November 2015

Photo: Global Eagle Entertainment [Via Satellite 11-02-2015] Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) and Hughes Network Systems announced an agreement last week for GEE to use Hughes’ Jupiter System HT Aero Modem to power GEE’s high-performance broadband aeronautical service. The modem will deliver In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services on any Ku-band satellite, including both wide beam and High…

ULA’s Oct. 30, 2015 Atlas 5 mission for GPS 2F 11. Photo: ULA [Via Satellite 11-02-2015] United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) 2F 11 satellite Oct. 31 aboard an Atlas 5 rocket. The satellite is the 11th of 12 Boeing-built GPS 2F satellites, which provide improved signals…

Attendees at the first day of WRC-15. Photo: ITU [Via Satellite 11-02-2015] The International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) kicked off today in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference, which the telecommunications industry has been preparing for, takes place from Nov. 2 to 27, and will review and revise the international regulatory framework for radio…

A PT. Graha Pratama Sejahtera Satellite News-Gathering (SNG) truck. Photo: PT. Graha Pratama Sejahtera [Via Satellite 11-02-2015] PT. Graha Pratama Sejahtera (GPS), a leading system integrator based in Indonesia, has launched a bouquet of 14 television channels on AsiaSat 4 at 122 degrees east. The services, uplinked by GPS’s facilities in Jakarta, are distributed via…

An EMC teleport. Photo: EMC [Via Satellite 11-02-2015] EMC has signed a site license agreement with the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) that will provide the company’s technical personnel access to its VSAT satellite communications training material. Under the agreement, EMC will pursue the GVF Accredited Organization for Training (AO/T) status, having the company’s operations and…