October 2014 Edition - Commercial Launch Sector (Global), Satellite refueling/repair/repurposement, Propulsion, On-Orbit Satellites
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September 30, 2014
General Services Administration Renews...HughesON™ Solutions Are On Target
[SatNews] “With today’s budget constraints, agency telecom officials are faced with doing more with less—"   Full Story

Globalstar Gateway Gets Going In Botswana
[SatNews] "Whether you are going to southern Africa on a safari, work assignment, or to perform humanitarian work, the ability to let your friends, family or colleagues know that you are "OK..."   Full Story

NetComm Wireless Is Routing M2M
[SatNews] ...designed to deliver seamless connectivity to applications in areas such as retail, asset management, healthcare, security and agriculture.
    Full Story


NOAA's New NESDIS Leader + Silver Snoopy Award
[SatNews]  He is the recipient of several awards, including from NASA the Silver Snoopy Award (1994) and...   Full Story

NSR's Operational Financials + Fundamental Transformations...Huge Potentials
[SatNews]..."we will see a divergence between the haves and have-nots of the sector, and long-term, extensive consolidation..."   Full Story

Arianespace's Payload Preps Two For Powerful Push...
[SatNews] Arianespace is a hub of activity with...   Full Story

Pi Telecom's Partnership With SatLink Expands Into IP Delivery... Immediate TV Everywhere
[SatNews] ...ready to launch a managed service via the cloud within days, avoiding the expenses and time consuming associated with...   Full Story

Canadian Government + exactEarth's Newest Contract Significantly Augments An Already Healthy Amount
[SatNews] ...includes maritime surveillance and security; customs and border protection; Arctic vessel traffic; fisheries, and Search and Rescue...   Full Story

ORBIT Strengthens Position in Earth Observation Market With Alaskan Project 
[SatNews] a specially designed Pedestal Interface Unit (PIU) enables an upgrade of the analog ground station to digital technology without having to replace the legacy pedestal.   Full Story


September 29, 2014
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems...A Big Deal About A Small Satellite...NASA Nods Approval
[SatNews] "We are grateful for the support and trust that NASA has given us throughout the project’s development."
    Full Story


Exelis' Has FAA Smiling... Service Delivery On Budget + On Schedule + Fewer Accidents
[SatNews] Decrease in accident rate of over 35 percent for ADS-B-equipped aircraft over non-equipped aircraft in Alaska.   Full Story

Airbus Defence & Space's Satellite + Maritime SATCOM Biz, As Well as Marlink, Go On Sale...
[SatNews]...This decision has been taken as a result was described as the "next logical step" following a 2013 meeting...    Full Story

NOAA's Suomi NPP Details Eruptions
[SatNews] A joint NOAA/NASA satellite is one of several satellites providing valuable...   Full Story

Telenor Group Initiates Myanmar/Burma Customer Connectivity
[SatNews] Approximately nine million people live in the three main cities, within weeks services will be available...   Full Story

NASA Extends Resupply RFPs...More Deliveries To ISS Helps Prep For Mars Journey
[SatNews] “To push beyond low-Earth orbit and on to Mars, we rely on American industry to ...”   Full Story

Concerned Scientists Publish An Update To Satellite Database
[SatNews] ...their intent in producing the database is to create a research tool for specialists and non-specialists ...   Full Story

National Geographic + CASIS Improve Their Image... Develop A Suite Solution On Board The ISS
[SatNews]  ...has a global reach of more than 600 million people a month through its various media platforms, products and events.   Full Story

Russia's Proton-M Launches Luch + Successfully Separates
[SatNews] It was this years’ fifth launch with use of the Proton carrier and the first launch after the accident...   Full Story

Rumors Of A Sea Launch Sale To Israel Are Refuted
[SatNews] There is no plan to sell, however there is "cooperation in the sphere of launching spacecraft."   Full Story

Comtech Xicom Technology Showcase @ MILCOM 2014
[SatNews] ...and the new products provide an increase in linear power, in small packages, all with greater efficiency.   Full Story


September 28, 2014
Another 'Secretive-Experimental' Satellite Launched by China
[SatNews] Some speculate the series could be part of a constellation of early warning satellites, with infrared sensors.   Full Story


September 26, 2014
GTX Corp.—GPS SmartSole Now Also For Personal Security
[SatNews] GTX Corp. (OTCBB: GTXO will break into the personal security market this week with its...   Full Story

GVF + European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA)—No Shortage of IMT Spectrum
[SatNews] The latest research on spectrum availability has found that a significant amount of spectrum that is available for...   Full Story

MITEQ's "Show and Tell" @ MILCOM 2014
[SatNews] This manufacturer of RF and Microwave products for the communications industry, will be exhibiting at...   Full Story

SES Broadband Services + ORBITCOM Present Astra Connect

[SatNews] The solution uses a single antenna to provide an entire community with a satellite broadband connection, which is then distributed...   Full Story



September 25, 2014
U.S.A.F.'s 22nd Space Operations Squadron—Parting Ways With PIKE (Tracking Station)
[SatNews] The 22nd Space Operations Squadron will decommission the Colorado Tracking Station on...   Full Story

PCI Geomatics + Cloud Mapping Technologies—Processing Power Partnership (Business—Imagery)
[SatNews] PCI Geomatics has reported that the company 's Mexican partner, Cloud Mapping Technologies (CMT), has selected the...   Full Story

GVF's VSAT 2014 Conference—Euroconsult, European Space Agency (ESA) + Satellite Spectrum Initiative—Push Wireless Industry Back, Vital African Spectrum At Risk (Analysis | Report)
[SatNews] New research has revealed that wireless industry efforts to take massive amounts of additional spectrum—amounts that have been...   Full Story

SMI Group Global MilSatCom 2014 + iDirect—Technology Showcase + Presentation (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] SMi Group's 16th Annual Global MilSatCom conference and exhibition will occur from November 4th to 6th, 2014, in London and will bring together more than...   Full Story

Universal Space Network—Moving On Up, Eliasen To Vice President (Business)
[SatNews] Universal Space Network (USN) and its Board of Directors have announced the...   Full Story

ASDEvents—Beyond The Basics Of ITAR + EAR (Event)
[SatNews] The compliance with ITAR and the EAR are the keys to successful business—and this...   Full Story

SatLink Communications—PoP'ing Into Hong Kong (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] SatLink Communications has launched their new Point of Presence...   Full Story

KRYTAR—Heading Into The Correct Direction (Component—Coupler)
[SatNews] KRYTAR, Inc. has debuted a new Directional Coupler operating in the frequency range of...   Full Story

Entone + ZTE Corporation—Accelerating IPTV + OTT Deployments (Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Entone, Inc. and ZTE Corporation have announced the integration of Entone’s hybrid devices with ZTE’s IPTV platform to...   Full Story

Sercomtel—Perhaps More payTV Is In Brazil's Future
[SatNews] Being reported by Interactive Intelligence, Brazilian regional telecoms service provider Sercomtel is considering plans to launch a...   Full Story

Attacking SATCOM Industry Roadblocks—Colloquium Enlightenment
[SatNews] The regulatory and legal aspects of the SATCOM industry are a miasma of sometimes contradictory information, processes and requirements that are clouded in...   Full Story

Thailand Renews MDA's RADARSAT-2 ... Alert In Disaster Management + More
[SatNews] "...look forward to further enhancing this relationship by contributing to Thailand’s national objectives in resources management and disaster mitigation.”   Full Story

Government Of Colombia Shelves Satellite...Lack Of Funds
[SatNews] "...unfortunately the country is not in the economic capacity to make this investment.”   Full Story

USSTRATCOM Signs...Shares Space Situational Awareness With The UK
[SatNews] "...These agreements are mutually beneficial, provide for greater space flight safety, increase our national security and..."   Full Story


September 24, 2014
Streambox + CNN Indonesia—Realtime Location Services To Be Supplied (SatBroadcasting™—Encoders)
[SatNews] Streambox has announced a deal to provide 80 (eighty) Streambox Avenir devices with Signal Extenders to CNN Indonesia, a 24-hour news channel just starting...   Full Story

Iridium Communications—Testing Program For Unique Solar Panel Design Successful (Satellite)
[SatNews] Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has completed an extensive testing program for...   Full Story

SkyWave Mobile Communications—Joining The CW100 List Of Technology Innovators (Award)
[SatNews] SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. has been selected by the editors of Connected World magazine in the prominent 2015 CW100, an annual ranking of...   Full Story

