The Global Day of the Engineer
March 4 is celebrated as the Global Day of the Engineer, which was first observed in 2016 by the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (W.F.E.O.) which works to unite international engineering associations and to [...]
Government and Military Update
by Chris Spore, SVP Global Accounts As we gear up for an exciting defense conference season in February, featuring prominent events like the World Defence Show, GovtSatCom 2024 and WEST 2024, we anticipate [...]
ABS-2 Ten Year Anniversary
by Nick Chilelli, SVP Space Segment ABS today marks the 10-year anniversary of a key milestone in the growth of the ABS fleet. On February 6, 2014, ABS-2 became our sixth spacecraft in-orbit [...]
Marconi Day
International Marconi Day by Nick Chilelli, SVP Space Segment Today, April 22, 2023, we celebrate the man that brought us an invention that remains at the heart of our ABS communications satellites, the radio. [...]
ABS-2A 5th Anniversary
The ABS-2A satellite was successfully launched on June 15, 2016 10:29am ET on a SpaceX Falcon 9. It entered service in early 2017. ABS-2A is co-located with ABS-2 and delivers enhanced broadcast and [...]
Taking ABS Occasional Use into new markets
Insights from Chris Spore, VP Sales Europe & MENA Taking ABS Occasional Use into new markets The occasional use satellite business is one that needs high reliability, first time and every time. In 2017, [...]