephone, Inc., is now making available...   Full Story

U.K. Space Agency... Inspiration + Initiative (Event)
[SatNews] Inspired teams seeking a place to collaborate need look no further.   Full Story

Pacific Nations... The Magnificent Seven (Satellite)
[SatNews] At a signing ceremony last week in Hong Kong, seven pacific nations have come together...   Full Story

India... Eager To Join In (Satellite)
[SatNews] An Indo-French Science and Technology (S&T) cooperation may prove to be crucial in India’s...   Full Story

iDirect + IP Access Int'l... Bandwidth Betterment (SATCOM)
[SatNews] VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), has announced that...   Full Story

HISPASAT + Orbital Sciences... Two To Go, Please (Satellites)
[SatNews] Group HISPASAT CEO Carlos Espin?s and Executive Vice President Mike Larkin of Orbital Sciences Corporation have signed a contract...   Full Story

VSAT2012 Cheers! See You In London... (Event)
[SatNews] Learn experts' views regarding the future needs of customers and the development of new applications and platforms, all this and more (whew) at...   Full Story

SpaceX's Magician Gets All Fired Up—Testing Merlin (185 Seconds) (Launch)
[SatNews] "This is another important milestone in our efforts to push the boundaries of space technology"....   Full Story

Optus... A Healthy Contract (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] The Rural Health Education Foundation has partnered with Optus to expand the reach of its...   Full Story

KVH Industries... An Andean Arrangement (SATCOM)
[SatNews] KVH Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: KVHI) has named Andesat S.A., a leading provider...   Full Story

Inmarsat Government Conference 2012 Right Around The Corner (Event)
[SatNews] An invitation only event to take place June 27-29 in Pentagon City will feature...   Full Story

Globalstar + Thales Alenia Space... With Settlement, It's Back To Building Satellites (Business)
[SatNews] Globalstar, Inc. has reached a settlement of its prior disputes with...   Full Story

CommunicAsia2012 Positive Post Mortem...On To 2013! (Analysis)
[SatNews] They came, they saw, they participated, and the verdict is in...   Full Story

GeoEye + NGA... Funding Fortunes Fall... (Business)
[SatNews] According to a report by Marcia S. Smith of SpacePolicyOnline.com, GeoEye's funding for next year...   Full Story


June 24, 2012
COM DEV International... Microwave Makings (Satellites)
[SatNews] COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX:CDV) has been awarded three significant contracts...   Full Story

GeoEye... Expansion In Amsterdam (Business)
[SatNews] GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY) has expanded its office in the Amsterdam World Trade Center to meet rapidly growing demand...   Full Story

SMi's Global MilSatCom Salutes London
[SatNews] This major military satellite conference convenes in London...   Full Story


June 22, 2012
iDirect + Bentley Walker... Hub Happening For HYLAS 2 (SATCOM)
[SatNews] VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), has announced that Bentley Walker Ltd. purchased a Universal 15000 series hub...   Full Story

MegaPhase... Making The Connection (Comms)
[SatNews] MegaPhase has released a new line of high-frequency probe station test cables, the MegaPhase PS Series.   Full Story

RRsat, Spacecom + MEASAT... Platforms Put Into Play (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST) has announced the launch of two, new, Ku-Band...   Full Story

Vizada... With A View To Vessel Accommodations (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Vizada is launching a new addition to its Pharostar maritime VSAT portfolio.   Full Story

HISPASAT + NASA... Hawks + Hurricanes (SATCOM)
[SatNews] The HISPASAT Group, to which the Spanish satellite telecommunications operator HISPASAT and the Brazilian operator HISPAMAR both belong, was contracted by NASA to...   Full Story

International Launch Services (ILS) + AsiaSat... Any One Of Three Upcoming... (Launch)
[SatNews] International Launch Services (ILS) and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) announced a contract...   Full Story


June 21, 2012
Thursday UPDATE ULA's Atlas Rocks 'n Roll Launches NROL-38 (Launch)
[SatNews] Additional information from ULA after yesterday's successful launch of NROL-38....   Full Story

WORK Microwave... Designs On DSNG (SATCOM)
[SatNews] WORK Microwave has debuted their new DVB-S2 Modem SK-DV.   Full Story

Excalibur Almaz + XCOR Aerospace... Sub-Orbital Schooling (Spacecraft)
[SatNews] Excalibur Almaz Limited (EA), a commercial aerospace company based on the Isle of Man, British Isles, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with...   Full Story

Optical Surfaces, Ltd... Collimator Conditioning For DLR (Optics)
[SatNews] Optical Surfaces Ltd. has supplied a motorized 155mm aperture UV-VIS-NIR collimator system and...   Full Story

MegaPhase... Engineering Applicable App Debuts (Tech)
[SatNews] MegaPhase has developed a new tool for engineers designing and building...   Full Story

Advantech Wireless Literally Pay$ You To Switch GaN!
[SatNews] Talk about win-win, you get paid to receive an upgrade...   Full Story

Arianespace And MEASAT Award A Space In Space Studies
[SatNews] The ultimate in acknowledging a job well done, is when you are encouraged, and paid, to further your skills. Such is...   Full Story

Astrium... An Evolving Award (Tech—Spacecraft)
[SatNews] Astrium has been awarded two studies by the European Space Agency (ESA) to define...   Full Story

