Author: Staff Writer

Dates Set For NOAA-N, GOES-N Launch

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to launch the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) on May 11 at 6:22 a.m. EDT...

Inmarsat Finds Its BGAN Voice

Inmarsat said it made the first voice call from a Nera BGAN terminal over the Inmarsat-4 satellite, a key step in preparation for the launch of its new Broadband Global...

NSAB Taps ILS For Sirius 4 Launch

Nordic Satellite SB (NSAB) awarded International Launch Services (ILS) a contract to launch the Sirius 4 satellite in the second quarter of 2007 on a Proton Breeze M rocket. Nordic...

Gilat Network Systems Names Antebi CEO

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. named Erez Antebi CEO of its Gilat Network Systems business unit. Antebi joined Gilat in May 1991 and most recently served as the company’s vice president...

Star Choice Launches New DVR

Star Choice Communications Inc. in Canada unveiled its new high-definition digital video recorder satellite receiver, the DVR530 HD. The receiver comes equipped with a dual tuner and a 160-gigabit hard...