Anik F2 Launch Scrubbed Again
The launch of Telesat’s Anik F2 satellite was delayed for a second time, with Mother Nature stepping in to keep the satellite grounded. The telecommunications satellite originally was scheduled to...
Month: July 2004
Loral Skynet President Talks Private-Equity Trends
Loral Skynet President Terry Hart believes the recent trend of private-equity firms investing in the satellite industry is a positive one. In recent months, private- equity firms have acquired significant...
Chase Teams With Longbottom
Scott Chase, a former executive with PBI Media, now known as Access Intelligence LLC, whose accomplishments include taking a key role in the launch of Via Satellite magazine, is teaming...
Telenor Positions Itself For Satellite Broadband Expansion
New Skies Satellite N.V. [NSK] and Telenor Satellite Services inked an agreement under which Telenor will expand its gateway services out of the New Skies’ Perth, Australia, mediaport. For Telenor,...
NASA's Aura Finally Launches
Following a series of delays, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s (NASA) Aura earth observation satellite finally was launched into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a...
Raytheon Gleans $50 Million From GPS Antenna Deal
Raytheon Co.’s [RTN] U.K.-based Raytheon Systems Ltd. subsidiary was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force Joint Program Office to provide next-generation GPS advanced digital antenna production systems. The...
National Geographic Channel Ties Up DMC Deal
The National Geographic Channel selected the Digital Media Centre (DMC) to perform playout services for its Scandinavian feed, bringing the total count of the Channel’s local feeds originating from the...
GPS Vs. Galileo - Which Is Better? For Whom?
To our readers who will be in the Washington, D.C. metro area July 22, Nick Mitsis, editor of sister publication Via Satellite, will be moderating a panel discussion addressing GPS...
DART Vehicle Preps For Launch Later This Year
Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] today said its Demonstration Of Autonomous Rendezvous (DART) spacecraft arrived at the company’s integration-and- processing facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The DART vehicle...
Telstar 18 Reaches Proper Orbital Position
Officials from Loral Space & Communications said Telstar 18 successfully reached its in-orbit testing position after its June 28 launch on a Sea Launch LLC Zenit-3SL rocket that had its...