March 2012
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Panasonic plans Ku band satellite coverage...
Panasonic Avionics is ramping up satellite network coverage for its broadband connectivity service, strengthening its existing coverage and outlining plans for an additional Ku-band network to support the heaviest traffic areas.
“We have won a great deal of business, which is really is good,” said Panasonic Avionics vice president of global communications David Bruner at an Aircraft...
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Satellite broadband providers expand into rural...
Internet providers that beam broadband connections to rural America via satellites are expanding their services as the need for faster video and downloads is becoming universal.
ViaSat and HughesNet are launching new satellites that take up the slack of lagging landline-based services and promise to increase capacity and delivery speeds. “If there is broadband wireless or wired...
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Russia launches US satellite
A Russian rocket carrying a US telecommunications satellite blasted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan Sunday.
The Proton-M rocket carrying Intelsat-22 lifted off at 4.10 pm, Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said. The satellite is equipped with 90 transponders to provide telecommunications services in Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East, Xinhua reported.
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Yahsat poised for launch of second satellite
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has overseen the transportation of its second satellite Y1B from EADS Astrium facilities in Toulouse, France, to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
On arrival in Kazakhstan, the Y1B satellite, which was air-freighted by the world’s biggest aircraft built in Europe (Antonov), will receive additional testing before it is moved to its final...
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Successful tests for Newtec Ka-band modems
Satellite specialist Newtec has successfully tested its new high speed Ka-band technology for SES Broadband (previously called Astra2Connect).
The company has shipped well over 100,000 Ku-band Sat3Play terminals for SES Broadband and is now providing the next generation Ka-band terminals for SES Broadband evolution, featuring download speeds beyond 10 Mbps.
The test was completed with next...
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Marlink deal extends VSAT capacity
Marlink has announced an agreement with satellite provider Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) to renew and increase Marlink’s Ku-band satellite capacity for the next three years, as well agreeing an option for Ka-band capacity on an upcoming satellite.
Utilising TSBc’s IS 10-02 satellite, located at 1° West, Marlink will use the capacity to service maritime customers in the Nordic, European...
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Xplornet’s 4G Satellite Broadband Service Comes to... →
Residents of rural Meaford frustrated with the slow speeds of dial-up internet access, now have a high speed option available to them. Xplornet Communications Inc., a Canadian provider of rural broadband services, has announced that its first 4G broadband satellite has passed all tests and is now operational, serving customers across Canada.
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U.S. airlines look to satellites for Wi-Fi...
Airlines are giving satellites a second look for delivering Internet service to passengers in the air.
Because they have few limits on bandwidth and can transmit data when planes are flying over water, satellites are an attractive option for U.S. airlines that are still figuring out the best and most affordable ways to deliver Internet on flights.
Southwest, whose customer service moves are...
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EUTELSAT Tying Into Transponders (SATCOM)
The EBU, the world’s largest association of broadcasters, is consolidating its longstanding relationship……with Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) with a multiple-transponder contract on two satellites. The renewal of four transponders on EUTELSAT 7A (ex W3A) up to 2016 and the further renewal of four more transponders on EUTELSAT 10A (ex W2A) will support the association’s...
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Military Demand For Satellite Communications →
The military plays a great part in the development of satellite communications technologies. Along with various satellite communications providers, military agencies need satellites to exchange real-time data across distant locations.
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Delicate rescue saves stranded $1.7B US satellite
Air Force ground controllers delicately rescued a $1.7 billion military communications satellite last year that had been stranded in the wrong orbit and at risk of blowing up - all possibly because a piece of cloth had been left in a critical fuel line during manufacture.
During the 14-month effort, the satellite had to battle gravity and dodge space junk while controllers improvised ways to coax...
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Thuraya, Yahsat attend reception hosted by UAE...
WAM Washington D. C., Mar 18th, 2012 (WAM)—The UAE Embassy in Washington D.C. hosted a reception on Wednesday, March 14th to honour the Chief Executive Officers of Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) and Thuraya Telecommunications Company.
