Schlumbergerhas launched a VSATservice for the offshore industry, the company announced May 13. The service, SeaConnect, aims to provideVSATservices using a portable marine 60-centimeter C-band antenna and related technologies based on a fixed-fee unlimited data access. Schlumberger ...

CapRock Communicationshas secured a five-year fleet contract with Diamlemos Shipping Corp.for nine C-band installations, CapRock announced May 4. CapRock will install its SeaAccess service onboard nine Diamlemos bulk carriers and oil tankers that require global coverage for multi-region ...

Orbital Sciences launched its Minotaur 4 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., April 22, the company announced. A three-stage HTV-2 rocket, built by Lockheed Martin, lifted the Minotaur 4 carrying a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) military experiment vehicle for use...

Satellite operators Artel, Caprockand Globecommfiled complaints with theU.S. Federal Communications Commission(FCC) and called for a congressional and regulatory inquiry over alleged unfair business practices employed byIntelsat, the operators confirmed. The companies claim that since ...

MTN Satellite Communicationssigned an agreement withFred Olsen Cruise Lines, an international shipping company based in Norway, to outfit its entire fleet with broadbandVSATequipment, MTN announced April 9. MTN will provide services such as OceanPhone calling, StreamXcel bandwidth ...

Bolivia has made its proposed partnership with China to build and launch its Tupac Katari telecommunications satellite official by signing an agreement with Chinese authorities for a range of services on April 2, the Bolivian Ministry of Telecommunications announced. Bolivia expects to ...

Intelsat signed an agreement with Turkish operator Turksat to provide enhanced satellite capacity serving the Middle East region, Intelsat announced March 19. The agreement provides Turksat with satellite capacity on the Intelsat system while Turksat finalizes details of its new satellite...

Measat Satellite Systems’ AfricaSat-2 entered service Jan. 13, the operator announced. The satellite provides both C and Ku-Band capacity for telecommunications and broadcasting services across Africa, Southern Europe and the Middle East from an inclined orbital slot at 5.7 degrees East. ...

NASA has delayed the launch of its space imagery satellite, Wide- field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), due to technical issues discovered in its rocket booster steering engine, the agency announced Jan. 8. NASA said engineers will replace a suspect component in time for a rescheduled ...

Arianespacelaunched the Helios 2B military observation satellite after two delays caused by last-minute anomalies, the company announced Dec. 18. The satellite was launched using an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. Helios 2B, built for theFrench ...