Arianespace & Astrium Vega's Mission For Republic Of Kazakhstan
[SatNews] ..."and this time we are serving an end-customer outside of Europe."   Full Story

NSR Reports...Aireon, Could This Be The Host With The Most?
[SatNews] innovative mix of government and enterprise risk taking will be key to the hosted payload (HP) proposition over the long term.   Full Story


June 20, 2012
NASA... Packing A Super Petaflops Punch (Systems)
[SatNews] NASA's flagship Pleiades supercomputer just received a boost to help keep pace...   Full Story

Altair Semiconductor + Rohde & Schwarz... Differing Modes Make No Difference (Comms)
[SatNews] Altair Semiconductor has announced that its FourGee-3100/6200 chipset...   Full Story

SES... @ CommunicAsia2012 With... (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] According to an SES media briefing in Singapore at the CommunicAsia2012 event, the Company leads the market...   Full Story

U.K. Space Agency... It Truly Does Dark Matter (Satellite)
[SatNews] U.K. teams working on the mission to study the “dark Universe” are being granted...   Full Story

Sencore... G20 Modulation (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Sencore announced that its SMD 989 DVB-S/S2 modulator is being used to supply broadcast video contribution and distribution feeds...   Full Story

SkyWave's IP SCADA Goes End-To-End And Point-To-Point
[SatNews] There is no infrastructure investment, no antenna pointing, no large solar panels—all the things that make... connectivity in remote areas laborious, cost prohibitive, and often impossible.   Full Story

Moving On Up @ Inmarsat Director of Media Biz 
[SatNews] He will spearhead further development of customer-driven solutions and strengthen the company’s relationship with broadcasters.   Full Story


June 19, 2012
TUESDAY UPDATE: ILS + SES...Proton Launch Delay, Delay...Again
[SatNews] On the 18th we were told perhaps the 19th, but today on the 19th they said...   Full Story

Beam Communications... Secure @ Sea (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Beam Communications Pty Ltd. has a new satellite piracy solution for...   Full Story

DeLorme + Pivotel... Regional inReach Insight (SATCOM)
[SatNews] DeLorme now has a partnership with Pivotel Satellite, a leading provider of mobile satellite services in Australia.   Full Story

Acquisition of Giga-Group Super Purchase + Statements From Both Parties
[SatNews] Mergers and acquisitions, oh my! Here's the official statement from...   Full Story

SES... Concentration On South Pacific... Not The Musical (SatBroadcasting™ + SATCOM)
[SatNews] The increasing popularity of direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television and the growing demand for HD broadcast content across Asia-Pacific...   Full Story

Aireon LLC + Iridium... NEXT Up... Super Team To Build Air Traffic Management System (SATCOM)
[SatNews] For the first time ever, air traffic management agencies around the globe will be able to continuously track aircraft...   Full Story

NASA's Voyager 1- On The Cusp Of Leaving The Solar System...11 Billion Miles From Earth!
[SatNews] "It is very exciting. We are approaching the solar system's frontier."   Full Story

Thales Communications... Welcome Home-land Security
[SatNews] Whew!..."to keep the homeland safe, including border protection, customs enforcement, drug interdiction, and emergency response to natural and man-made disasters."   Full Story

Thuraya's Dedicated Marine Support To Most Dangerous Occupations
[SatNews] "Fishing is one of the three most dangerous occupations in the world, but lack of affordability has placed reliable satellite communications outside the reach of many fishermen until now."   Full Story

Moving On Up @ Global Xpress™ Appoints VP Aerospace
[SatNews] Qualifications certainly are not lacking in this appointment...   Full Story

SpeedCast + Comtech EF Data... Island Hopping Has Its Challenges (SATCOM)
[SatNews] SpeedCast and partner PT. AJN Solusindo (also known as AJN) was awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provide their CelCast™ cellular backhaul service...   Full Story

Here's Looking @ Earth... Siberia Sizzles (Imagery)
[SatNews] On June 18, 2012, a total of 198 wildfires burned across Russia and had charred an area that covered 8,330 hectares (32 square miles).   Full Story

Arianespace... What A Load Of Bi-Propellants (Launch)
[SatNews] Europe’s MSG-3 meteorological satellite is being fueled at the Spaceport in French Guiana...   Full Story

XipLink... @ CommunicAsia2012 With A New VAD... (Event)
[SatNews] At the CommunicAsia show in Singapore, XipLink announced PT. XipkomIndo Asia as the latest addition...   Full Story

Boeing... FAB-T-ulous + Number Five Completed (Satellite)
[SatNews] Boeing [NYSE: BA] has successfully demonstrated end-to-end communication using a terminal from the Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) system and...   Full Story

Gilat Satellite Networks SkyEdge Takes The TRIM Award
[SatNews] Not only a viable network solution, but it wins an award for its unique and elegant design.   Full Story

iDirect + Orbitnet... Affordable Scaling + Multiple Apps Support Required (SATCOM)
[SatNews] VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), has announced that Orbitnet LLC of Mongolia (Orbitnet)...   Full Story

Eutelsat Communications Wants A Bigger Footprint — Buys GE-23 Satellite (Purchase)
[SatNews] They want to expand their footprint to high-growth Asia-Pacific markets so they acquired a bigger footprint...and will rename it...   Full Story


