Satellite News

The Regional Commonwealth in Field of Communications (RCC) has admitted Intersputnik as an observer, the satellite operator announced May 28. The RCC, established in 1991…

The China National Space Administration has joined the International Charter “Space and Major Disasters,” an international initiative that provides free satellite imagery of areas affected by disasters, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. China will…

Coronal Mass Ejection (CMEs) with powerful shocks capable of causing radiation storms “scream” in radio waves as they slam through the solar wind, according to Dr. Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Research by Dr. Arik Posner, a research scientist at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), has led to a new method for forecasting the appearance and intensity of solar ion events by measuring relativistic, near light-speed electrons.

China launched the Yaogan-2 remote sensing satellite May 25 aboard a Long March 2D, according to the state-controlled Xinhua. The…

Kiyoshi Isozaki, CEO of JSAT Corp., has found that operating conditions tough in Asia and, the operator does not expect to see a huge upsurge in demand for capacity. “We are facing price…

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) named Dave Farmer vice president of…

NXP Semiconductors will supply its Nexperia PNX9520 processor for Sirius Satellite Radio’s TV service…