General news on the satellite and space industry from around the web
A Geolink teleport. Photo: Geolink [Via Satellite 02-25-2015] Hong Kong-based SpeedCast International has purchased CETel Group company Geolink Satellite Services. The acquisition is expected to boost the company’s presence in Africa, where Geolink is active in more than 20 countries. In a statement, SpeedCast said a growing number of its customers in the Asia-Pacific are…
A Harris CapRock antenna. Photo: Harris CapRock [Via Satellite 02-24-2015] Harris CapRock has unveiled a fully managed connectivity solution that combines satellite, wireless and terrestrial technology for maritime users. The solution, dubbed Harris CapRock One, brings together satellites from Medium and Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (MEO and GEO) with options such as terrestrial Multi-Protocol Label Switching…
Delegates from the EIAST and ISRO meet at the EIAST facility in Dubai. Photo: EIAST [Via Satellite 02-24-2015] Delegates from the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) met with representatives from the Indian Consulate in Dubai to discuss possible cooperation between EIAST and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in the field of…
A Comtech Telecommunications facility. Photo: Comtech [Via Satellite 02-24-2015] Comtech Telecommunications’ subsidiary Comtech EF Data has been awarded $5 million in orders for SATCOM equipment and services to expand a communication network in Asia. The unidentified customer will use Comtech EF Data’s CDM-570A/L-IP satellite modems and CDD-564A IP demodulators to dynamically allocate bandwidth and optimize…
KVH mini-VSAT Tracphone. Photo: KVH [Via Satellite 02-24-2015] KVH Industries has recently shipped its 5,000 TracPhone satellite communications antenna system for the mini-VSAT broadband network. Together, the advanced TracPhone antenna systems and global mini-VSAT broadband network constitute an end-to-end solution for maritime satellite communications, providing connectivity to tankers, containerships, fishing fleets, offshore supply vessels, government…
MNAM tv. Photo: MNAM tv [Via Satellite 02-24-2015] The European TV platform operator M7 Group has signed a satellite capacity and distribution agreement with Prague-based CE Media for the distribution of the new Czech cooking and lifestyle channel MNAM tv. MNAM tv is distributed via Skylink, the M7-owned satellite TV platform at Astra 23.5 degrees…
Pierre-Jean Beylier, CEO of SpeedCast. Photo: SpeedCast [Via Satellite 02-23-2015] SpeedCast, a Hong Kong-based global satellite communications provider with a large presence in the Asia-Pacific is evaluating ways to leverage capacity from new High Throughput Satellite (HTS) systems coming online around the world. In January the company partnered with O3b Networks to provide Ka-band HTS…
Photo: Exelis [Via Satellite 02-23-2015] ADS on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense through the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Tailored Logistics Support (TLS) program has ordered $7.6 million of Exelis satellite products for the U.S. Army. Exelis is delivering antennas and ground station satellite hubs, as well as providing training and installation services for…
An O3b satellite prior to launch. Photo: O3b Networks. [Via Satellite 02-23-2015] The United States General Services Administration (GSA) has approved the addition of products and services from O3b Networks to Telecommunications Systems’ (TCS) IT Schedule 70 contract. The approval enables TCS to offer O3b satellite services and products including modems, antennas, routers and Block…
A cargo ship in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo: Louis Vest (Flickr) [Via Satellite 02-23-2015] SatLink Communications has purchased what it described as a “sizeable quantity” of NovelSat’s NS3000 satellite modems. The equipment is targeted for maritime communications customers. SatLink plans to replace existing Ku-band based systems with the NS3000 equipped with NovelSat’s software based…