Nigeria—2018 Set As Date For Indigenous Launch (Satellite)
[SatNews] The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is reporting that Nigeria would design, fabricate, test and launch its indigenous satellite by...   Full Story

ATK Aerospace Group—RD-180 Replacement Run (Rocket Engine)
[SatNews] ATK (NYSE: ATK) has provided the U.S. Air Force an American-made commercial solid rocket solution as a replacement for the...   Full Story

Boeing Defense, Space & Security + U.S.A.F.'s Space and Missile Systems Center—Setting The TEMPO For The Study (Hosted Payload)
[SatNews] Boeing [NYSE:BA] will investigate hosting a scientific payload on a commercial satellite under a new...   Full Story

European Space Agency—ixv Takes A Flight For A Flight (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] The European Space Agency's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle is ready to fly and the craft has...   Full Story

COM DEV International—MENA HTS Help (Components—Satellite—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX:CDV) has been awarded an Authorization to Proceed (ATP) contract to deliver...   Full Story

Applied Satellite Technology (AST)—Refreshing The Look (Business)
[SatNews] Applied Satellite Technology (AST) has launched its new brand logo at the...   Full Story

DigitalGlue, GlobeCast + Bridge Technologies—State-Of-The-Art Stream Supervision (Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] DigitalGlue has announced the completion of a state-of-the-art IP stream monitoring platform for Globecast, a global...   Full Story

Department of Defense (DoD) + ViaSat—Overseeing Encryption (Comms)
[SatNews] ViaSat Inc., Carlsbad, California, is being awarded a maximum $50,000,000...   Full Story

iDirect + Telefonica del Peru—An Evolutionary Upgrade For Telemedicine Network (Business)
[SatNews] VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect) has announced that Telefonica Grandes Empresas in Peru...   Full Story

Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) + Airbus DS—What's The HAPS (Pseudo Satellite—UAS)
[SatNews] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) has launched the Advanced Aerial Systems Program, which aims to develop UAE capabilities in...   Full Story

Exelis—WorldView-3 Sees Through The Smoke, Thanks To SWIR (Imagery)
[SatNews] The Exelis-built (NYSE: XLS) shortwave infrared imager (SWIR) on DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite cut through a thick cloud of smoke to capture images of an...   Full Story

Thales Alenia Space + ESA's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle's Chute Is Packed...Readies As The Reentry Demonstrator
[SatNews] The mission will last approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes. Following the parachute descent phase, it will culminate with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.     Full Story

Aireon's New Chief Technology Officer + Vice President, Engineering
[SatNews] “He led the development and deployment of the largest ground-based ADS-B system in the world."   Full Story

KVH Saves You Dough With Pay-As-You-Go ....DISH Network Service For TracVision® Marine Customers
[SatNews] This new program broadens the appeal of satellite TV on a boat. They can also access high-definition TV service just like they get at home.   Full Story


September 23, 2014
Skyline Communications—Technology Showcase + Product Debut / Demos @ SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2014... When Logic Meets Magic (Event)
[SatNews] Skyline Communications' DataMiner 8.5 is, once again, delivering a wealth of features and enhancements across all existing software modules, making this...   Full Story

L-3 Communications—Terminal Engagements (Business—SATCOM)
[SatNews] L-3 Communications Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah, has been awarded...   Full Story

U.S.A.F. Space and Missile Systems Center—Moving On Up for Col. Guetlein (Remote Systems Directorate Change of Command)
[SatNews] During a ceremony officiated by Lt. Gen. Sam Greaves, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) commander...   Full Story

International Space University—Mastering Space Studies (Event)
[SatNews] On September 11, 2014, the 19th academic year of the Master in Space Studies program...   Full Story

Thomson Video Networks—An Award Winner @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Thomson Video Networks announced that its ViBE™ XT1000 Xtream Transcoder, an all-new high-density video transcoder for...   Full Story

NovelSat—An Awarding IBC2014 + Moving On Up With Two New Executives (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest—Business)
[SatNews] At IBC2014, NovelSat received orders for their newly announced NovelSat NS300 Professional Satellite Modem and welcomed...   Full Story

C-COM's Breakthrough... Awaits Patent For Phase-Shifter In-Motion Ka-Band Antenna Technology 
[SatNews] "...its almost phase-shift independent insertion loss, which will pave the way for a fully passive phased-array technology—the Holy Grail of the intelligent antenna community..."
    Full Story


DoD, U.S. Strategic Command + Three Allies... Sign MOU On Space Operations = Preserve, Strengthen + Optimize
[SatNews] ...current and future space environment, an awareness of space capability to support global operations and military-to-military relationships to address challenges and ensure the peaceful use of space...   Full Story

Emerging Markets Communications (EMC)—VSAT For LNG (SATCOM—O&G)
[SatNews] Oil and Gas activity in Papua New Guinea has recently increased in the form of new liquefied natural gas...   Full Story

Gilat Satellite Networks + Terabit Wave Co. Ltd.—Make Good For Myanmar (SOTM)
[SatNews] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq:GILT) has announced that Terabit Wave Co. Ltd., located in Myanmar (formerly Burma), has ordered the...   Full Story

SpacePath Communications + Tango Wave—A Stellar Move (Business—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Following a highly successful debut at IBC2014 in Amsterdam,  Spacepath Communications and Tango Wave have agreed to...   Full Story

Scripps Networks Interactive Chooses Globecast ...To Playout + Distribute A Range Of Content Across A Wide Geographic Range
[SatNews] The digital Media Factory offers broadcasters and content providers a converged workflow to prepare and playout content, of global expertise across the content and channel preparation sectors.   Full Story

Thaicom’s CEO Named Satellite Executive Of The Year By Peers At APSCC Awards
[SatNews] In the year 2013, the company has announced a consolidated net profit of 1.1 billion Baht, an increase of 548 percent over the previous year.   Full Story


September 22, 2014
Arianespace + European Space Agency—IXV Has A Forthcoming Flight
[SatNews] Another lightweight Vega launcher has begun its build-up at the Spaceport, initiating preparations for Arianespace’s mid-November liftoff from...   Full Story

NSR—From A Financial Viewpoint, The Satellite Operator Financial Analysis (Analysis | Report)
[SatNews] In its fourth edition, NSR’s Satellite Operator Financial Analysis (SOFA) report provides a comprehensive analysis of the satellite telecom industry from a financial...   Full Story

OmniAccess S.L. + Phasor Inc.—Technology Showcase + Product Debut / Demo @ Monaco Yacht Show (Event—SATCOM—Antenna)
[SatNews] OmniAccess® S.L. has entered into a strategic partnership with Phasor Inc®. and will present the world’s first maritime Ku-band...   Full Story

NASA’s Terra Captures Lava So Hot It Glows Near Infrared (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER)
[SatNews] The lava is hot enough to glow in near-infrared light...   Full Story

Vislink + ND SatCom—How Advent-ageous (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Vislink has partnered with ND SatCom, which now allows the ND SatCom SKYWAN 5G modem...   Full Story

Aireon LLC—A Boon For Rescue Agencies (SATCOM—ADS-B)
[SatNews] Aireon LLC, developer of the world's first space-based ADS-B global air traffic surveillance system, has announced its plan to provide the...   Full Story

Kratos + U.S. Navy...Aerial Drones Keep Getting Better...$4.8 Million Control + Control (Contract)

[SatNews] "We believe that our business is very well positioned to meet or exceed our customers' requirements for..."   Full Story

SpaceX + NASA—Dragon Due To Deliver (Launch)
[SatNews] About 5,000 pounds of NASA science investigations and cargo are on their way...   Full Story

SkyVision Global Networks—Technology Showcase + Product Demos @ AfricaCom2014 (Event)
[SatNews] SkyVision Global Networks Ltd. is going to sponsor the upcoming AfricaCom 2014...   Full Story

SSPI's 2014 Stellar Scholars' Scholarships (Recipients)
[SatNews]...the Company issued three one-time $2,500 SSPI International Scholarships for students with demonstrated interest in careers in Satellite.   Full Story

Thales Alenia Space UK—Moving On Up, Olivier to President and CEO (Business)
[SatNews] Ben Olivier has been named President and CEO of Thales Alenia Space UK...   Full Story

Onlime—Cor Blimey, It's A Limey (Business—Award)
[SatNews] Onlime collected the 2014 VSAT Award for the Best Marketing Campaign of the Year at the Gala event...   Full Story

EUMETSAT—Minding The Meteorological Mind Trust (Event)
[SatNews] From September 22 to 26, 2014, more than 400 meteorological experts, scientists and researchers from...   Full Story

