Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] Astrium has shipped the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) of the Johannes Kepler, the second European spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS), to Arianespace’s spaceport in French...

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] Inmarsat’s 2010 first quarter profits jumped 40 percent to $62.5 million compared to the same period in 2009, driven by growth in revenues and a solid performance...

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] Iridium Communications saw revenue, service and subscriber equipment growth across all of its business units in the 2010 first quarter, offset by costs related to its merge...

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-10] Comtech Telecommunications has signed an agreement with CPI International to acquire the microwave, radio frequency, power and control solutions provider for $372 million in cash and 4.4...

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-10] The Government of Qatar has signed an investment deal with Eutelsat to operate a new high-capacity Ku-band satellite to provide the country with expanded coverage and power...

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-10] Satelites Mexicanos de C.V. (Satmex) officially contracted Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to build the Satmex 8 satellite after placing a $2 million down payment on the order in...

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-10] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) entered into a contact valued at 1.2 million euro ($1.5 million) contract with an unnamed pan-European content distribution company to provide its Superflex...

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-10] EchoStar Corp. 2010 first quarter revenues increased 31 percent to $627 million, which enabled the company to produce a net income of $72 million during the quarter,...

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-10] Ericsson is confident that its 3-D TV partnership with ESPN will be a precursor to many more 3-D deals, as the two companies work to incorporate a...

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-10] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has been awarded a $1.8 million contract extension with the U.S. Department of Defense to continue providing managed bandwidth services for fixed satellite terminal...