June 18, 2012
Moving On Up @ EADS In Corporate Communications
[SatNews] A new face is showing up and it's...   Full Story

EUTELSAT + Gulfsat... Capturing Capacity (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Eutelsat Communications (euronext paris:ETL) and Gulfsat have signed a new contract for...   Full Story

Nigeria... The Federal Government Expects To Partner With Foreign Experts (Comms)
[SatNews] In its bid to enhance capacity building in the communication and technology sector, the Federal Government of Nigeria says it will soon enter agreements...   Full Story

CORRE... Environmental Determinations (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Canadian Oil Recovery and Remediation Enterprises Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CVR)(OTCQX:CRVYF) ("CORRE") has entered into an exclusive marketing agreement with...   Full Story

Hughes Networks Systems + Nokia Siemens... Most Suitable For Backhaul (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) has successfully completed end-to-end verification of its HX System with...   Full Story

Cobham... British Honors List Recipient—CBE (Award)
[SatNews] Cobham has announced that David John Daniels, who works for Cobham’s Antenna Systems business in Leatherhead, was appointed...   Full Story

O3b Networks... More Sea Connectivity Satisfaction (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Dedicated to delivering high-speed connectivity anywhere, O3b Networks has launched...   Full Story

DigitalGlobe... An EnhancedView For The NGA (Imagery)
[SatNews] DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has been informed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) that...   Full Story

European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA)... Staying Put... (Business)
[SatNews] In its Annual General Meeting, the Board of the European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA), re-elected...   Full Story

UPDATE For Wednesday: ULA Atlas V NROL-38 Is On A Roll...To Launch
[SatNews] Everything is moving forward as indicated by...   Full Story

ORBIT Communication Systems... @ CommunicAsia2012 With... (SATCOM)
[SatNews] ORBIT Communication Systems, Ltd., a subsidiary of Orbit Technologies Ltd. (TASE:ORBI), will debut its newest VSAT offering...   Full Story

Newtec's 'Magical' Breakthrough Of 500Mbps Bandwidth Barrier
[SatNews] This Company..."is leading the effort on contributing new technology in previously unimaginable real world applications."   Full Story

Gilat Satellite Networks... Learn How To Engage While On The Move (Webinar)
[SatNews] Join Gilat on Tuesday, June 26th at 10:00 EDT for a...   Full Story

CommunicAsia2012 Is A Constellation Unto Itself! Check It Out
[SatNews] The ultimate gathering of like minds in an amazing setting at CommunicAsia 2012, and SatNews Publishers is there!   Full Story

Newtec...Avanti Takes Its HYLAS 1 And HYLAS 2 Play Seriously
[SatNews] Upon installation of this product their IP broadband service range will be extended...   Full Story

Intelsat... A Veritable Bevy Of Deals (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Intelsat S.A.has signed several capacity agreements with...   Full Story

O3b Networks And AMRTUR Is The 'Team On The Beam' With High Speed Internet For Oil & Gas 
[SatNews]...A single beam will...cover the 200 oil rigs and other Services currently using microwave or expensive traditional satellite systems in and around Brunei Darussalam...   Full Story


June 17, 2012
AsiaSat + Kratos Defense & Security Solutions... Terminal Upgrades For Tai Po (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) has announced that its...   Full Story

Asia Broadcast Satellite + Kratos ISI + SAT Corp... The Controlling Factor (Satellite)
[SatNews] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) has announced that its Kratos Integral Systems International, Inc. (Kratos ISI) subsidiary has been selected...   Full Story

Optimal Satcom + O3b Networks... An Enterprising Move (Satellites)
[SatNews] Optimal Satcom and O3b Networks announced they have entered into a strategic partnership agreement whereby...   Full Story

NewSat... Financially Speaking... (Business)
[SatNews] NewSat Limited (ASX: NWT) has announced that the Board of the U.S. based export credit agency, Ex-Im Bank, has voted and approved...   Full Story

ST Electronics... @ CommunicAsia2012 With... (SATCOM)
[SatNews] ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems) will showcase one of its...   Full Story

Station711 (RRsat)... Bringing Multi-Voice Aboard (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Station711, the Mobile Satellite Services division of RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd (NASDAQ: RRST), announced...   Full Story

Guest Opinion: NewSat Makes Others Sit Up And Really Take Notice...New Infrastructure
[SatNews] "It is one of the few Australian enterprises that were started in the dot com boom that look like becoming a major force"...and just in time for CommunicAsia this next week...   Full Story


June 16, 2012
Satcom Direct... Moving On In... (Business)
[SatNews] Satcom Direct has opened a new, domestic office...   Full Story

KVH Industries... A Sensorable Online Event (Webcast)
[SatNews] On Wednesday, June 29th, at 9:30 a.m. EDT / 1:30 p.m. GMT, KVH Industries will present...   Full Story

NASA... Helpmate for Webb Work Received (Satellite)
[SatNews] The first of four instruments to fly aboard NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (Webb)...   Full Story

Telesat... Nimiq 6 Goes Commercial (Satellite)
[SatNews] Telesat has initiated commercial service on its new...   Full Story

ASC Signal... @ CommunicAsia2012 With... (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews]Responding to rapidly increasing demand for mobile and network communications by governments and enterprises across Asia, ASC Signal will feature...   Full Story