Lockheed Martin + NASA... This MAVEN Sees Red, Up Close + Personal.... Successful Mars Orbit
[SatNews] ."..performed exceptionally well since launch and the flawless orbit insertion is testimony to..."   Full Story

Scientists Ponder Satellite Anomalies...Why Do Flybys Speed Up?
[SatNews] Thus, when the Galileo space probe flew over Earth in 1990, an unexpected increase of 4 millimeters per second was detected, as was a similar decrease when it took the same flyby in 1992.   Full Story

India Sends A MOM To Mars ... In Space Race Now Enters Gravitation Sphere
[SatNews] ...spacecraft is equipped with five instruments including a sensor to track methane or marsh gas—a possible sign of life...   Full Story

NSR Assessing Demand for 'Upward Mobility' ...Aeronautical, Maritime and Land-Mobile Satellite Markets
[SatNews] As more MSS constellations and more powerful FSS and HTS satellites launch, the satellite mobility market is on the cusp of major change.    Full Story

Panasonic's Antenna ...   Slim + Low = A Portfolio Of Solutions For All Types Of Airline Use
[SatNews] ...Airlines now have the best of both worlds—a high-performance, broadband service for their passengers, and Wi-Fi-equipped aircraft that operate efficiently, saving airlines tens of thousands of dollars per year, per aircraft, in fuel...”   Full Story


September 19, 2014
Lest We Ever Forget...POW/MIA Recognition Day...Engaging Satellite Service For Unanswered Questions
[SatNews] More than 83,000 Americans are missing from World War II, the Korean War, the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the 1991 Gulf War.   Full Story

Arianespace—Intelsat, DIRECTV + ARSAT Under The Fairing (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] Pre-launch payload processing is moving into full swing for Arianespace’s next Ariane 5 flight, with the mission’s ISDLA-1 telecommunications satellite now...   Full Story

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) + European Space Agency (ESA)—Higher Bandwidth For ISS (Comms)
[SatNews] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. ("MDA" or the "Company") (TSX:MDA) has announced that their UK subsidiary has received authorization to...   Full Story

Proteus FZC + DigitalGlobe—You Can See The Forest For The Trees (Imagery—Webinar)
[SatNews] Proteus FZC will discuss its use of high-resolution WorldView-2 imagery to derive accurate forest inventory and tree classification maps in...   Full Story

PlanetiQ, Millennium + U.S.A.F.—Occultation Oversight For Government Payloads (Satellite Builds)
[SatNews] Under a new contract with the U.S. Air Force, PlanetiQ LLC will provide an adaptable on-orbit platform for hosting U.S. government payloads as a...   Full Story


September 18, 2014
U.S.A.F.—Happy 67th Birthday (Event)
[SatNews] Today, September 18, 2014, happens to be the 67th birthday of the...   Full Story

Paradigm Communications + IEC Telecom Group—
[SatNews] Paradigm Communications and IEC Telecom Group have signed a distribution agreement for IEC Telecom to distribute...   Full Story

Keysight Technologies—Envelope Tracking + Digital Pre-Distortion Included (RF—Reference Solution)
[SatNews] Keysight Technologies, Inc. has announced a new PXI Reference Solution for...   Full Story

LandWorks—New Capabilities Added (Mapping—GIS)
[SatNews] LandWorks Inc., a developer of land management solutions, has added linear project mapping capabilities to its online Web AutoMapper service, which...   Full Story

Inmarsat's IsatHub Offers Connectivity + Highest Data Rate Of Smartphones + Tablets
[SatNews] Global connectivity for smartphones and tablets is today a reality...   Full Story

Euroconsult—EO Awards Presented During World Satellite Business Week (Event)
[SatNews] Euroconsult has announced the recipients of its annual Earth Observation Business Awards during its...   Full Story

NASA, NOAA + Exelis Geospatial Systems—Weather Forecasting Fortunes (Satellite—Instrument)
[SatNews] NASA has awarded a sole source contract modification to Exelis, Inc., Geospatial Systems for the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS)...   Full Story

U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center—A Genuine SAGE Produces Informative Insights (Geospatial Intelligence)
[SatNews] Geospatial intelligence can help commanders to gain better insight about which route to send their troops—a more concealed longer route versus a...   Full Story

SkyWave Mobile Communications—Instant Capabilities For Fleet Management (M2M)
[SatNews] SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. has reported that a new set of features and reports are now available with...   Full Story

Vislink's NewSwift HD 240 Is The Lightest System But A Heavy Weight Of A Worker (Antenna)
[SatNews] ...antenna is already the lightest system of its kind, but the latest version benefits from better load distribution when mounted to ensure smooth motorised operation across all three axes...   Full Story

AsiaSat, Globecast + ksat—The Games Are On (SatBroadcasting™—Capacity)
[SatNews] Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) will provide transponder capacity to Globecast and ktsat to support live coverage of the...   Full Story

Harris Corporation + U.S.A.F. Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)—Additional HoPS Involvement (Business—Hosted Payloads)
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center )SMC) has selected Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) for a 5-year...   Full Story

Advantech Wireless—Smarter Solutions Presented At New Infosite (Business—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Advantech Wireless has launched their digital brand for innovative solutions with offerings for...   Full Story

NOAA—"Brain" + "Body" United (Satellite)
[SatNews] The GOES-R Satellite System Module and Core Module subassemblies were successfully mated and now...   Full Story

Harris Improves NOAA's GOES-R Weather Prognostications... Including Lightning + Xtreme Weather
[SatNews] ...has successfully demonstrated the ability to produce products in five minutes versus the current GOES operational capability of 30 minutes.   Full Story

Northrop Grumman + U.S. Air Force Expands In Triplicate... RQ-4 Global Hawk  + Retrofit Sensors (ISR | Contract $354M)
[SatNews]  ...Multi-INT models carry sophisticated imaging and electronic signals sensors capable of collecting multiple types of intelligence from high altitudes for up to 32 hours.   Full Story

GVF—Maritime Meanings (SATCOM—Event—Glossary)
[SatNews] During the Informa VSAT 2014 conference in London today, the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) announced the launch of its...   Full Story

United Launch Alliance (ULA) + Blue Origin—The BE-4 Impetus (Rocket Engine Development)
[SatNews] United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Blue Origin, LLC, have entered into an agreement to jointly fund development of...   Full Story

MIT's New Algorithm... Critical When Avoiding Whirling Trash + Sharp Objects In Zero Gravity (Analysis/Report)
[SatNews] "there's a lot of space trash these days. There are thousands of pieces of broken satellites in space. If you were to send a supermassive spacecraft up there, yes, you could collect all of those, but ..."   Full Story


September 17, 2014
CASIS + COBRA PUMA GOLF (CPG)—Clubbing at the ISS (Business—Spatial Research)
[SatNews] The Center for the Advance of Science in Space (CASIS) and COBRA PUMA GOLF (CPG) have partnered on a materials science research investigation that is...   Full Story

Cobham SATCOM + Hawaiian Airlines—Flying High with AVIATOR S (SATCOM—Airborne)
[SatNews] Cobham SATCOM has reached an agreement to equip Hawaiian Airlines’ fleet of ...   Full Story

FreeTV Alliance—A Combining of FTA Forces (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Three leading European free-to-air (FTA) satellite TV operators—Fransat (France), Freesat (UK), and Tivùsat (Italy) – have...   Full Story

Eutelsat Communications and MEDIA BROADCAST—NewsSpotter Is Inked Up (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) and  MEDIA BROADCAST have announced they have inked an...   Full Story

Globalstar + ADS-B Technologies—Flight Proven (SATCOM—ALAS)
[SatNews] Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE MKT:GSAT) and its partner, ADS-B Technologies, LLC, have announced the completion of the latest public flight demonstration showcasing their...   Full Story

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IAC 2014 (Event—Satellites)
[SatNews] Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. will be participating at...   Full Story

Inmarsat, Paradigm Communications + Skyware Technologies—Overcoming FAT + OTAT (SATCOM—Terminals)
[SatNews] Inmarsat, (LSE: ISAT) has confirmed that its technology partners Paradigm Communications and Skyware Technologies have successfully completed Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and...   Full Story

Lockheed Martin—The Center of Optical Attention (Business—Optics)
[SatNews] A new technology center in the heart of Silicon Valley will help Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] advance optical systems that...   Full Story

Onlime + Gazprom Space Systems—Sub-Saharan Services Set Up (Satellite—Capacity)
[SatNews] Onlime signed a contract during the IBC2014 event in Amsterdam with Gazprom Space Systems, taking capacity on...   Full Story

