News & Events

Signalhorn’s headquarters in Backnang, Germany. Photo: Signalhorn [Via Satellite 11-03-2015] Signalhorn has received a contract from a preexisting energy customer for a custom Xtend network. The customer, for which Signalhorn already provides VSAT connectivity to more than 5,000 sites across Europe in a petroleum retail station network, has ordered the development and implementation of a customized…

Antennas to enable Inmarsat’s EAN across Europe. Photo: Inmarsat [Via Satellite 11-03-2015] Inmarsat will locate the Satellite Access Station (SAS) for its European Aviation Network (EAN) high-speed in-flight connectivity solution in Greece, under an agreement with OTE, a Greek telecommunications provider and member of the Deustche Telekom Group. The development of the SAS in Nemea,…

Photo: Global Eagle Entertainment [Via Satellite 11-02-2015] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) and Hughes Network Systems announced an agreement last week for GEE to use Hughes’ Jupiter System HT Aero Modem to power GEE’s high-performance broadband aeronautical service. The modem will deliver In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services on any Ku-band satellite, including both wide beam and High…

ULA’s Oct. 30, 2015 Atlas 5 mission for GPS 2F 11. Photo: ULA [Via Satellite 11-02-2015] United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) 2F 11 satellite Oct. 31 aboard an Atlas 5 rocket. The satellite is the 11th of 12 Boeing-built GPS 2F satellites, which provide improved signals…

Attendees at the first day of WRC-15. Photo: ITU [Via Satellite 11-02-2015] The International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) kicked off today in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference, which the telecommunications industry has been preparing for, takes place from Nov. 2 to 27, and will review and revise the international regulatory framework for radio…

A PT. Graha Pratama Sejahtera Satellite News-Gathering (SNG) truck. Photo: PT. Graha Pratama Sejahtera [Via Satellite 11-02-2015] PT. Graha Pratama Sejahtera (GPS), a leading system integrator based in Indonesia, has launched a bouquet of 14 television channels on AsiaSat 4 at 122 degrees east. The services, uplinked by GPS’s facilities in Jakarta, are distributed via…

An EMC teleport. Photo: EMC [Via Satellite 11-02-2015] EMC has signed a site license agreement with the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) that will provide the company’s technical personnel access to its VSAT satellite communications training material. Under the agreement, EMC will pursue the GVF Accredited Organization for Training (AO/T) status, having the company’s operations and…

Iridium’s Satellite Network Operating Center (SNOC) [Via Satellite 10-30-2015] Growth for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) in the industrial market is healthy for Iridium, but slower than it could be as the dollar continues to gain strength and the oil and gas industry sees a steep decline in profits in recent months. The company posted $106 million quarterly…

A Proton rocket. Photo: Khrunichev [Via Satellite 10-30-2015] Eutelsat Communications has reached an agreement with International Launch Services (ILS) for a series of launches using the Proton Breeze M rocket. The launches are scheduled to occur from 2016 to 2023 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Eutelsat 9B, built by Airbus Defence and Space, is…

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite. Photo: NASA [Via Satellite 10-30-2015] Astro Aerospace, a Northrop Grumman company, has received a contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to design and manufacture the radar antenna for its NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite. A joint project between the United States and India, NISAR will be the…