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Jean Yves LeGall, CNES president. Photo: CNES. [Via Satellite 02-12-2015] CNES, the French space agency, and the Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM), Mexico’s space agency, have agreed to step up the cooperation initiated in April 2014 on space-based telecommunications, remote sensing and disaster relief. CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall met with AEM Director General Francisco Javier…

A Samsung Ultra-HD television. Photo: Samsung [Via Satellite 02-12-2015] SES has started simulcasting its Ultra-HD demonstration channel from the 19.2 degrees east orbital position to audiences in the U.K. and Ireland from the Astra 2E satellite at 28.2 degrees east. The channel is concurrently transmitting video content such as cityscapes, exotic animals and urban sports…

Gustavo Silbert, executive director of Embratel Star One. Photo: Embratel Star One [Via Satellite 02-11-2015] Brazilian satellite operator Embratel Star One is readying for an increase in demand for mobility services, along with the permanent presence of Ultra-HD in Latin America. The company’s first new satellite since 2012, Star One C4, is scheduled to launch…

Engineers examining an AEHF antenna. Photo: Northrop Grumman [Via Satellite 02-11-2015] The United States Air Force concluded a six-month rigorous and complex multiservice operational test and evaluation of its Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system in January at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado. The test and evaluation’s goal was to ensure the AEHF system…

Francine Mazala, overall winner of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards 2013, addresses the attendees of the gala ceremony where the 2014 winners of this pan-African competition were announced. Photo: Eutelsat [Via Satellite 02-11-2015] Eutelsat and MultiChoice have announced the winners of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards, a pan-African competition to promote interest in science and space…

ICAO is proposing a new aircraft tracking standard, based on discussions that occurred at its High Level Safety Conference this week. Photo: ICAO. [Via Satellite 02-11-2015] Following the conclusion of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Second High Level Safety Conference in Montreal last week, Inmarsat has announced its support of the regulatory body’s conclusion…

Example of DigitalGlobe’s GBD use for the financial services industry. Photo: DigitalGlobe [Via Satellite 02-11-2015] DigitalGlobe announced a new agreement to provide Exogenesis — a provider of advanced analytics, algorithm development, and predictive modeling and simulation — with access to its Geospatial Big Data (GBD) platform. Under the agreement, Exogenesis has subscribed to DigitalGlobe’s GBD…

Mini-VSAT Broadband Coverage in Ku band and C band Map. Photo: KVH Industries [Via Satellite 02-11-2015] KVH Industries has rolled out a new dedicated voice configuration for its mini-VSAT Broadband global maritime satellite network. The network’s Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service is now delivered on a prioritized and protected data stream, separate from the…

DeLorme’s inReach Explorer. Photo: DeLorme [Via Satellite 02-11-2015] DeLorme announced the availability of new enterprise plans and services that will make it easier for business and government customers to track, monitor and communicate with workers in remote locations using inReach personal satellite communicators. DeLorme’s inReach handheld devices provide interactive SOS alerting, GPS tracking and locating…

David Bruner VP of global communications at Panasonic Avionics.Photo: Panasonic Avionics [Via Satellite 02-10-2015] If all goes as planned, by 2017 Panasonic Avionics will have High Throughput Satellite (HTS) capacity that wraps around the world for its In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) services. The company has been buying up HTS capacity at a feverish rate, serving as…