NovelSat—Moving On Up... Glottmann... Glottman to CMOS, Glazer to Corporate V.P. (Business)
[SatNews] NovelSat has appointed a new...   Full Story

MTN's Maestro Conducts A Symphony Of A Satellite Solution For Yachts (Ku-/Ka-band Antenna)
[SatNews] The solution will operate in Ku- and Ka-bands simultaneously for yachts that need the highest speeds with the most reliability and the ultimate value.    Full Story


September 16, 2014
Applied Satellite Technology (AST) + VT iDirect (iDirect)—Distribution Deal Done (Business—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Applied Satellite Technology Ltd, (AST) has joined the VT iDirect...   Full Story

Avanti Communications—Google Glassware Goes Galactic (Satellite—App)
[SatNews] During IBC2014, Avanti Communications unveiled their new Google Glassware satellite app, which...   Full Story

Crystal Solutions + Boxwood Executive Search—Fueling 400 Percent Growth (Business)
[SatNews] Crystal Solutions has announced a projected growth of 400 percent over...   Full Story

UPDATE: ULA's Atlas V Rocks... CLIO Climbs ... On Secret Mission For U.S. Government (Launch)
[SatNews] While the satellite's mission is kept under wraps, it's no secret that today's launch was successful.   Full Story

DoD + United Launch Alliance—EELV Financial Support (Business—Contract Mod)
[SatNews] United Launch Services LLC, Littleton, Colorado, has been awarded a $938,372,859 modification (P00048) to previously awarded...   Full Story

NASA, Boeing  + SpaceX...USA All The Way To The Space Station...U.S. Astronauts Will Ride A Dragon (Transporter To ISS)
[SatNews] ..."today we are one step closer to launching our astronauts from U.S. soil on American spacecraft and ending the nation’s sole reliance on Russia by 2017..."   Full Story

HISPASAT—Working For SAT>IP's Implementation (SATCOM)
[SatNews] The Spanish satellite operator HISPASAT announced at IBC2014 in Amsterdam that the company will join the...   Full Story

The Space Foundation's Recommendations Achieve Goal...Kudos To NASA + SpaceX...Round Trip American Made (Report/Analysis)
[SatNews] "By continuing to pursue a path of Orion and Space Launch System (SLS) for deep space missions and commercial crew for low Earth orbit missions, NASA is assuring that ..."   Full Story

Aerojet Rocketdyne + Boeing—A Teammate's Congratulations (Manufacturing—CS-100)
[SatNews] Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, has congratulated the Boeing Company on being selected by NASA to once again ignite...   Full Story

Lockheed Martin + USSTRATCOM—Constellation Edition For Flight-19 DMSP (Satellite)
[SatNews] The newest Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite, built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], was accepted for operations by...   Full Story

Signalhorn + Metric Capital Partners (MCP)—Funding Affinity (Business—Finance)
[SatNews] Signalhorn has announced that Metric Capital Partners (MCP), a European private equity firm, has provided capital that will allow...   Full Story

MTN Communications—An App Aptitude (SATCOM)
[SatNews] MTN Communications (MTN) launched its “MTN Conductor” mobile app for the...   Full Story

U.S. Air Force + Harris Corporation...  $19 Million For A Flock Of Falcons; Tactical Radio For U.S. Air Force Special Ops          
[SatNews]  The wideband tactical radios meet current and emerging mission requirements using a full suite of integrated line-of-sight, beyond-line-of-sight and wideband communications.   Full Story


September 15, 2014
Arabsat + Selevision's Spirits Are High On Hybrid... MENA's First Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV Service
[SatNews] ..."REDO unit will allow us to provide a variety of interactive new hybrid services to the market before any other provider in the region.”   Full Story

Space Systems/Loral (SSL) + Optus—All Proceeding According To Plan For Optus 10 (Satellite—Post Launch)
[SatNews] Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has announced that the Optus 10 satellite, designed...   Full Story

MaxLinear—Getting the IC Lowdown For Down-Conversions (ICs—LNBs)
[SatNews] MaxLinear Inc. (NYSE: MXL) has announced the MxL80x, the industry’s first family of dual-polarity Ku-band satellite down-conversion ICs targeted for...   Full Story

RR Media + Harmonic—Togetherness For Converged Media Management (Business—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] RR Media (NASDAQ: RRST) and Harmonic have teamed together to offer next generation, end-to-end, converged...   Full Story

NAGRA + DISH Network—Say The Word For Protection (Security Technology—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] NAGRA has announced that DISH Network L.L.C will be the first customer to deploy NAGRA anyCAST COMMAND, the company’s new security technology that defeats...   Full Story

Eutelsat + Cisco—Technology Showcase + Product Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Cisco are unveiling the integration of Cisco Videoscape and Eutelsat’s “smartLNB” technology at this...   Full Story

Es’hailSat Showcases Es’hail 1, The First Satellite For Qatar...And A Second One Just Ordered (IBC 2014)
[SatNews] ...the Company through its existing and planned satellites, broadcasts diversified and high quality content with anti-jamming capabilities across the MENA region.   Full Story

Freesat + SeaChange International—Technology Showcase + Product Debut / Demo @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Inteerst)
[SatNews] Freesat and SeaChange International, Inc. (Nasdaq:SEAC) have partnered to put service providers on a fast track to...   Full Story

Harris + DoD—Manpack Makes More Headway (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received an order from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for its Falcon III® RF-340M multi-channel manpack—the...   Full Story

Ariane 5 Readies... For ARSAT-1 + SSL's ISDLA-1... To Take To The Skies Soon
[SatNews] ...will greatly expand direct-to-home entertainment offerings in Latin America, as well as provide backup and restoration services...   Full Story

Intelsat + HBO Latin America Group (HBO LAG)—Capacity Agreement @ IBC2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews]  Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) has confirmed that HBO Latin America Group (HBO LAG) has signed a new and comprehensive satellite distribution agreement with...   Full Story

ORBCOMM—First Six Service Started (Satellites)
[SatNews] ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC) has launched commercial service for their first six...   Full Story

Boeing + HySpecIQ—Hyperspectral Happenings (Satellite Build)
[SatNews] Boeing [NYSE: BA] has received its first commercial order for the 502 Phoenix small satellite from...   Full Story

Arianespace—ISDLA-1 Is In-House (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews]  Payload preparations for Arianespace’s next Ariane 5 flight are moving into their full pace with delivery of the mission’s other passenger—ISDLA-1—to...   Full Story

Exelis Geospatial Systems + NOAA—Ahead Of Themselves With Imager (Satellite—GOES-R—Instrument)
[SatNews] Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has announced the second flight unit of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) successfully completed environmental testing and is six months ahead of...   Full Story

Eutelsat Communications + Nilesat—A 7/8 Degrees West Play (Satellite—Capacity)
[SatNews] Eutelsat Communications (Paris:ETL) (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) and Nilesat, the Egyptian satellite operator, have announced that Nilesat has taken a long-term lease for...   Full Story

Boeing + Sky-Watch—VTOL Craft Development Assistance (UAV | UAS | RPA)
[SatNews] Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Danish company Sky-Watch have signed an agreement that will enable the former to explore assisting the latter in their development of...   Full Story


September 14, 2014
Global Eagle Entertainment—A New Look and Feel (Business—IFE)
[SatNews] Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq:ENT) has launched a new corporate brand image and logo—the design reflects the company's evolution in becoming an...   Full Story

Harmonic—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) will showcase its comprehensive line of market-leading solutions that optimize the production and delivery of high-value video services in...   Full Story

Harris Corporation—Modernization Support For Middle Eastern Nation (Comms)
[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received an $88 million order to provide a country in the Middle East with...   Full Story

DEV Systemtechnik GmbH—Technology Showcase + Product Debut / Demo @ IBC2014 (Event—RF)
[SatNews] DEV is showcasing ARCHIMEDES, the new development of DEV for RF Matrix Switching...   Full Story

KenCast—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Digital Cinema + VOTM)
[SatNews] KenCast Inc.'s  exhibit at IBC will showcase several new products targeted for...   Full Story

Keysight Technologies—Combo Analyzer For Ground Station Maintenance (Instrument)
[SatNews] Keysight Technologies, Inc. has announced that its FieldFox handheld combination analyzers provide a precise and comprehensive solution for satellite ground station...   Full Story

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' SAT Corporation—Checking Video Content Quality (SATCOM—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) has announced that their SAT Corporation (SAT) subsidiary released StreamMon, an Internet Protocol...   Full Story