MITEQ... RF Reveals (SATCOM)
[SatNews] MITEQ has debuted four new RF microwave component products. They include...   Full Story

Boeing... Unmanned Accomplishment (Spacecraft)
[SatNews] Boeing [NYSE: BA] has announced the successful de-orbit and landing of the second...   Full Story


June 15, 2012
Harris CapRock... Driving Mobility For The DoD (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Harris CapRock (NYSE: HRS) has won a position on a potential $65.75 million contract...   Full Story


June 14, 2012
NVerzion... Migration Maneuvers (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] NVerzion now has a new customer service migration program designed to...   Full Story

Streambox... Encoding For Increased Bandwidth (Video–Comms)
[SatNews] Streambox, Inc. has released StreamboxME Pro, an...   Full Story

MEASAT... Bound For Brunei With Football (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”) now has a capacity deal with MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems (ASTRO) to carry...   Full Story

Optus... Racing To Upgraded Distribution (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Optus has reached another milestone in its 25 year partnership with...   Full Story

NASA... To Inspire + Engage Is The Goal (STEM)
[SatNews] NASA has selected 50 elementary, middle and high school educators from across the nation...   Full Story

Numerex + Transatel... Unique Undertakings (M2M)
[SatNews] Numerex Corp (NASDAQ: NMRX) is laying the groundwork for a key strategic initiative with...   Full Story

Telesat + Panasonic Avionics... Capacity Wings Its Way To 37.5 Degrees West (Satellite)
[SatNews] Telesat has announced that Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) has signed...   Full Story

Boeing... Double Dose Of Solid Successes (Satellite + SATCOM)
[SatNews] Boeing [NYSE: BA] and its supplier partners have completed the Critical Design Review of the...   Full Story

IRG... Satellite Interference To Be Discussed @ CommunicAsia2012 (Event)
[SatNews] The Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG) will be involved with a number of discussions and meetings...   Full Story

SatStream... Operations Of Olympic Proportions (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] SatStream will be offering the central London facility for hire during the Olympics later this year.   Full Story

NSR... A Plethora Of Most Useful SATCOM Market Info... (Analysis | Reports)
[SatNews] As the end of the first half of 2012 nears, the satellite communications industry is on the cusp of a...   Full Story

DeLorme... Battery Betterment + New Features (SATCOM)
[SatNews] DeLorme has released of a major upgrade for...   Full Story

Teledyne Technologies... MUSE'ing Over The Latest Agreement (Satellite—EO)
[SatNews] Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) announced that its subsidiary, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., in Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a...   Full Story

Vislink...You Can Wear A News Truck In A Backpack
[SatNews] Now the power of a news truck is available in just a backpack and will be available to see at...   Full Story

Advantech Wireless... Something New + VSAT Comes Your Way (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Advantech Wireless has developed a new VSAT product line-up starting with the...   Full Story

Arianespace Preps...Mates And Tops Off Number 64 (Launch)
[SatNews] Number 64 in a line of successful launches awaits during the...   Full Story


June 13, 2012
Latitude Technologies... Moving On Up... (Business)
[SatNews] Latitude Technologies has hired Peter Parrish as its new...   Full Story

Advantech Wireless... Single Pool Sharing (SATCOM)
[SatNews] —Advantech Wireless has received, and completed, a contract to provide a redundant DVB-S2 ACM forward link to...   Full Story

Inmarsat... Sails + Salt (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) brings live coverage of the penultimate leg of the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race...   Full Story

Astrotech... Purchase Order Propels New Business (Satellites)
[SatNews] Astrotech Corporation (Nasdaq:ASTC) has announced that its Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) subsidiary secured a $1.1 million purchase order...   Full Story

ImStrat Corporation... Analysts' Learning Opportunity (Imagery)
[SatNews] ImStrat Corporation is offering a comprehensive training program for the...   Full Story

Orbital Sciences... Next Up... NuSTAR (Launch)
[SatNews] Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) is in final preparations to launch the...   Full Story

Blue Sky Network... Pulling Together Dispersed Assets (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Blue Sky Network has launched New SkyRouter, a fleet management portal...   Full Story

Indra... Employing Extra EO Experience (Imagery)
[SatNews] Indra has signed an agreement making it the only company in Spain to market...   Full Story

GeoEye... Moving On In To Support GEOINT (Business)
[SatNews] GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY) has expanded its Tampa office to support...   Full Story

MILCOM 2012... Time To Prepare... (Event)
[SatNews] MILCOM 2012 is returning to Orlando for the first time since 2007 and will be held...   Full Story

World Surveillance Group's GTC... Skipper Spotting (SATCOM)
[SatNews] World Surveillance Group Inc. (OTCBB: WSGI), a developer of lighter-than-air unmanned aerial vehicles and related technologies, has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary...   Full Story

Orbital Sciences... The Pegasus Push For NuSTAR (Launch)
[SatNews] Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) has announced that its Pegasus? rocket earlier today...   Full Story

ILS Preps Launch Of SES'-5 To Send Off On A Breeze (Launch)
[SatNews] The next upcoming launch will be...   Full Story

World Teleport Association (WTA)... Best Practices In Contracting For Capacity (Analysis|Reports)
[SatNews] The World Teleport Association has released a new...   Full Story

