June 2015

News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web

XTAR, Industry Partners Give Communications Support to Nepal – Satellite Today

May 5, 2015: The Nepalese Army brings USAID relief supplies to a distribution point in Sindhupalchowk, Nepal after the April 25 earthquake. Photo: USAID [Via Satellite 06-30-2015] X-band satellite communications company XTAR, in partnership with CopaSAT, Tampa Microwave, MTN and the Santander Teleport is donating satellite communications resources to relief efforts in Nepal following the…

PlanetiQ in Talks with ISRO’s Antrix Corporation for 2016 PSLV Launch – Satellite Today

ISRO’s PSLV-C22 launch mission. Photo: ISRO [Via Satellite 06-30-2015] Commercial weather company PlanetiQ is in discussions with Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to launch its constellation of GPS Radio Occultation satellites. The company told Via Satellite that current discussions are ongoing for launching the first two satellites of…

Via Direta Picks iDirect Evolution Platform for Massive Brazilian E-Learning Program – Satellite Today

Aerial view of the Amazon river and rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). [Via Satellite 06-30-2015] Via Direta Telecom, a subsidiary of TV and radio broadcast group Rede Tiradentes de Telecomunicações, has selected VT iDirect’s Evolution platform to support Brazil’s…

Via Directa Picks iDirect Evolution Platform for Massive Brazilian E-Learning Program – Satellite Today

Aerial view of the Amazon river and rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). [Via Satellite 06-30-2015] Via Direta Telecom, a subsidiary of TV and radio broadcast group Rede Tiradentes de Telecomunicações, has selected VT iDirect’s Evolution platform to support Brazil’s…

DirecTV’s SKYM 1 Satellite Completes On-Orbit Testing – Satellite Today

Artist’s rendition of the SKYM 1 satellite. Photo: Orbital ATK [Via Satellite 06-30-2015] DirecTV’s Sky Mexico 1 (SKYM 1) satellite, launched May 27, has completed on-orbit testing and checkout of all spacecraft systems. Orbital ATK, manufacturer of the satellite, handed over full operational control to DirecTV upon completion. SKYM 1 is based on Orbital ATK’s…

NovelSat Adds TSoIP to All Satellite Transmission Products – Satellite Today

NovelSat’s NS 1000, 2000 and 3000 modulators stacked. Photo: Novelsat [Via Satellite 06-30-2015] NovelSat has made Transport Stream over IP (TSoIP) support immediately available across its full line of satellite transmission products. In satellite transmission, TSoIP makes it possible to send and receive compressed high definition video transport streams over long distances on any IP…

Cobham Satcom Releases Stabilized Drive-Away VSAT Antenna – Satellite Today

Cobham Satcom’s new one meter Explorer 8100 Auto-Acquire Drive-Away antenna. Photo: Cobham Satcom [Via Satellite 06-30-2015] Cobham Satcom has unveiled its new one meter Explorer 8100 auto-acquire drive-away antenna for land ‘Comms-On-The-Pause.” The terminal is designed for connectivity with Ku and Ka band networks, and features the design used with Explorer Broadband Global Area Network…

Arab Advisors Group: Seven out of 10 of Arab Satellite FTA Channels Have an Online Presence – Satellite Today

Satellite dishes on rooftops in Cairo, Egypt. Photo: Cliff Hellis (Flickr) [Via Satellite 06-29-2015] In a study of 724 fully operational satellite Free-to-Air (FTA) television channels targeting the Arab World, 505, or approximately 70 percent also have an online presence, according to research from Arab Advisors Group. The research firm further discovered that 91 percent…