Romantis + SES—All About African Access (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Romantis will be providing a high-quality gateway solution, Romantis' Universal Hardware Platform (UHP) with all operation..   Full Story

Arabsat—Technology Showcase @ IBC2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat)  is participating in the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) held in...   Full Story

Surrey Satellite Technology US, Goddard Space Flight Center + Space Dynamics Laboratory—Smaller + Lighter Is The Key (Satellite—Instruments)
[SatNews] Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) has been awarded a contract by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center to...   Full Story

SES, SmarDTV + Samsung Demonstrate A First...Major Milestone... Ultra HD
[SatNews] "Once again we can see the DVB family of specifications enabling the market to move to the next generation of digital broadcast..."   Full Story

SatLink Communications ... Has A New Part In The Red Sea... First Streaming Underwater 4K Video Captured On A 4K Smartphone  
[SatNews) “The live filming of this dive from a smartphone shows how far we can push the limits of 4K broadcast."...    Full Story

iSAT Africa + Eutelsat Communications—FTA Finding Its Way Into East Africa (Satellite—Capacity—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews]  iSAT Africa has selected to partner with Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) on free-to-air (FTA) delivery of African and international digital channels in Kenya...   Full Story

United Launch Alliance + Lockheed Martin—Concerning CLIO (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] The ULA Launch Readiness Review has been completed and all is moving forward for the launch of an...   Full Story

SES Broadband Services + Kiora—Multimedia Content to Hotspots in Africa (SATCOM)
[SatNews] SES Broadband Services is to partner with content platform developer Kiora on a content distribution...   Full Story

SES, SES TechCom Services + EuroSkyPark GmbH—Technical Cooperation + Transponder Allowance (SATCOM—Satellite—Capacity)
[SatNews] SES (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) and EuroSkyPark GmbH (ESP) have just announced the signing of a comprehensive...   Full Story

Thales Alenia Space + European Space Agency—New EGNOS Agreement (Business—Satellite)
[SatNews] Thales Alenia Space has signed a new framework contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) concerning...   Full Story

EchoStar—Technology Showcase + Product Debut "Sneak Peek" @ IBC2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] EchoStar Corporation, (NASDAQ: SATS) will provide IBC attendees a sneak peek...   Full Story

CPI Satcom Products Group—Technology Showcase + BUC Debut @ IBC2014 (Event—SATCOM
[SatNews] The Satcom Products group of Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) is introducing a new 100 watt C-Band GaN-based solid state block upconverter...   Full Story

CPI SatCom Division + SVS Satellite Systems—A Turkish First (SATCOM—Amplifiers)
[SatNews] Communications & Power Industries LLC Satcom Division (CPI Satcom) has contracted with SVS Satellite Systems to service CPI Satcom high power amplifiers...   Full Story


September 11, 2014
Brüel & Kjær—Good Vibrations Conference Sessions (Events—Training)
[SatNews] Thousands of environmental and industrial professionals have expanded their career horizons by attending...   Full Story

Newtec Wins... Races To Be The First To Deliver New Satellite Transmission Standard + Demonstrate Live DVB-S2X Transmissions (Event)
[SatNews] “We have been involved with the development of the new DVB-S2X standard since its very notion was suggested within DVB..."   Full Story

Broadcom—Eight New SoCs For Devices (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) has announced the world's first family of eight new hybrid satellite and terrestrial system-on-a-chip (SoC) broadcast...   Full Story

KVH Industries—FOGgy Debuts For IMUs (Sensors)
[SatNews] KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) has introduced the 1725 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and the 1775 IMU...   Full Story

Cinegy—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Cinegy  will showcase version 10 of its 4k IP Based Solutions...   Full Story

Cobham Broadcast + BT Media & Broadcast—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] BT and Cobham Broadcast have announced at IBC 2014 that Cobham RF equipment is being deployed for...   Full Story

RR Media—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] RR Media (NASDAQ:RRST), formerly known as RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd, is going to be collaborating...   Full Story

Space Services Holdings—Acquiring Minds Wish To Know... Odyssey Moon Acquired, New Board Members Added (Business)
[SatNews] Space Services Holdings, Inc. (SSHI) of Houston, Texas, has acquired Odyssey Moon Ltd. and the addition of key industry veterans to its...   Full Story

In Memory...The World Trade Center Now Floats
[SatNews] From the ashes arises the USS New York...on the anniversary of the destruction of those lost in the World Trade Center comes a new beginning.   Full Story

Kratos Delivers Powerful Dashboard To Es'hailSat...Optimizes Satellite Operations
[SatNews] Unfortunately, most of this highly valuable data remains under-utilized, trapped within stovepiped software systems that are strong on monitoring but...   Full Story

Cobham SATCOM—Technology Showcase + Product Debut / Demo @ IBC2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Cobham SATCOM is launching the latest innovation in its highly-regarded...   Full Story

ORBIT Communications—Airborne Assets Acquired (SATCOM—UAV | UAS | RPA)
[SatNews] ORBIT Communication Systems Ltd. has received an order exceeding $500K to supply its comprehensive airborne...   Full Story

Spaceflight—Ridesharing Opportunity Presented (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] Spaceflight has just announced the first ever commercial rideshare opportunity to deep space set for...   Full Story

Spacecom + 1+1 Media—Garnering Transponders On AMOS-6 (Satellite—Capacity—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has signed a long term agreement with Ukraine's 1+1 Media, a...   Full Story

Broadcom + TiVo—Technology Demonstrations @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) will power TiVo's...   Full Story

C-COM Satellite Systems + Eutelsat—That Important Nod Of Approval (SATCOM—Antenna)
[SatNews] C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI) has received type approval for its...   Full Story

Conax + Millicom—Protection Provisioning (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Conax, part of the Kudelski Group (SIX:KUD.S) is providing the international telecommunications and media company, Millicom, with content protection for its...   Full Story

Arianespace, MEASAT + OPTUS—Two Climb With Fervor (Launch)
[SatNews] Arianespace has successfully launched two telecommunications satellites, MEASAT-3b and OPTUS 10...   Full Story

CPI Satcom—Uplink Support For Brazilian Ministry of Defense (SATCOM—HPAs)
[SatNews] Communications & Power Industries (CPI) Satcom Division has been selected to supply high power uplink amplifiers (HPAs) to support the Brazilian government’s...   Full Story

ISPCS 2014—Intense Industry Interactions In New Mexico (Event)
[SatNews] For its 10th year, ISPCS will bring together the global space community for two days of...   Full Story

Cobham's Triple Play Of News...Introduces A New Generation +  Seasat + Furuno Each Sign A Sailor Onboard...
[SatNews] "It’s the most well designed antenna system we have ever seen and I am confident that it will be able to withstand the harsh conditions at sea for many years..."   Full Story


September 10, 2014
Russia—Was That A Russian Satellite That Recently Exploded Over The U.S.?
[SatNews] Based on reporting by RIA Novosti, Interfax, spaceflight101.com and amsmeteors.org, Russia's Defense Ministry has denied media reports of a Russian military...   Full Story

Rockwell Collins—Prototype Pulls In Galileo Signal (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Rockwell Collins has successfully received and tracked a Galileo satellite signal...   Full Story

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) + Kypros Satellites—A Complete Package Agreement (Satellite Build)
[SatNews] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and Kypros Satellites (Kyprosat) have signed an agreement to collaborate on a turnkey...   Full Story

Digital TV Research—Online Viewing Omnipresence (Analysis | Report—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest—OTT)
[SatNews] The number of households watching online TV and video (over fixed broadband networks and across 51 countries) will reach 706.53 million in 2020, up from...   Full Story

Crystal Solutions—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Crystal Solutions will be demonstrating its latest Spectrum Monitoring and...   Full Story

Intelsat—4K UHDTV Is A Coming TV Tsunami (Analysis | Report)
[SatNews] Since it was first announced, 4K Ultra High Definition Television (4K UHDTV) has been met with both...   Full Story

C-COM Satellite Systems—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CMI) will be exhibiting at the International Broadcasters Conference (IBC), one of...   Full Story

Airbus Defence and Space—A FOGgy Success (Gyro)
[SatNews] Airbus Defence and Space' Astrix 1090 fiber-optic gyro (FOG) inertial reference unit has been certified as...   Full Story

Spacecom + EXCAF Telecom—Broadcast Betterment with AMOS 5 (Satellite—Capacity)
[SatNews] Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has announced that the AMOS-5 satellite has won a long-term contract from...   Full Story

Arianespace, ARSAT + Intelsat—Two More For Ascent In October (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] Pre-launch processing is now underway in French Guiana with ARSAT-1, one of two satellite passengers that will be orbited on...   Full Story

