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Broadcom Seeking to Address Pay-TV Piracy with GNSS-Enabled Chipset – Satellite Today

Photo: Wikimedia Commons [Via Satellite 12-23-2014] Broadcom, a semi-conductor manufacturer for wired and wireless communications has combined a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver with a satellite Outdoor Unit (ODU), enabling pay-TV operators to geo-lock content to subscribers. The company hopes the new product, which took roughly a year to complete, will reduce the theft…

Russia’s Angara A5 Completes Successful Launch Demonstration – Satellite Today

The Angara A5.1L launch from the Plesetsk Cosmosdrome. Photo: Roscosmos [Via Satellite 12-23-2014] The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos reports the Angara A5.1L rocket, a new Russian heavy lift vehicle, has completed its first successful launch at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. The demonstration tested the three-stage rocket’s ability to place a satellite in geostationary…

Gilat Supplying HTS Multi-Spot Beam Solution to LATAM Customer – Satellite Today

A Gilat SkyEdge 2-c Hub. Photo: Gilat [Via Satellite 12-23-2014] A Latin American telecommunications service provider will use a High Throughput Satellite (HTS) multi-spot beam solution from Gilat Satellite Networks for Ka-band Internet services. The telco recently purchased five spot beams collectively amounting to 2.3 GHz of capacity for applications in consumer, enterprise and mobility…

Globalstar Selects Level 3 Communications for MPLS Network Upgrade – Satellite Today

A satellite gateway in Peru. Photo: Globalstar [Via Satellite 12-22-2014] To upgrade its ground stations around the world, Globalstar has selected Level 3 Communications to supply a fully meshed Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network. Globalstar is upgrading its backbone infrastructure, and chose Level 3 Communications for global connectivity and continuity. “By selecting Level 3′s meshed…