Apple + Tom Tom... Map This, Google (Imagery)
[SatNews] A curt sentence at Tom Tom's website informs visitors that...   Full Story

NewSat Limited... Pre-Launch Promulgation Of Capacity (Satellite)
[SatNews] NewSat Limited (ASX: NWT) has signed a three year contract with...   Full Story

Wavestream Cruises And Makes Waves With Harris CapRock
[SatNews] ...they signed a five-year agreement with cruise operator Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. to provide communications services onboard its fleet of 34 ships.   Full Story

Alcatel-Lucent Enable Serbians To Shop In The Clouds
[SatNews] Shoppers may never be the same after shopping at a cloud-based 'entertainment hub' that knows who they are and what they like.   Full Story

Arianespace + EUMETSAT... Pushed Out (Launch)
[SatNews] Arianespace has announced that the launch date of the MSG-3 satellite from the European Spaceport in Kourou...   Full Story

Raytheon Satellite Takes It To The Poles For USAF
[SatNews] "This...will give the Navy more mission flexibility and significantly increased capacity to provide protected voice, data and video communications supporting strategic and tactical missions..."   Full Story


June 12, 2012
Comtech EF Data... Seminars In Singapore (Event)
[SatNews] Comtech EF Data invites you to a seminar series in conjunction with...   Full Story

Globalstar + Thales Alenia Space... Conversations Continue Regarding Arbitration Award—UPDATE (Business)
[SatNews] Globalstar, Inc., ("Globalstar" or the "Company") announced on May 16, 2012, the decision of the arbitrators in the commercial arbitration...   Full Story

DISH Network + Qualcomm... Believing In Snapdragon (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] DISH (NASDAQ: DISH) now has a collaboration with Qualcomm to enable support of...   Full Story

ITT Exelis... Showing Off SOTM (SATCOM)
[SatNews] ITT Exelis is introducing GNOMAD, a mobile, on-the-move satellite communications (SATCOM) system...   Full Story

China... Manned It Will Be (Launch)
[SatNews] RIA Novosti is reporting that China will launch its Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft in...   Full Story

Newtec's Basket Full Of Multi Solutions At CommunicAsia 2012
[SatNews] With all of their new products and services packing for CommunicAsia 2012 will be a big job for...   Full Story

O3b Networks First To Meet Asia-Pacific’s Rising Demand For Broadband
[SatNews] CommunicAsia will be sizzling with new products and services including...   Full Story


June 11, 2012
Harris' Next-Gen Of Birds, Falcon III, Is The Backbone For Multi-Missions (3 Models)
[SatNews] These next-gen products improve capabilities, which in hostile atmospheres translates to saving lives, thanks to...   Full Story

ST Electronics... BUC'ing A Trend (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Through ST Electronics' renowned Agilis brand, the company is launching a new line of compact...   Full Story

ISS Reshetnev... Crucial Checkout Testing (Satellite)
[SatNews] The integrated electrical testing of Yamal-300K spacecraft is moving through its final checkout.   Full Story

Ukraine... A "No Go" — Slot Shot (Launch)
[SatNews] Ukraine has, once again, delayed the launch of its first telecom satellite Lybid until...   Full Story

Sea Launch... Intelsat-19 Investigations Continue (Launch)
[SatNews] Following last week's Intelsat 19 Solar Array Deployment Failure after being launched aboard a Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket...   Full Story

CommunicAsia2012 + BroadcastAsia2012... An Assemblage In Singapore (Event)
[SatNews] This month will see more than 100 satellite-based communications companies—an increase of 7 percent...   Full Story

Entropic Communications + Unitron Group... Solution For DBS + Mixed STBs (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Entropic Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENTR) has announced its powerful...   Full Story

Signal Monitoring Technology Sending The Right Signals (Webinar)
[SatNews] Learning about critical testing, measuring and analyzing is part of the cirriculum as...   Full Story

Here's Looking @ Earth... Syrian Fields Of Nightmares (Imagery)
[SatNews] This is a satellite image of an area just east of Kafr Zeta, Syria, showing...   Full Story

Advantech Wireless Gets Amped Up for CommunicAsia
[SatNews] New products are lining up for CommunicAsia 2012 and so it is with...   Full Story

HISPASAT... Financially Speaking... (Business)
[SatNews] HISPASAT?s shareholders have unanimously approved the annual accounts for fiscal year 2011, which include...   Full Story

Hawaii Pacific Teleport... Moving On Up... (Business)
[SatNews] Hawaii Pacific Teleport (“HPT”) has announced the expansion of its executive team with the addition of...   Full Story

NOAA... The High Park Fire In Colorado (Imagery)
[SatNews] Fifteen miles west of Fort Collins, Colorado, a massive wildfire burns uncontrolled.   Full Story

Arianespace... Deferred Flight (Launch)
[SatNews] In order to allow one of its customers to perform complementary checks on its payload...   Full Story

ASC Signal Provides A Seamless Switch Of Any Active RF Component For Antenna Systems
[SatNews] It's a good thing...new redundancy technology seamless switching of virtually any active radio frequency component on the company’s fixed and transportable Earth station antennas.   Full Story


June 8, 2012
Rigol Technologies... Complex Signal Visualization (Comms)
[SatNews] Rigol Technologies, Inc. has introduced the new DS2000 series digital oscilloscope, the latest development in...   Full Story