Newtec @ IBC...Foam + Five Fantastic Sessions...Beer + Broadcasting
[SatNews] Free information about products and services and demos, and after a long day... a Belgian Beer reception...   Full Story

Euroconsult—11th Annual Awards For Excellence Are Announced (Event—Awards)
[SatNews] Euroconsult has revealed the recipients of its 11th Annual Awards for Excellence in Satellite Communications on the occasion of the World Satellite Business Week, its...   Full Story

Laser Light™ Communications + Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.—A New MEO Constellation With A Light Touch (Satellite Builds)
[SatNews] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been selected by Laser Light(tm) Communications, LLC (Laser Light(tm)) to be its prime contractor for...   Full Story

Amagi—Technology Showcase + Product Debut / Demo @ IBC2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews]  Amagi has announced the global launch of its unique cloud-based edge content...   Full Story

Datasat Communications—Getting Deeper Into O&G (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Datasat Communication has launched a new range of communications solutions...   Full Story

NovelSat—Technology Showcase + Product Debut / Demo @ IBC2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] NovelSat has debuted their NovelSat NS300 Professional Satellite Modem, a new, cost-effective entry...   Full Story

Cobham's Transmitters Are In The Node...Self Healing + Ready For Volvo Ocean Race (Event | SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Up to 16 nodes can be combined on a single frequency into the network, which is part of the fluid, self-forming, self-healing mesh system...Offering genuine non-line of sight coverage...   Full Story


September 9, 2014
Iridium Communications—Thanks To Demand + Technology, Price Reductions (SATCOM—M2M)
[SatNews] Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) has reduced the pricing of its...   Full Story

ASC Signal Corporation—ESAs Thriving (SATCOM—Antennas)
[SatNews] ASC Signal Corporation has set two company records for sales of its 9 meter C-, Ku- and Ka-band Earth station antenna (ESA) systems...   Full Story

DigitalGlobe + NGA—A Second Year Of High Resolution Vision (Business—Imagery)
[SatNews] DigitalGlobe has announced that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded the company, for the second year, the...   Full Story

Globecast—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 — A BBC Worldwide Partnerships (Event—SatBroadcasting™—Business)


[SatNews] At IBC 2014, Globecast will be launching Media Factory, offering broadcasters and content providers a converged workflow to prepare and playout content + a BBC agreement...   Full Story


Intelsat General Corporation + DRS Technologies—U.S. Central Command Services Continue (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Intelsat General Corp. received a one-year contract renewal for satellite capacity from DRS Technologies, one of several previously referenced renewals that were...   Full Story

Kacific Broadband Satellites + ITU—Remote Resources To Be Established In The Pacific (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Kacific Broadband Satellites has signed a cooperation agreement with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for the development of satellite...   Full Story

SpeedCast + Jan De Nul Group—Dredging Up A Maritime Contract (SATCOM)
[SatNews] SpeedCast International Limited (SpeedCast) has been awarded a multi-year contract from Jan De Nul Group, a leading expert in...   Full Story

Marlink + Scorpio Ship Management—WaveCall Gets The Nod (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Scorpio Ship Management (SSM) has selected Marlink’s WaveCall VSAT services for 75 newbuild tankers and...   Full Story

NASA + Ball Aerospace & Technology Corp.—Mod Awarded For JPSS-2 (Satellite—Payload Build)
[SatNews] The sole source contract modification was awarded to Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp. of Boulder, Colorado, for the...   Full Story

Inmarsat—Technology Showcase @ IACP Interseg 2014 (Event—Comms)
[SatNews] Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) will be showcasing its latest technologies used by government departments around the world at...   Full Story

Spacepath Communications—Company Debuts With Technology Showcase @ IBC2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Launching at IBC ’14, Spacepath Communications (‘Spacepath’) is the new company behind the Stellar family of...   Full Story

Videotel—Training Transformation @ Sea (Comms)
[SatNews] Videotel, a leader in maritime e-Learning and a company of KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), has announced plans to continually update its...   Full Story

Bye Aerospace—Moving On Up... Busse Joins Board Of Directors (Business)
SatNews] Brad Busse, President of Busse Ventures LLC, has joined the Board of Directors of...   Full Story

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI)—Technology Showcases + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] British companies, large and small, continue to innovate, and sell their products...   Full Story

Dejero—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Dejero has unveiled version 3.0 of the core software that powers the company's LIVE+ Platform and will showcasing this product at...   Full Story

NSSLGlobal + ESL—Combining Talents For Solutions Efficacies (Business)
[SatNews] NSSLGlobal, an independent service provider of satellite communications, is merging with the ESL group of companies, a satellite solution provider and system integrator specializing in...   Full Story

SES Government Solutions (SES GS) + DISA—A WIN-T Win (SATCOM—Capacity)
[SatNews] SES Government Solutions (SES GS) has been awarded a contract to provide...   Full Story

Arianespace—Adds Two Additional Clients To A Growing List + Another Two Space Sendoffs (Launch Contracts)
[SatNews] ..."is one of thegreat success stories, and with Al Yah 3, we are well positioned to reach our goal of becoming a global leader in the provision of advanced satellite service."   Full Story

International Datacasting + Grimsat—LATAM Deployment (SatBroadcasting™—Encoder)
[SatNews] International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC) has shipped the new TITAN 3...   Full Story

Eutelsat, Red Bull, IDC + ATEME—Technology Showcase @ IBC2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
Red Bull is giving wings to Ultra HD at this week’s...   Full Story

 Thales Alenia Space This Spacebus Has Terrific Options...Variety Of Versions
[SatNews] ..."platforms will be more robust, more modular, more powerful and lighter, ... for competitiveness, flexibility and multi-launcher compatibility."   Full Story

KVH Industries + Transas—ECDIS Inclusions (SATCOM—Maritime)
[SatNews] KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) and Transas have announced a strategic relationship designed to ensure vessels at sea receive...   Full Story

Arianespace, MEASAT + Optus—A Double Development For The Ariane 5 (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] The Arianespace heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission with telecommunications satellites for two leading Asia-Pacific operators has received the “green light” for...   Full Story

Globecast Australia Succeeds... Goes Over The Top By Delivering Over The Top (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] ...has developed a DVB – S2 based hybrid IP set-top box, for customers to view satellite and IP services on the one device...    Full Story


September 8, 2014
RRsat—Rebranding The Company To RR Media + IBC2014 Technology Showcase (Business—Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] RRsat (NASDAQ: RRST) has announced a company-wide rebrand to RR Media to reflect a...   Full Story

TeamCast—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
TeamCast will be demo'ing its latest innovations at IBC2014, which is held in...   Full Story

NSR—The Southeast Asian DTH Growth Market (Analysis | Report)
[SatNews] The Indian DTH market justifiably captures a hugely disproportionate number of...   Full Story

MarketsandMarkets—Delving Into Nanos + Micros (Analysis | Report)
[SatNews] The report Nanosatellite and Microsatellite Market [Geographic Information system, Payload, Space Science, Satellite Communication, Satellite Imagery, Remote Sensing, Scientific Research, Reconnaissance, Satellite Launch] - Worldwide Market Forecast (2014 - 2019) defines and segments...   Full Story

Thomson Video Networks—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Thomson Video Networks has announced that its award-winning ViBE™ VS7000 multi-screen encoding/transcoding platform has entered the next phase of...   Full Story

Imagine Communications—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Imagine Communications has introduced their Nexio Ingest Suite, a set of flexible...   Full Story

International Datacasting—Moving Up... Thunberg To V.P. + Technology Showcase @ IBC2014 (Business—Event—Digital Cinema + SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) (TSX:IDC) has appointed Daniel Thunberg as...   Full Story

BBright—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] BBright has partnered with MultiCoreWare since the x265 project inception as one of the initial funding members—the two companies believe that a collaborative effort to...   Full Story

Ericcson—Streaming Content Focus Of ConsumerLab's Latest Info (Analysis | Report—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] The latest edition of the annual Ericsson ConsumerLab TV & Media Report has found that streaming video is now almost level with traditional TV watching, with 75 percent of...   Full Story

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation + Qatar Satellite Company—Es'Hail 2 Now On The Books (Satellite Build)
[SatNews] Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) has been awarded a new contract to deliver the Es'hail 2 communications satellite to...   Full Story

EUMETSAT—African Conference Set (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] The 11th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa will take place in Benoni, South Africa, on...   Full Story