The two executives were in Washington to highlight the dramatic progress the UAE has made in the satellite sector.
Around 300 of the space...
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DISA nears end of commercial satellite services...
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the General Services Administration (GSA) are close to putting in place the final piece of their jointly managed Future Commercial Satellite Communications Services Acquisition (FCSA) program. With the Feb. 17 announcement of the FCSA Custom Satellite Communications Solutions Small Business (CS2-SB) contract award to four firms, only the CS2 full...
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DISH Fuels Its Broadband Goal
In a bid to enter the broadband market, satellite TV provider DISH Network Corp. (DISH) completed the acquisition of DBSD North America, Inc. and TerreStar Networks, Inc. The company spent nearly $3 billion to gain access to 40 Mhz spectrum authorization for its domestic market.
In March 2011, DISH agreed to acquire satellite-based wireless services provider DBSD North America Inc. for $1.4...
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Intelsat Opens SATELLITE 2012 with Focus on...
Intelsat also announces agreements with Kenya Broadcasting, ETHIO Telecom and Etisalat as momentum builds on Intelsat 22
LUXEMBOURG, Mar 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Intelsat S.A., the world’s leading provider of satellite services, today confirmed the 2012 delivery of its Global Mobility Network, the core of which is based on five satellites launching over the next 12 months....
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Global Satellites Industry
The global outlook series on the Satellites Industry provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. Illustrated with 22 fact-rich market data tables, the report offers a rudimentary overview of the industry and highlights latest trends and demand drivers. Regional markets briefly abstracted and covered include North America (with...
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Australia's Local Satellite Communication Provider... →
As the Ka-band satellite communications carrier finalizes the financial arrangements for the construction of its first independently owned satellite, Space News magazine ranked NewSat third on its Top 5 Companies to Watch List. NewSat biggest deals in the recent months are contracts with satellite manufacturer Lockheed Martin Space Systems and European satellite launch service provider...
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SES renames ASTRA Broadband Services to SES...
SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced that it has renamed its satellite internet subsidiary ASTRA Broadband Services as SES Broadband Services. Its successful satellite internet service ASTRA2Connect is renamed as SES Broadband.
The new names are in line with SES’ new Corporate Identity and its consistent use for all SES companies. SES Broadband Services...
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Hughes at the 2012 Satellite Communications...
Hughes Network Systems LLC, a globally recognized satellite communications enterprise, will be a participant at the Satellite 2012 Conference, to be held from March 12 to 15 at the Walter E. Washington Center, Washington, DC.
Hughes will showcase state-of-the-art Ka-band satellite technologies aimed at diverse sectors, ranging from government to enterprise markets. Hughes major clients include...
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Dish Awaits Waiver for Bundled Satellite...
The FCC has disapproved LightSquared’s waiver request regarding the use of satellite communications spectrum to deliver mobile broadband services. Its hybrid satellite-terrestrial LTE network has been attacked by the GPS industry due to its unwanted effect on GPS signal transmission. But Dish hopes it would have bigger chance of getting an FCC waiver which could take an entire year to be decided...
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Yahsat launches new VSAT service
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJSC (Yahsat) today announced that YahService, its end-to-end managed satellite solutions division, has launched a new VSAT service.
This VSAT service, which is based on the highly successful iDirect Evolution Platform and Cisco’s unified communication system, is launching on the opening day of CABSAT, the Middle East’s largest digital media &...
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Cutting-edge technologies on display at Cabsat
DUBAI — Cabsat, the Middle East’s largest digital media and satellite expo, opened on Tuesday at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre with a display of latest products from global technology leaders.
Shaikh Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, director-general, Dubai Department of Information, opened the 18th edition of the three-day show that has lined up more than 750 companies...
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Rocket lifts off with 3G military communications
CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida): An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday carrying the first satellite in a new military network designed to give cellphone-like 3G communications to troops on the move.
The 191-foot- (58-metre-) tall Atlas 5 rocket, the most powerful launcher in the U.S. inventory, lifted off at 5:15 p.m. EST (2215 GMT), darting through...
February 2012
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