TE Connectivity... Put A Sleeve On It (System)
[SatNews] TE Connectivity has launched their new C-Wrap side entry repair sleeve for use in aerospace, defense and marine applications.   Full Story

EchoStar Europe... @ ANGACable 2012 With... (SatBroadcasting™—Event)
[SatNews] EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) will showcase a variety of highly innovative and versatile connected device solutions...   Full Story

Ubiquiti Networks... Harsh RF Environments Solution (Comms)
[SatNews] Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:UBNT) has announced the...   Full Story

XCOR Aerospace + SXC... For Booking Those Flights (Business)
[SatNews] With the Tom Sachs space-themed art exhibit, "Space Program: Mars" as a backdrop, XCOR Aerospace named...   Full Story

NSSL Global... A Larger Footprint (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Global satellite communications provider NSSLGlobal has announced the latest step in the continued development...   Full Story

Globe Wireless... Upgrading The Maritime Experience (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Globe Wireless will debut their latest software release...   Full Story

World Micro... Parts Passing Muster—Counterfeit Control (Technology)
[SatNews] World Micro, Inc. has officially launched its new PASS™ Parts Authentication Screening Services.   Full Story


June 7, 2012
KVH Industries... An Impuls Hellas Of An Appointment (Business—SATCOM)
[SatNews] KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq:KVHI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Athens-based...   Full Story

GeoEye... Mapping The Next Milestone (Business—Imagery)
[SatNews] GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY) has successfully passed a major milestone for the development of...   Full Story

MEDIA BROADCAST + SES... Core Market Contract (SatBroadcasting™—Capacity)
[SatNews] MEDIA BROADCAST has extended its agreement with SES Astra to cover...   Full Story

GlobeCast... Chinese News Capacity Contract Cemented (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] GlobeCast has signed a deal with Phoenix Chinese News & Entertainment Ltd (PCNE) to deliver...   Full Story

NASA... Innovation Can Be Rewarded With A Grant (STEM)
[SatNews] NASA is accepting proposals until June 29th for the mini-grants component...   Full Story

Iridium Communications... Piloting Across The Seas (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has announced that German shipping company Reederei Werner Bockstiegel has selected...   Full Story

Chyron + MOOV... Graphics Compliment For Diamond Jubilee Coverage (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] MOOV Limited, the U.K.-based graphics, relied exclusively on Chyron HyperX? on-air graphics systems for the...   Full Story

Astrium... High Resolution Views Go Online + Sample Shot (Imagery)
[SatNews] Astrium is opening the GeoStore portal as a gateway to its unique stock of satellite imagery.   Full Story

Orbital Sciences... Universe's Origins Examiner To Rocket Away (Launch)
[SatNews] Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) has announced that its Pegasus® rocket, which will launch...   Full Story

Intelsat... Employing Epic Moves (Satellites)
[SatNews] Intelsat S.A. has introduced the Intelsat EpicNG satellite platform, a new series of...   Full Story

COM DEV International... Financially Speaking... (Business)
[SatNews] COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX:CDV) has announced second quarter financial results...   Full Story

Bentley Walker Offers A Freebie...Tooway To Cumbria (SATCOM)
[SatNews] It is difficult to imagine life without broadband access, and yet there are regions, here is assistance...   Full Story

KVH Industries... A Better Backup For Tactical Navigation (Comms)
[SatNews] KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) has announced today that it has received a $35.6 million contract from the...   Full Story

Inmarsat... A Maritime Milestone (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) has revealed that the Company has reached...   Full Story

Bentley Walker Offers A Freebie...Tooway To Cumbria (SATCOM)
[SatNews] It is difficult to imagine life without broadband access, and yet there are regions, here is assistance...   Full Story

Thrane & Thrane A/S Quite An Extraordinary Meeting
[SatNews] The meeting sounds important and so...   Full Story

SkyTrac...Presto Chango...Removes Boxes But Stores More (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Doing more, better with less the...   Full Story


June 6, 2012
Gilat Satcom... Far Afield + Underground Utility (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Gilat Satcom will introduce two new solutions...   Full Story

SES + Eurosport Group... The French Open + The Olympics Gain Transponder Traction (SatBroadcasting™—3DTV)
[SatNews] SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced that Eurosport Group will deliver...   Full Story

Lockheed Martin... Success Surrounds SBIRS (Satellite)
[SatNews] The first Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite...   Full Story

EUMETSAT... Confab For GMES (Event)
[SatNews] EUMETSAT has been participating in the 'GMES in action' conference in Copenhagen, Denmark (June 4th to 5th, 2012).   Full Story

International Datacasting... Moving On Out + Financially Speaking... (SatBroadcasting™—Business)
[SatNews] IDC has announced the resignation of James W. Hall and David P. Little (two independent directors) from...   Full Story

Boeing, Raytheon + Harris... Contract Pursuit (Satellites)
[SatNews] The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] is leading a U.S. industry team that includes...   Full Story

DigitalGlobe... Here's Looking @ Earth... Crash Disaster In Nigeria (Imagery)
[SatNews] This is a satellite image of the crash site of a Dana Air MD-83 airplane that hit...   Full Story

NOORSAT + IAA... Arranging An Important Bouquet (SatBroadcasting™—Business)
[SatNews] Within the framework of the Information Affairs Authority (IAA)'s desire to develop radio and tV broadcasting...   Full Story