Avascent—Joining In At The 3rd Annual Space & Satellite Regulatory Colloquium (Event—Legal—Regulatory—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Avascent is pleased to be participating in the 3rd Annual Space & Satellite Regulatory Colloquium in...   Full Story

Arianespace...It's All Good... A 30 Year Partnership, New Contracts + Meeting In Paris (Event | Business Moves)
[SatNews] The Company now has a backlog of orders worth more than €4.5 billion, and holds 60 percent of the commercial launch market.   Full Story

SSL To Provide First Dedicated Satellite For Bulgaria Sat..(SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] "It has been a pleasure to help Bulgaria Sat reach this milestone of ordering its first satellite..."   Full Story


September 7, 2014
GTX Corp. + Safe Tracks GPS—A Sole With A Soul (GPS)
[SatNews] GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO), a global provider of personal location wearable technologies, has received a volume purchase order for its flagship GPS and BLE SmartSole line of products from...   Full Story

Euroconsult—Shaping The Conditions For An FSS Sector Rebound (Analysis | Report)
[SatNews] According to Euroconsult's newly released Satellite Communications & Broadcasting Markets Survey research report*, the FSS sector had revenue growth of...   Full Story

Informa—VSAT 2014 Industry Awards Shortlist (Event)
[SatNews] Informa has just announced the shortlisted companies for this year's...   Full Story

Solaris Mobile + Hughes Network Systems—Enabling Wireless Mobile Devices (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Solaris Mobile LLC.,a wholly-owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corp., has announced plans to move forward with the Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) designed and...   Full Story

Telestream®—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Telestream® will preview their Wirecast 6.0, the latest version of its popular live...   Full Story

SIS LIVE—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] SIS LIVE is Europe’s largest uplink supplier and the UK’s fastest growing media fibre provider and the company offers specialized broadcast connectivity...   Full Story

Space Tech Expo 2015 + Space & Missile Systems Center (SMC)—Set To Show (Event)
[SatNews] Space Tech Expo, which will run from May 19th through the 21st, 2015, in Long Beach, California, has just announced that...   Full Story

World Teleport Association—Are You A Top Teleport Operator? (Survey—Rankings)
[SatNews] The World Teleport Association (WTA) has opened its global email survey for the...   Full Story

SATCON 2014—"Future Proofing Your Business" (Event)
[SatNews] To be prepared for tomorrow, you have to be well informed today—and CCW+SATCON provides you with the vital information you need, bringing you...   Full Story

BW Offshore + Orange Business Services—A Solution Provided For O&G Vessels (SATCOM)
[SatNews] BW Offshore, a global provider of floating production services to the O&G industry, has signed a 5-year, $12 million contract with Orange Business Services for an...   Full Story

Foxcom Ltd. + Globecomm—Teleport's Optical Optimization (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Foxcom Ltd. has initiated its first deployment of their new Platinum Dual Channel L-Band Fiber Optic Link in...   Full Story

NASA—Webb Telescope's New Technology Being Tested (Satellite)
[SatNews] In the accompanying photo, NASA engineers inspect a new piece of technology developed for...   Full Story

MONDAY UPDATE: AsiaSat + SpaceX—A Collaborative Effort As AsiaSat 6 Heads Into Orbit  (Launch)
[SatNews] AsiaSat 6, the newest communications satellite of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), successfully lifted off on...   Full Story

ViaSat's Breach Of Contract Against Space Systems Loral / MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates... $ettled + Re$olved (Legal/Business)
[SatNews]  MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or the “Company”) (TSX:MDA) and Space Systems/Loral, LLC (“SSL”) have settled the litigation with ViaSat Communications...   Full Story

Es’hailSat Awards Mitsubishi Contract For Es’hail 2 ...To Be In Hotspot Position (Business Moves/SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Second satellite in growing fleet will provide additional capacity
at the 26 degrees East TV hotspot...
    Full Story


Rohde & Schwarz's Pulse Analyzer Assures Moog Of Positive Test Processes (Analysis/Reports)
[SatNews] Precise and reliable navigation and flight approach systems are vital to ensuring international aviation safety.   Full Story

How Satellites Will Fuel the Next Wave of Journalism... (Analysis/Report | SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] A whole new frontier of rules...or not...   Full Story

Advanced Maui Optical + Space Surveillance Technologies Conference ...Leidos' National Security Expert Warns Of 'New World' Threats (Event | Analysis/Reports)
[SatNews] ...develop innovative solutions to drive better outcomes and defend this Nation’s digital and physical infrastructure from ‘new world’ threats.   Full Story


September 6, 2014
Volicon—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Volicon will feature a new Multiviewer for Volicon's Observer® Media Intelligence...   Full Story


September 4, 2014
Wohler Technologies—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Wohler Technologies has disclosed that at IBC2014 the company will highlight its modular iON™ monitoring platform, which enables...   Full Story

Thomson Video Networks—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] Thomson Video Networks has released their MediaFlexOS video operating system that includes support for virtual machines...   Full Story

NSR—The Supply + Demand Of Satellite Bandwidth (Analysis | Report)
[SatNews] Built on a decade of previous studies, NSR’s Global Satellite Capacity Supply and Demand, 11th Edition (GSCSD11), is a comprehensive analysis of...   Full Story

Ross Video—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting Interest™)
[SatNews] Ross Video has reported the company will bring its openTruck™initiative and their new Acuity to the   Full Story

Ericsson—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] As TV evolves ever more rapidly, in the emergence of what Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) calls the Networked Society, enabled by broadband connectivity, cloud services, and mobility, the entire...   Full Story

Entropic + StarTimes—In Support Of DBS Services In Africa (SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] Entropic (Nasdaq:ENTR) has disclosed that StarTimes will use Entropic's EN5288 Channel Stacking Switch (CSS(TM)) Outdoor Unit (ODU) solution for their...   Full Story

SBG Systems—New Series Satisfaction (Inertial Sensors)
[SatNews] SBG Systems has released their Ellipse Series, a brand new product range of miniature inertial systems replacing the IG-500 Series—for the...   Full Story

LizardTech—Fast + Efficient Finds (Imagery)
[SatNews]  LizardTech® has launched GeoGofer, a software solution for finding geospatial imagery...   Full Story

Ovum—By 2019, Market To Reach $66B (Analysis | Report — M2M)
[SatNews] Ovum says Telcos need to better flaunt their ability to transport, collect and...   Full Story

MTN Communications—More Maritime Headway (SATCOM)
[SatNews] MTN Communications (MTN) has expanded its communications and content business through...   Full Story

Airbus Defence and Space + SES—A Stronger, More Expansive Footprint (SATCOM)
[SatNews] Airbus Defence and Space is expanding its services in Australia and the Pacific region in partnership with leading global satellite operator SES to provide...   Full Story

Arianespace, MEASAT + Optus—Heavy Lifting With MEASAT-3b + Optus 10 Set For Next Week (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] Payload integration is underway for Arianespace’s upcoming heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission, which is scheduled for next week...   Full Story

Keysight Technologies—Remain Cognizant Of Earth Station Validation, Maintenance + Troubleshooting Solutions (Webinar)
[SatNews] Stay up to date on the latest technologies and solutions with complimentary Keysight webcasts—the latest in this series is...   Full Story

MITEQ—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Several new products have just debuted from MITEQ and these offerings will also be part of the company's presentations during...   Full Story

DoD + L3 GCS—Combat Support For U.S. Army VSATs + Terminals (Business—SATCOM)
[SatNews] The Department of Defense (DoD) has was awarded an $8,402,031 undefinitized...   Full Story

DoD + Space Coast Launch Services—Launch Assistance Assured For 45h Space Wing (Business—Services)
[SatNews] Space Coast Launch Services, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, has been awarded a $36,328,456 modification...   Full Story

DoD + Harris IT Services Corporation—A Network Buttress For Space & Missile Systems Center (Business)
[SatNews] Harris IT Services Corp., Dulles, Virginia, has been awarded an $8,207,316 modification (MG0620) to previously awarded contract...   Full Story

Eutelsat Gains A Larger Footprint With New CEO Of Alterna TV  (Executive Move | Business Move)
[SatNews] Benefiting from their international footprint and global presence, the company will also make channels available for the first time in other territories such as Europe, Africa, and Asia.   Full Story

China—Moving Chuangxin-1-04 + 2nd Smart Sat To Orbit (Launch)
[SatNews] A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying Chuangxin-1-04 has lifted off from the launch pad at...   Full Story

