News & Events

The Hughes Airborne Satcom System featuring the new HM200 Modem installed on a NorthStar Aviation Bell 407 Multi-role Helicopter. Photo: Hughes [Via Satellite 11-05-2015] Hughes Networks Systems has unveiled its new HM System, engineered around its Software-Definable Modem (SDM) technology and Scrambled Code Multiple Access (SCMA) waveform. Hughes is launching with three Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products…

Photo: Eutelsat [Via Satellite 11-05-2015] Beninese private news channel Golfe TV Africa has selected Eutelsat Communications to support its transition to High Definition (HD) broadcasting. Golfe TV Africa has taken a three-year capacity lease on the Eutelsat 16A satellite to broadcast Sub-Saharan Africa’s first Free-to-Air (FTA) HD channel starting October 1. Golfe TV Africa has…

NSR’s Christopher Baugh speaking at Global MilSatCom 2015. Photo: Claude Rousseau, NSR [Via Satellite 11-04-2015] Global MilSatCom is one of the main events for military and communications executives and officials. Here, we look at the five key learnings from day two of the event. MUOS and the International Question The United Sates’ Mobile User Objective System…

Offshore platform. Photo: Jonathan Jordan [Via Satellite 11-04-2015] ITC Global has been awarded a multi-million dollar deal with an undisclosed international offshore energy services company. The multi-year contract for Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) connectivity was designed to deliver a highly efficient and reliable network service while streamlining the customer’s operating costs and focusing on…

Photo: Danish Armed Forces [Via Satellite 11-04-2015] iDirect has signed a framework agreement with the Danish Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO), a specialized procurement center and logistics authority, to deliver hardware, software, and services to the Danish Armed Forces. In order to carry out a wide range of missions, the Danish Armed Forces require a…

ABS 3A’s MENA Ku-band footprint. Photo: ABS [Via Satellite 11-04-2015] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Arab Satellite Communication Organization (Arabsat) have signed an expansion capacity agreement on ABS 3A for a multi-transponder, multi-year deal for Ku-band payload. The additional capacity will be used for different customer networks within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)…

[Via Satellite 11-04-2015] Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation announced they have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture that will launch a new satellite with optimized C-band and high throughput Ku-band capacity to satisfy the growing mobility and broadband connectivity demands in the Asia-Pacific region. To be known as Horizons 3e, the…

Exelis optics employees pose with “a big glass paperweight” that will become the secondary mirror for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. Photo: Exelis, a Harris Corporation company [Via Satellite 11-03-2015] Harris Corporation is confident it will see growth in optical space systems through its recent acquisition of Exelis, providing an avenue for growth at a…

The European Parliament’s hemicycle (debating chamber) during a plenary session in Strasbourg. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. [Via Satellite 11-03-2015] The European Parliament has adopted a resolution supporting the assignment of primary radio spectrum allocation for satellite-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). European Parliament’s Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc, called on all EU member states to welcome this…

A CIMC facility. Photo: CIMC [Via Satellite 11-03-2015] Orbcomm has reached an agreement with logistics and energy equipment supplier China International Marine Container Company (CIMC) to provide service from its Second Generation (OG2) satellites and modem technology. CIMC’s Intelligent Technology Division intends to use these for a dual-mode telematics solution being developed as an Original…