PODCAST: Changing the way the DoD purchases SATCOM
Both civilian agencies and America’s military utilize commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM) services to help deliver mission-critical data and applications across the globe.... Read More
PODCAST: Pete Hoene and Steve Collar on the government use cases of MEO satellites
Traditional geostationary satellites have delivered communications for decades. However, as the number of connected devices increases and as the bandwidth demands of... Read More
The challenges of delivering COMSATCOM to the Antarctic
In our previous post, we featured part one of a Q&A with Patrick D. Smith, the Manager of Technology Development, Polar Research... Read More
NSF looks to COMSATCOM to bolster bandwidth to Antarctica’s McMurdo Station
In April, the National Science Foundation (NSF) released a request for information (RFI) designed to solicit information about the possible acquisition of... Read More
VIDEO: Pete Hoene on the benefits of hosted payloads
In a recent podcast on the GovSat Report, experts from Leidos, Orbital ATK and SES GS came together to discuss the CHIRP... Read More
VIDEO: Pete Hoene on MEO satellites and their potential benefits for the government
In a previous post on the GovSat Report, Randy Bland of SES GS laid out why latency is yet another enemy on... Read More
PODCAST: CHIRP team discusses program and benefits of hosted payloads
In September of 2011, a SES satellite was launched with some special cargo aboard – the first ever U.S. Air Force Hosted... Read More
Increased mobility and bandwidth dominate discussion at SATELLITE 2015
Last month, I had the opportunity to attend SATELLITE 2015, one of the year’s largest satellite conferences, which was taking place at... Read More
VIDEO: Pete Hoene on the evolution of the commercial satellite industry
On March 2, 2015, Pete Hoene took over as the CEO of SES Government Services (SES GS), a global satellite solutions provider,... Read More
