Month: April 2004

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.

Officials from SES Americom today said QVC has signed a long-term transponder agreement for C-band service on the recently launched AMC-10 satellite, which will initiate service in May. Terms of...

STMicroelectronics [STM] officials today said the company is offering a new single-chip silicon tuner, the STB6000, designed to replace complex discrete component tuners in set-top boxes that receive digital TV...

Alcatel Space announced the successful launch of the Express AM11 satellite on a Proton vehicle from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan last night. The satellites are operated by the...

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) announced the following additions to its staff: Jason Scism, director of government relations; Camille Osborne, director of communications; and Abdus Salam, staff accountant.

iSECUREtrac [ISRE], a provider of Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking services, announced the Guadalupe County Sheriff Office of New Mexico has become one of its newest customers. The agreement calls...

Starz Encore Group, a provider of premium movie services in the United States, deepened its marketing alliance with U.S. satellite TV service EchoStar Communications [DISH] in that the companies agreed...

Navman unveiled its Navman GPS 4410, an upgrade to the company’s Navman GPS 4400 Pocket PC guidance system. The 4410 includes the latest version of Navman’s navigation software, SmartST V2...

Officials from Agilent Technologies [A] announced today that Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] has taken delivery of the Agilent N1891A digital communications measurement system to test payloads and verify microwave performance...

Officials from the Trinity Corp. said today that satellite images taken by DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellite reveal a man-made structure at Mount Ararat in Turkey — the site where the Bible...