IDATE Gets Cirrus About Cloud Computing, Big Data, And DigiWorld Institute
[SatNews] This information is found in an invaluable report from...   Full Story

Moving On Up @ ULA's...New CFO
[SatNews] He will replace the current CFO who has been there since the formation of the company...   Full Story

Gilat Goes Deep To Communicate To Deepwater Oil & Gas Platforms (Webinar)
[SatNews] Convenient, free, and, most importantly, learn how to   Full Story

Harris...Falcon III® Manpack For U.S. Army Of Won
[SatNews] Now the U.S. Army wants more to ensure lives and safety while in harm's way...   Full Story

308 Systems... Meeting The Comms Challenges In The Sudan (SATCOM)
[SatNews] The humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region in western Sudan has received...   Full Story

Arianespace... Getting In Shape For Number Four (Launch)
[SatNews] The fourth Ariane 5 for launch by Arianespace in 2012 is beginning...   Full Story

NASA... IPv6 All The Way (Technology)
[SatNews] NASA is the first U.S. federal agency to participate in the...   Full Story

On The Passing Of Ray Bradbury...
[SatNews] Thousands of science-fiction and fantasy fans within the satellite and space industries will probably pause momentarily to reflect upon the passing of one of America's greatest authors, Ray Bradbury, at the age of 91 and experience a true sense of regret at losing such a talent in the world of fiction.   Full Story


June 5, 2012
Berg Insight... Numbers Revelations (M2M)
[SatNews] The number of cellular M2M connections in the retail industry reached 10.3 million worldwide in 2011, according to a...   Full Story

Chandra Conclusions... Hit The Road, Black Hole, And Don't Come Back No More, No More (Imagery)
[SatNews] Astronomers have found strong evidence that a massive black hole is being ejected...   Full Story

Boeing... Demo'ing A Prototope (UAS/UAV)
[SatNews] Boeing's [NYSE: BA] Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system (UAS) completed its first...   Full Story

CSC... Advanced Analytics Leverage EO Data (Technology)
[SatNews] CSC (NYSE: CSC) has announced the availability of ClimatEdge™, a “first of its kind” suite of innovative reports that leverages...   Full Story

SES... Financially Speaking... (Business)
[SatNews] SES (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) has signed on June 1, 2012, a subscription agreement with a financial institution relating to the subscription...   Full Story

BringCom... Moving On Up... (Business)
[SatNews] BringCom, Inc. has announced that Jesse Robinson has joined the company to lead its...   Full Story

Cree... Transistor Power Is Fully Matched (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) has released its high- efficiency X-band, fully matched...   Full Story

Hubble Happenings... Star Wreckage Has A Butterfly's Visage (Imagery)
[SatNews] Located just beyond the tip of the tail of the constellation of Cygnus (The Swan), this...   Full Story

NASA... Two Special Gifts From the NRO (Satellites)
[SatNews] Even though the agency has no budget to launch their latest gifts from the National Reconnaissance Office...   Full Story

Beam And Iridium Are On The Beam With Extreme Covert Piracy Solution (SATCOM)
[SatNews] High sea piracy is a terrifying situation with the victims feeling totally vulnerable until now with...   Full Story

Moog Space and Defense Group Moves On...To Next Stepper... 
[SatNews] This will be at least 50 percent lighter than the current one and will operate in radiation environments up to 100 KRad TID and at temperatures from -55?C to 100?C.   Full Story

KVH And MVS Are MVPs...Keeping Customers Happy Worldwide
[SatNews] Quite a bundle..   Full Story


June 4, 2012
World Teleport Association (WTA)... The Focus Is On Satellite Capacity Costs (Analysis | Report)
[SatNews] Set for release this month is the WTA's report wherein teleport executives...   Full Story

Intelsat... An Array Hiccup Affects IS19 (Satellite)
[SatNews] Intelsat S.A. has reported there has been a delay in deploying one...   Full Story

SkyWave Communications... @ CommunicAsia2012 With...
[SatNews] Today, with Quality of Service (QoS) or Coverage viewed as one of the most distinguishing differentiators in a company’s Machine-to-Machine (M2M) strategy...   Full Story

National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)... In Emergencies, Think FTA (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO Gordon Smith issued the following statement after nine Members of Congress went to the House floor on May 31st...   Full Story

U.K. Space Agency... Pound For Pound Pathfinder Projects (Competition Results)
[SatNews] Tests on ‘green’ propellants for space propulsion, the demonstration of pultruded manufacturing of spacecraft components...   Full Story

Boeing... Test Beds + SOTM Advancements (SATCOM + Systems)
[SatNews] The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has successfully demo'd a SOTM product as well as delivered NASA three flight computer software test beds, the first ...   Full Story

exactEarth... Imminent Integration (Satellites)
[SatNews] exactEarth Ltd. has recently confirmed that its exactView™ 1 (EV1) AIS microsatellite...   Full Story

International Space University (ISU)... Getting Space Into The Curriculum (Event)
[SatNews] From June 4th to the 3rd of August, the Florida Space Coast will welcome...   Full Story

Satellite Industry Association (SIA) + NewSat America... Joining Up (Business)
[SatNews] The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) has announced that NewSat America, Inc. has...   Full Story

