Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite Today – 3-18-08] Despite the uncertain status of the AMC-14 satellite, Dish Network Corp. said plans to enhance its high-definition (HD) programming line-up this spring remain on track, Dish...

[Satellite Today – 3-18-08] Sea Launch will launch the DirecTV-11 broadcast satellite March 19, the company announced.     The launch, originally scheduled for March 17, was put on hold in...

Futurist, scientist and author Arthur C. Clarke, who described the perfect orbit for communications satellites in a paper published in October 1945, died March 17 at his home in Colombo,...

[Satellite Today – 3-18-08] James Gerow has been named president of Swe-Dish Satellite Systems Inc., the company announced March 18.     Gerow has served as senior vice president for Swe-Dish’s...

[Satellite Today – 3-18-08] Wegener Corp. has received a $1.6 million order to provide Conklin-Intracom with IPTV set-top boxes, Wegener announced March 18.     The order includes a combination of...

[Satellite Today – 3-18-08] Spacenet Inc. is introducing its commercial grade broadband and digital voice services to Alaska and Hawaii beginning in April, the company announced March 17.     Spacenet...

[Satellite Today – 3-17-08] Maurici Lucena, director general of CDTI (the Spanish Innovation Agency,), will chair the European Space Agency (ESA) Council for the next two years, ESA announced March...

[Satellite Today – 3-17-08] RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. has initiated services with its new high-definition (HD) playout facility, the company announced March 13.     The facility will expand the...

[Satellite Today – 3-17-08] The sixth GPS 2R satellite built by Lockheed Martin was launched March 15, the satellite manufacturer announced.     The satellite, placed in orbit by a United...

[Satellite Today – 3-17-08] SES is weighing its options for the AMC-14 satellite, which was left short of its intended orbit by a March 15 Proton failure.     “Since the...