Issue: VS Feature

This year the satellite sector has gone through many changes. EchoStar acquired Hughes, Astrium agreed to acquire Vizada and deal making was abundant, involving SES and SpaceX as well as...

The design of the modern satellite has taken several different evolutionary paths during the past five years. They have both grown and shrunk. The variety of their capabilities has both...

Eutelsat’s announcement in September to implement Carrier ID in video transmissions for the 2012 Olympics could prove to be a key moment in the battle against satellite interference. With satellite...

Oil and gas companies are potentially lucrative customers for satellite-based communications. However, while demand for services like HD video on oil rigs is good news, the competition from fiber based...

The Middle East and Africa remain fertile grounds for satellite with the demand for capacity significantly increasing. Yet, with fiber rollouts growing, do these markets still represent a golden opportunity...

While the United States may invest more than any other nation in milsatcom assets and capacity, there is a great deal of innovation to be seen in international milsatcom strategies....

The topic of servicing in-orbit satellite assets was already a hot talking point for the industry when Intelsat announced a deal with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) in March to...

The commercial communications-on-the-move (COTM) market has expanded to support virtually anything that moves, including aircraft, trains, ships, automobiles, trucks, farm and construction equipment and shipping containers. COTM technology, which was...

Virtualization is taking the IT world by storm. The concept revolves around the creation of virtual devices in place of tangible technology products, such as computers, routers or software programs....

In its efforts to deliver modern satcom capabilities to the warfighter, the Pentagon has historically struggled to synchronize the launch of next-generation satellites with ground-based infrastructure. Terminal program managers on...