Satellite News

ViaSat Inc. will supply its LinkStar DVB-S2 satellite networking system to Unete Telecomunicaciones S.A. (Bolivia) to expand its enterprise broadband services in Ecuador and the surrounding region.

Hughes Network Systems announced the next phase of its contract with Enlaces Integra and Globalstar de Mexico to deliver an additional 10,860 broadband satellite terminals for the Mexican Ministry of Education’s Enciclomedia programme.

Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced that the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has approved the Internet Protocol over Satellite.v2 (IPoS.v2) air interface standard, which incorporates the DVB-S2 industry standard with ACM (Adaptive Coding and Modulation).

Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN) and OmniGlobe Networks, Inc. (OGN) said they will work together to deliver a combined satellite-based/terrestrial broadband Internet service to rural and remote communities across Canada.

An active sunspot group has produced a significant solar flare, according to the NOAA Space Environment Center (SEC).

Integral Systems, Inc. announced that it is currently under contract with EchoStar Communications Corp. to add the EchoStar XI satellite (a Loral FS1300 class satellite) to EchoStar’s existing EPOCH IPS satellite control system.

The first attempt to launch a rocket from the mid-Atlantic region’s commercial spaceport (MARS) on Wallops Island has been postponed again.

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced Dec. 11 that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded MSV its 16th…