Author: Caleb Henry

[Via Satellite 09-26-2014] SES Broadband Services has extended its April 2014 partnership with Orbitcom, an Internet Service Provider (ISP), to distribute Astra Connect to German communities. Orbitcom will be responsible...

[Via Satellite 09-26-2014] Executives from Swiss Space Systems (S3) met with Russia’s JSC Kuznetsov to check the NK-39 engines planned to power the unmanned suborbital shuttle SOAR. The two companies...

[Via Satellite 09-26-2014] Japan-based Sky Perfect JSAT has set the date for the launch of two Ultra-HD 4K channels on March 1, 2015. The channels will be available on the...

[Via Satellite 09-26-2014] NSSLGlobal has added a beam from Telenor and a beam from Eutelsat in order to expand the reach of its VSAT network. The company chose the Eutelsat...

[Via Satellite 09-26-2014] International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) has received a new order from the United States government for assistance expanding its global satellite broadcast network. The company will provide products...

[Via Satellite 09-25-2014] Spire, a fast-paced remote sensing company with roots in Silicon Valley, has leapfrogged from incubation just two years ago at Lemnos Labs into a multi-million dollar startup...

[Via Satellite 09-25-2014] After receiving approval from Russia’s State Commission, Roscosmos and the state-run Khrunichev Space Center have moved the Proton M ILV rocket to the launch pad at the...

[Via Satellite 09-25-2014] SES has joined the Clinton Global Initiative, and as a commitment to action has unveiled an electronic-health, or e-health platform named SATMED. Currently under development with a...

[Via Satellite 09-25-2014] Aireon has added Vincent Capezzuto to its management team as chief technology officer and vice president of engineering. Capezzuto is responsible for leading the design, development and...

[Via Satellite 09-25-2014] DigitalGlobe has selected MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to build a new ground station for an international customer. The station will enable the customer to receive and...