Month: April 2018

SES has appointed John-Paul Hemingway as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SES Networks, effective April 5. Hemingway succeeds Steve Collar, who has officially taken on his new position as president and CEO of SES. Hemingway previously served as SES Networks’ executive vice president of product, marketing and strategy, where he was responsible for business development,...

Unique Broadcasting Service S.A. (UNBROSSA) has signed a multiyear, multi-transponder agreement with Eutelsat for capacity on the Eutelsat 117 West B satellite to launch its new low-cost Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform for the Caribbean, called Play. With an offer of more than 125 channels, including 25 High Definition (HD) channels, Play is scheduled to launch in...

This story, about how an electric co-op morphed into a community ISP, is one that everyone in the satellite and telecoms industry should read. This is what we are talking about when we say that future 4G/5G networking business and ownership models are changing. This change will be driven by those on the other side...

Intelsat announced that it has launched a new Ku-band Multi-Channel Per Carrier (MCPC) media platform for Central and Eastern Europe.  As part of the IntelsatOne terrestrial network, the platform will enable regional and international programmers to expand their reach to cable headends, Direct-to-Home (DTH) and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) distribution. Encompass Digital Media will provide...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest salvo attempting to punish China for intellectual property theft saw the levying a 25% tariff on some 1,300 items, including a host of satellite items. The proposed tariffs, which amount to $12.5 billion on $50 billion in goods, would go into effect no sooner than June. Among the targeted products are...

Eutelsat has passed on a potential deal with Viasat for use of its ViaSat 3 satellite, instead ordering a new Very High Throughput Satellite (VHTS) system from Thales Alenia Space. The satellite, which will enter service in 2021, will have a Ka-band capacity of 500 Gbps. Eutelsat was previously considering striking an agreement with Viasat...

ThinKom Solutions and Comsat recently partnered to complete a coast-to-coast expedition to test and validate a seamless end-to-end continuous high-speed satellite communication solution in a moving vehicle under a range of conditions. ThinKom equipped the demonstration SUV with its roof-mounted ThinSat 300 phased array satellite antenna, plus a package of modems, routers, switches, power inverter...

Arianespace conducted its third flight of the year this Thursday, lofting two telecommunications satellites, DSN 1/Superbird 8 for Sky Perfect JSAT, and Hylas 4 for Avanti Communications. The mission was Ariane 5’s first return to the launchpad after a trajectory deviation in January led to the rocket placing two satellites in the incorrect orbit. This...

Virgin Galactic successfully conducted a supersonic flight of its spacecraft this week — marking the company’s first return to the skies after a fatal crash four years ago. After two years of ground and atmospheric testing, the passing of this milestone marks the start of the final portion of VSS Unity’s flight test program. Attached to...

During its April 2 mission, SpaceX carried Kenya’s first ever satellite to the International Space Station (ISS). The University of Nairobi developed the Cubesat mission, called First Kenya University Nanosatellite-Precursor Flight (1KUNS-PF), as part of the KuboCube program, an initiative supported by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Japan Aerospace...