Sierra Nevada Corporation... Chasing The Dream Into Reality (Systems)
[SatNews] Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has initiated its Dream Chaser(r) Space System's flight test program...   Full Story

Transition Networks Advances Timing Scalable Services
[SatNews] This provides methods to quickly detect and resolve faults without the need to dispatch a technician to remote locations...   Full Story

Northrop Grumman... A Camp Designed For System + Self Exploration (STEM)
[SatNews] The Northrop Grumman Foundation has announced the national sponsorship of middle school students and teachers from across the country to attend...   Full Story

United Unites...Sat Vans Know How To Kick Up A Football Championship Scene
[SatNews] The European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine is getting closer, and part of the process is...   Full Story

Iridium Communications... Yacht Yak (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) is providing vital satellite broadband communications connectivity for sailors...   Full Story

Eutelsat... Soccer Soaking Up Capacity (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] With one week to go before kick-off of the UEFA Euro 2012 championship in Poland and the Ukraine, capacity on five Eutelsat satellites...   Full Story

SES + 2DAY Telecom... Connections For Kazakhstan (SATCOM)
SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced that 2DAY Telecom has signed...   Full Story

Viaccess + Orca Interactive... @ CommunicAsia2012 With... (SatBroadcasting™—OTT)
[SatNews] Viaccess & its subsidiary Orca Interactive will showcase at CommunicAsia2012 a variety of...   Full Story

NSR... Stop, Listen + Look For HPAs (Webinar)
[SatNews] Last Wednesday’s webinar presentation by NSR's Sr. Analyst Jose del Rosario offered an in-depth, un-biased picture...   Full Story

DigitalGlobe... You Can See The Forest For The Trees (Imagery)
[SatNews] DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) will significantly expand delivery of high-resolution imagery to...   Full Story

CPI Acquires... Codan Satcom
[SatNews] We are very excited about the transaction, and we anticipate that the merging of our complementary product lines will benefit both companies and our customers.   Full Story

KVH Industries... South American Setup (SATCOM)
[SatNews] KVH Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: KVHI) will offer its mini-VSAT Broadband service and TracPhone satellite communications terminals to...   Full Story

Harris... Small Form Factor Brings Increased Range Into The Mix (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received an initial order to provide the U.S. Army with...   Full Story

Moving On Up @ Inmarsat's Global Government Business Unit
[SatNews] He'll spearhead all sales, marketing and delivery of solutions and services that meet the needs of such government customers around the world.   Full Story

EMC's Cloud Transforms Africa..Takes Top Award
[SatNews] They took a first, second and third place in Africa, not too shabby...   Full Story


June 3, 2012
C-COM Satellite Systems... Conditioning For Cryllic (SATCOM)
[SatNews] C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CMI) has now added...   Full Story


June 2, 2012
Harris...U.S. Special Ops Places Healthy Order For Falcon III® Manpack (COMS)
[SatNews] That's a lot of Capital Equipment to replace...   Full Story

Meet Gilat's Director Of Defense/Homeland Security Solutions In Your Slippers (Webinar)
[SatNews] You can learn firsthand about defense and homeland security while in a relaxed environment...   Full Story

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat)... Ka-Band Competency For DoD Terminals (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC (Yahsat) has announced that its dedicated government satellite service, YahSecure, has completed...   Full Story

Sea Launch Launches Intelsat 19...Team Efforts Pay Off (Launch)
[SatNews] It was a slow boat to the Equator, and in a matter of moments the launch took place...   Full Story

ATEME + CBC... Codecs For Backhauling (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] ATEME has been selected by CBC, one of Germany’s leading tv-production and broadcast enterprise (a company of the Media Group RTL Germany), to supply...   Full Story

COMSOFT Satellite Services... Any Size, Any Topology (SATCOM)
[SatNews] COMSOFT Satellite Services GmbH (CSS), a part of the COMSOFT Group, has announced a partnership with...   Full Story

SpaceX's Dragon Makes A Big Splash (Photo)...Caught Speeding Over Pacific (Launch Return)
[SatNews] Even on the autobahn, or in the Indy 500 vehicles don't travel at this speed — 16-18 feet per second!   Full Story

Telesat... Providing Federal Agencies With Advanced Solutions (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Telesat has been awarded a contract by Shared Services Canada (SSC) to facilitate the provisioning of...   Full Story

Inmarsat... A New, Online Look (Business)
[SatNews] Inmarsat Government has launched a new website that reflects...   Full Story

SkyTrac... Supplementally Speaking (SATCOM)
[SatNews] SkyTrac Systems has obtained a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the...   Full Story

Thuraya... POP Goes The IP (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Thuraya Telecommunications Company has established a Point Of Presence (POP) and Meet Me Point (MMP) in Singapore, enhancing...   Full Story

Comtech EF Data Keeps Your Data On Track...And Updated
[SatNews] First the software, and then the critical updates to literally keep everything on track, and these are from...   Full Story

GeoEye...Image Is Everything, Shares Their Expertise (Webinar)
[SatNews] Get comfortable, looks like webinars will keep folk busy, and richer with the information to be learned...   Full Story

World Surveillance Group ...Don't Let Go Of This Successful Classified Test (UAV)
[SatNews] This test involves people hanging onto a tether...   Full Story


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