Satellite News

The U.S. National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) team reached a major milestone as the final portion of the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) ground system was transitioned to operations.
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Raytheon Company and the U.S. Army recently completed successful testing of the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency, or AEHF, satellite communications production terminals.

Iridium Satellite LLC announced that, in conjunction with Boeing, the companies have achieved two major milestones to further develop and demonstrate capability enhancements to the High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) programme for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.

Serbia Broadband (SBB) announced the expansion of its Total TV platform with new multi-year contracts concluded with Eutelsat Communications for two transponders at its 16 degrees video neighbourhood.

A satellite imagery receiving station was inaugurated in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi on 9 July with assistance from the French government.
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ViaSat Inc. has signed two contracts with RascomStar-QAF, the pan-African satellite operator, to deliver satellite systems for high-capacity infrastructure communications carrying pan-African telephony and data between regional and national capitals and for rural telecommunications access across the African continent with RascomStar-QAF VSAT terminals.
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Telesat announced that it is working with the World Broadcasting Unions and leading manufacturers to test advancements in high-definition television and work towards global interoperability of MPEG-4 hardware standards.
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The University of Colorado at Boulder is working with NASA to develop a new communications technology now being tested on the International Space Station, which will extend Earth’s Internet into outer space and across the solar system.
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