The satellite manufacturing sector will experience steady growth in the coming decade, although a fallout from the extended and slow economic recovery will see the number of satellites in the near future drop significantly by almost 10 percent, according to a report entitled "Global Satellite Manufacturing: The Impact of Evolving Trends" by Frost and Sullivan.

At the 4th Annual Navy Satcoms Users Workshop organized by  the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) during the AFCEA West show in San Diego last February 3rd, senior U.S. Navy officials affirmed that the US Navy’s reliance on commercial satellite communications will continue to grow in the next few years.  

At the 4th Annual Navy Satcoms Users Workshop organized by  the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) during the AFCEA West show in San Diego last February 3rd, senior U.S. Navy officials affirmed that the US Navy’s reliance on commercial satellite communications will continue to grow in the next few years.  

The teleport business is a US$ 15 billion-a-year segment of the global satellite industry or roughly 15 percent of the industry revenues, according to the World Teleport Association (WTA). But no other segment of the industry has undergone so many changes as the teleport business in recent years . While the basic function of teleports remains to provide connectivity between the ground and the space segment, teleports have been providing many ancillary services that are constantly changing due to market demands and customer requirements.

The satellite industry’s response to the catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake January 12 in Haiti that claimed over 200,000 lives was swift and decisive. Within hours satellite operator Intelsat established two communication networks—one in C-band and one in Ku-band—to provide critical communication links.

London-based satellite operator  Avanti Communications' Co-Founder and CEO David Williams speaks on the Broadband Satellite Market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  To listen or download  this podcast 

Not even the most senior satellite industry executive remembers the Reformation. If they did it would mean that they have been drawing a Social Security pension for at least 428 years!

The Global VSAT Forum (GVF) and United Kingdom Event Management Partners (UK-EMP) have announced that the offer of free conference registration for relevant vertical market professionals originally introduced for their Oil & Gas Series conferences will be contin

At the beginning of 2008 Carlsbad, CA-based equipment manufacturer ViaSat startled the world with the announcement of ViaSat-1. Startling not only because of the capacity of the satellite, announced at 100Gbps, (but now increased to 125Gbps) represented a ten fold increase on existing Ka-Band satellites, but also because ViaSat with no operating experience was planning to enter a market dominated by two major players: WildBlue and Hughes. These two operators currently have just under one million subscribers between them.

Average temperatures in Alaska, western Canada and eastern Russia have risen at twice the global average. (Arctic Climate Impact Assessment report 2004)

The United Nations Environment Program announced that a small community living in the Pacific island chain of Vanuatu had to relocate due to sea level rise. (Dec. 2005)