New NASA Satellite To Watch Over Earth
NASA plans to launch the Aura Satellite from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base June 26. The spacecraft will enter the Earth’s orbit with a mission to join a host of...
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Telenor Unveils New Maritime Service
Telenor Satellite Services today announced the release of its latest broadband communications package, Sealink Global Access, it says will deliver high-speed global services to the maritime industry. The package includes...
Pentagon Taps Simple Compound To Propel Satellites
The U.S. military is developing fuel technology to extend the life of its global surveillance satellites. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is working with Proton Energy Systems on...
SES Americom Inks Another Transponder Deal
Princeton, N.J.-based SES Americom, the U.S.-based satellite-operating unit of SES Global [SESG], reached an agreement with Rainbow DBS, Cablevision System‘s [CVC] satellite TV division, to lease 16 transponders during the...
Lockheed Martin Equips USAF C-5 Fleet With Navigation Capabilities
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has begun field installations of its Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) kits into the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of C-5 Galaxy strategic airlifters. Each AMP kit includes a...
XM Satellite Radio Tapped For 2004 Bonnaroo Music Festival
Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio will broadcast live interviews and acoustic sets by artists from the sold-out 2004 Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tenn. From June 11 to June 13,...
MTG Launches New Movie Channels
Modern Times Group (MTG) says its subsidiary Viasat Broadcasting will launch four new premium TV1000 channels in the Nordic territories. Viasat will broadcast a total of six premium movie channels...
VOOM Eyes Five-Million Mark With Crutchfield Partnership
VOOM, the first comprehensive high-definition (HD) satellite television service, will expand its distribution through a new partnership with Crutchfield Corporation, a large consumer-electronics retailer. Beginning this week, more than five...
ITT Industries Wins $20M Contract For Next-Gen Weather Satellite
An improved way to predict the path of severe storms is the impetus behind the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center awarding ITT Industries‘ Aerospace/Communications Division a $20 million contract to...
SES Global Offers Tips For Procurement Partners
By Paul Dykewicz, Senior Analyst/Senior Editor The successful launch of SES Americom’s Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built AMC-11 satellite aboard an Atlas IIAS launch vehicle May 19 is the latest example of...