E-letter: Curated Content

In-flight entertainment provider, Global Eagle Entertainment and China Telecom Satellite Communications recently signed a memorandum of understanding, in which Global Eagle will assist China Telecom in providing an in-flight connectivity (IFC) service for Chinese airlines and airline customers who fly into and over China

NASA and NOAA are using GPS to better forecast the ferocity of hurricane and tropical cyclone winds.

Students at Teikyo University in Japan are building a slime-mold–housing micro-satellite to orbit the Earth.

Google recently held meetings with major media companies that own television networks, signaling the race to sell services via the Internet.

MapBox, a company that allows anyone to design and publish custom maps, plans to launch MapBox Satellite Live.

Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), a German air navigation service provider, plans to implement satellite-based precision landing in 2014.

Scientists have observed a rare solar tsunami on the sun’s surface, with the help of the Japanese satellite Hinode.

The House Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations subcommittee approved a bill that provides $4.9 billion for NOAA in the 2014 fiscal year that begins on 1 October

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) have built a new generation of robo-arms, designed to act as repair mechanics for orbiting satellite.

Startup company NanoSatisfi plans to launch its first cube satellite on August 4, allowing anyone to rent time and conduct their own experiments on it for as low as $250 per week.