Airbus Defence and Space, Arianespace + MEASAT—Anticipating The MEASAT-3b Event (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] Airbus Defence and Space is preparing for the launch of MEASAT-3b, scheduled for September 11th  (CEST) on board an Arianespace Ariane 5 launch...   Full Story

NASA's Aqua...What's Shakin' @ Bardarbunga Is Icy Hot (Earth Observation)
[SatNews] ...The satellite captured the first high-resolution view of the scene.   Full Story

World Satellite Business Week...Are You Ready? Oui!
[SatNews] ...annual meeting in Paris brings together over seven hundred of the most influential representatives of the global satellite communications and information business...   Full Story

SES, EchoStar + Airbus Defence and Space—SES-11, AKA EchoStar 105, Coming To Fruition (Satellite Build)
[SatNews] SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has built a new cornerstone in the company's strategic partnership with EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) at the...   Full Story

Keysight Technologies' New AWG Capabilities...Webcast Explores To The Extreme—Speed, Bandwidth + Channel Density
[SatNews] Go where you have never been able to test before: in speed, in bandwidth and in channel density.   Full Story


September 3, 2014
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. U.S. LLC(SST-US)—Technology Showcase + Presentations @ The Small Satellite Conference (Review—Event—Satellites)
[SatNews]  “The Commerce of Small Satellites” is the theme at this year’s Small Satellite Conference hosted by...   Full Story

RF Design—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—RF)
[SatNews] RF Design will be presenting at IBC2014 in Amsterdam at stand 1.F49 in Hall 1 and will be offering...   Full Story

BBright—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest—OTT)
[SatNews] During the upcoming IBC 2014 show, BBright will unveil its first SLED-4K real-time HEVC encoder with legacy TS output for Broadcast and IPTV applications and ABR IP streaming for...   Full Story

MStar Semiconductor + Irdeto—Silicon Services For Providers + Content Owners (Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest—STB SoC)
[SatNews] MStar Semiconductor, Inc. has announced that their latest set-top box system-on-chip (STB SoC) solution is now fully integrated with...   Full Story

GVF—Trekking Across The Globe (Events—Training)
[SatNews] GVF has a busy schedule for the remainder of this year and readers are invited to...   Full Story

Link Microtek... These Joints Are Jumping... With A New AMCORJD-Ku Dual-Channel Coaxial Device (Ku-Band)
[SatNews] ...the rotary joint features an intricate internal design consisting of over 40 separate precision-engineered parts.   Full Story

OmniEarth + IRISmaps—Bringing Into The Fold (Business—Imagery)
[SatNews] On August 29, 2014, OmniEarth Incorporated completed its acquisition of...   Full Story

NovelSat—Take That Existing Bandwidth + Pump It Up (SatBroadcasting™—DTH)
[SatNews] DTH (Direct-To-Home) TV service providers link their financial success to the cost of...   Full Story

Arianespace—Argentina's First Set For French Guianan Push (Launch Preparations) + Moving On Up... Hundt To CFO (Business)
[SatNews] The first geostationary satellite built in Argentina—ARSAT-1—has been delivered to French Guiana, where this...   Full Story

SES + Commetric—Media Evaluation Obtained (Business)
[SatNews] Global satellite operator SES has awarded Commetric a multi-year contract for...   Full Story

CartoPak International—Enterprise Enrichment With New Release (Geospatial)
[SatNews]  CartoPac International Inc. has announced a major new release of the CartoPac Mobile Platform to version 5.0, which extends the mobile platform with support for....   Full Story

Digigram—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] At IBC2014, Digigram will demonstrate the enhanced encoding capabilities of their AQILIM *SERV/FIT IP video codec, including the...   Full Story

ISPCS 2014—Stellar Speakers Set (Event)
[SatNews] ISPCS 2014 is going to be featuring a number of stellar speakers from across the...   Full Story

MAXON—Technology Showcase + Product Debuts / Demos @ IBC2014 (Event—Digital Cinema)
[SatNews] MAXON will internationally debut Cinema 4D Release 16 at IBC2014, taking place...   Full Story

Skyline Helicopters Is On Trac To Success With SkyTrac’s Flight Data Monitoring Services
[SatNews] ...will monitor important engine and gearbox data, caution light status and flight data, thereby streamlining efficiencies, reducing costs and increasing revenues.   Full Story

C-COM + Newtec Combine The Best Of Each...Antennas And Technology... For Dynamic Results
[SatNews] The combination of the highly acclaimed mobile antennas and innovative technologies is expected to open up new opportunities for both companies.   Full Story


September 2, 2014
Rohde & Schwarz DVS—Technology Showcase + Product Debut / Demo @ IBC2014 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest)
[SatNews] From September 12 to 16, 2014, on booth 7.E25 at IBC2014, Rohde & Schwarz DVS will present information as to how TV studios can optimize their production...   Full Story

GL Communications—Network Traffic Simulation Helps Avoid The Nasty Bits (Comms—Software)
[SatNews] Now debuting from GL Communications is their Traffic Simulation Software for...   Full Story

GRC...This Mobile Ka-Band SandFly Doesn't Bite...Provides Solutions + More
[SatNews] ... expert satellite technology provides a cost effective mobile satellite solution for all users requiring a flexible, mobile Ka-band service.   Full Story

USSTRATCOM, NOAA + EUMETSAT—Signing On To Share Data (Space Situational Awareness)
[SatNews] U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) has entered into a new Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data-sharing agreement with the...   Full Story

Thuraya Telecommunications—Moving On Up... Del Rio + Wang Join Maritime Team (Business)
[SatNews] Thuraya Telecommunications has strengthened its maritime commercial team to...   Full Story

MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd.—Onlime For Onlime (Satellite—Capacity)
[SatNews] MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. ("MEASAT") now has an agreement with Onlime GmbH ("Onlime") for additional...   Full Story

Advantech Wireless—A-SAT™ @ SET EXPO 2014 (Event—SATCOM)
[SatNews] Advantech Wireless Inc., a manufacturer of Satellite, RF Equipment and Microwave Systems, presented a live demo of its Next Generation...   Full Story

Arianespace—Fueled + Fit (Launch Preparations)
[SatNews] Preparations continue to move ahead for Arianespace’s Ariane 5 Flight VA218, as the Optus 10 spacecraft has undergone...   Full Story

OHB Systems AG + Erwin Kayser-Threde GmbH—Joining Of Forces Finalized (Business)
[SatNews] OHB System AG, Bremen, and Erwin Kayser-Threde GmbH, Munich, have now merged...   Full Story

PCI Geomatics—Roadshow Rolls Out FOr Geomatica 2014 (Events—Imagery)
[SatNews] PCI Geomatics has announced a series of online and live events focused on the...   Full Story

Lockheed Martin—Two Hundred Collective Years... And Counting... (Satellites)
[SatNews] The U.S. Air Force’s fleet of Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIR and IIR-M satellites, manufactured by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], have reached 200...   Full Story

Newtec + iNet Communications—Delivering To Guyana (SATCOM)
[SatNews]  iNet Communications and Newtec have launched of a new high speed broadband service for Guyana, which...   Full Story

O3b Networks—Commissioned Into Full Service (Satellites—Constellation)
[SatNews] O3b has confirmed that in-orbit testing of its latest satellites has been successfully...   Full Story

NASA—A Second Year Anniversary For The Van Allen Probes (Satellites)
[SatNews] The radiation belts surrounding are layers of energetic charged particles held in place by...   Full Story

McMurdo Group (Techno-Sciences, Inc)—Bringing Emergency Relief To Australia + New Zealand (SAR)
[SatNews] Techno-Sciences, Inc. (TSi), a recently-acquired company of McMurdo Group, has been selected by the...   Full Story

Space Systems/Loral + U.S. Air Force Space & Missile Systems Center (SMC)—The Host With The Most (Satellites—Hosted Payloads)
[SatNews] Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has been selected by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to work with U.S. Government agencies to host...   Full Story

NSR's Newest Appointment..To The Satellite Research Team (Executive Move)

[SatNews]..."enables The Company to build on our unique and thought leading position in the important FSS and HTS markets, which remain central to our business."   Full Story


September 1, 2014
U.S.A.F.'s 45th Space Wing—The Support Behind The Scenes Of The AFSCP 4 Mission (Launch)
[SatNews] The U.S.A.F.'s 45th Space Wing supported the successful United Launch Alliance Delta IV vehicle carrying the AFSPC 4 mission for...   Full Story

ETL Systems—The Building Build Buttoned Up (Business—SatBroadcasting™)
[SatNews] ETL Systems has unveiled new facilities at its UK headquarters, thanks to year-on-year growth and...   Full Story


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