Satellite News

Globalstar, Inc. announced that Radyne Corporation business unit AeroAstro will supply Globalstar with the necessary network upgrades that will enhance both the receiver sensitivity and the overall customer messaging capacity of the Globalstar Simplex data network.

GigaSat, a supplier of specialist satellite systems to the media and broadcast industries, announced it has been awarded and delivered a contract for the manufacture, integration and supply of a fully redundant Ku-band fixed satellite Earth station with full remote control and monitoring capability to BBC News.

Globalstar, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Globalstar Europe, is launching Static IP (Internet Protocol) address and virtual private network (VPN) capability for its satellite data customers throughout western Europe.

Mysterious emissions interfering with its broadcasts have created a huge problem for Israel’s only satellite-based pay-TV operator, Yes, but the culprit may now been found.

Andrew Corporation said it was adding low-passive intermodulation (PIM) capabilities to many of its satellite antenna products.

Toshiba Corporation announced that it has developed a gallium nitride (GaN) power field effect transistor (FET) for the Ku-band (12 GHz to 18 GHz) frequency range that achieves an output power of 65.4 W at 14.5 GHz, the highest level of performance yet reported at this frequency band.

Intelsat, Ltd. and Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) announced the completion of an agreement for Intelsat to purchase 10 transponders on Telenor’s Thor 6 satellite.

Spacenet Inc. announced it is working with Verizon Business to deploy a custom satellite network for the U.S. Postal Service.