Author: Jeffrey Hill

ViaSat has shipped its 500th VR-12 Ku-band airborne ultra-small satcom antenna packaged together with its ArcLight technology, reaching and military and general aviation market milestone, the company announced Jan. 7....

[Satellite TODAY 01-09-13] Pentek has rolled out a new line of multiband, modular RF slot receivers, the manufacturer announced Jan. 8.    Pentek’s Model 8111 series accepts RF signals over...

Com Dev International has been awarded a contract for satellite components from MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA). The project will deliver Ku-band and Ka-band multiplexers, switches and microwave components for...

Telefonica Global Solutions will utilize Eutelsat’s high-performance KA-SAT satellite to provide high quality satellite broadband services to carriers from all over Europe.    Telefonica aims to use the KA-SAT capacity...

ViaSat will provide a U.S. government customer with broadband airborne satcom services under a valued $52 million one year contract.    This is renewal for services established in 2009 using...

SES is now the first satellite operator to offer the satellite broadband service Internet Satellite JET with download speeds of up to 20 Mbit/s for consumers in France, effective immediately...

Thales Alenia Space and Astrium will collaborate for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) BepiColombo spacecraft utilizing X- and Ka-band transponders designed to communicate data from an exploration mission of Mercury.    BepiColombo is...

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-12] Aerospace manufacturer ATK will conduct a study of network-centric small satellites as an element of the United States Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Defense...

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-12] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) has signed new contracts and activities with luxury cruise operators Windstar Cruises, Paul Gauguin Cruises and The World to provide an array of...

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-12] Raytheon has added the Japanese Space Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Global Change Observation Mission 1 satellite to its Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS), Raytheon...