Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 05-24-10] Eutelsat Communications renewed its partnership with Telecoms Sans Frontieres (TSF) to support the organization’s humanitarian aid operations throughout the world, Eutelsat announced May 21.     The partnership,...

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-10] Lockheed Martin Space Systems has realigned its Commercial Space Systems unit to operate within the company’s Global Communications Systems business, the company announced May 20.     Lockheed...

[Satellite TODAY 05-21-10] AGI has created a CGI rendering of SES World Skies’ AMC-11 orbital maneuvers intended to prevent the satellite’s cable broadcasts from being interrupted by Intelsat’s Galaxy 15....

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-10] EADS Astrium has contracted Arianespace to launch the Skynet 5D on an Ariane 5 rocket in the first half of 2013, the launch company announced May 19....

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-10] Iridium Communications has received more than 100 orders for its OpenPort broadband satellite terminals for installation on Spanish commercial fishing vessels, the MSS operator announced May 19....

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-10] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) and its Spanish joint-venture partner Erzia have been selected to provide C- and Ku-band VSAT products and services for the Empressa Naviera Elcano...

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-10] Boeing has completed the on-orbit handover of the DirecTV 12 satellite to DirecTV, the satellite manufacturer announced May 19.     DirecTV 12, launched in December, will be...

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-10] Glowlink has released GEO4, the manufacturer’s next-generation Model 8000 interference detection and geolocation product, the company announced.     GEO4 aims to offer automation and easy-to-use detection and...

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-10] SES World Skies has commissioned Astrium to build the SES-6 satellite, which will be launched and deployed at the 319.5 degrees East orbital position in early 2013,...

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-10] The French Polynesian Office of Post and Telecommunications (OPT) has launched a high-speed satellite broadband network based on iDirect’s Evolution platform, iDirect announced May 17.     The...