Month: April 2004

Netherlands-based New Skies Satellites [NSK] and the Indian Space Research Organization inked an agreement for multiple, high-powered, 36 MHz Ku-band transponders on the NSS-6 satellite. Financial terms were not disclosed....

Delta Air Lines said all 36 aircraft in its Song fleet have been outfitted with an in-flight entertainment system that includes 24 digital, live Dish Network satellite TV channels as...

Arinc Inc. officials said today they would provide a new global satellite telephone service to support the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command‘sfleet of heavy transport and tanker aircraft. Satellite...

AeroTelesis [AOTS], a Los Angeles-based wireless company, formed a subsidiary called aeroSAT to provide satellite services. The new unit was launched as a result of positive feedback aeroTelesis received from...

iSECUREtrac [ISRE], an Omaha, Neb.-based Global Positioning System (GPS) company, announced that Van Zandt County Correction Services of Canton, Texas, committed to use iSECUREtrac’s tracNET24 for criminal-justice tracking purposes. Financial...

According to Orbital Recovery Ltd., the Netherlands-based Dutch Space has agreed to a major investment in the company. The contribution, the amount of which was not disclosed, will enable the...

EchoStar Communications [DISH] said its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service will offer local channels to residents of Fargo, N.D., and its surrounding areas. The channels include the local affiliates...

Thomson [TMS] executives said their company will aid DirecTV [DTV] by “significantly” expanding use of Thomson’s Grass Valley network technologies to help subscribers watch their local terrestrial broadcast channels via...

Telesat Canada, an Ottawa-based satellite operator, selected EADS Astrium, Europe’s largest space company, to build the proposed new Anik F3 satellite. Anik F3 would be Telesat’s 17th satellite launch on...

The Space Systems/Loral-built MBSAT broadcast communications satellite successfully completed its in-orbit testing, SSL officials said today. The satellite, built for Mobile Broadcasting Co. of Japan, was launched March 13.