Author: Adrienne Harebottle

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is already in force, making it paramount for all satellite companies to understand their obligations, the implications and the risks. The GDPR may be seem like an EU-centric directive, but it could still impact companies based in all parts of the world...

NASA has exercised options under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III (Rapid III) contract for two additional Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) spacecraft to be built for the National Oceanic and...

Esri, a provider of spatial analytics, has announced that it is releasing Sentinel-2 image services to all Esri users for no additional cost. Sentinel-2 is an Earth observation satellite that...

Yahsat has announced that its third satellite Al Yah 3, located at 20 degrees West, has successfully completed its in-orbit testing and is ready for commercial services. The satellite will...

Intelsat has appointed Juan Pablo Cofino as regional vice president of Latin America and the Caribbean. Cofino will be responsible for the development and implementation of Intelsat’s sales and regional...

Comtech Telecommunications has announced that during its third quarter of fiscal 2018, its command and control technologies group, part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment, was awarded new contracts in excess...

Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) and CoVant Management have acquired military satellite communications prime contractor LinQuest Corporation.The company’s management, including CEO Leon Biederman, will retain a significant minority ownership position in...

Viasat has announced that Embraer is the first original equipment manufacturer to select Viasat’s high-speed, high-capacity Ka-band connectivity solution for its Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 executive jets. Aircraft will...

Iridium Communications has announced Gogo as the newest value-added manufacturer for Iridium Certus aviation terminals. As an Iridium Certus service provider, Gogo is the first company to design and manufacture...

DigitalGlobe, a Maxar Technologies company, has announced the commercial release of Geospatial Big Data (GBDX) Notebooks, allowing customers to easily extract valuable insight they want from DigitalGlobe’s GBDX platform. GBDX...