Japan Tackles Spy Satellites
The Japanese government reportedly is planning on spending about $635 million on two spy satellite missions, Satellite Today has learned. The first mission, set for sometime next year, would launch...
Month: August 2004
Precisa Taps Sarantel For GPS Antennas
U.K.-based miniature-antenna manufacturer Sarantel today was chosen by Precisa to supply the GeoHelix GPS antenna for its Secufone, a GSM mobile phone with a personal alarm and service button that...
ARINC To Showcase Airborne Broadband Internet Service
Move over, Connexion by Boeing. Annapolis, Md.-based ARINC Inc. plans to roll out a high-capacity satellite broadband system for commercial airlines that will be demonstrated at the World Airline Entertainment...
Telstar 18 Enters Commercial Service
Loral Space & Communications [LRLSQ]reports the Telstar 18 satellite completed its in-orbit testing and is now fully operational. The satellite had some initial troubles after being dropped into a lower-than-expected...
SpaceDev Secures DARPA Contract Expansion
SpaceDev [SPDV] was awarded a small expansion to its existing contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to examine satellite orbits that can be used to deploy and...
Viaccess Goes 'Home' In The U.S.
Viaccess, the French conditional access (CA) provider, won a key contract in the North American ethnic-TV market. Viaccess, a France Telecom company, signed a deal with U.S. operator Home2US Communications,...
U.S. DBS Operators Lead Worldwide Sub Growth
While a number of European satellite pay-TV operators have been struggling to add subscribers, both U.S. direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service providers — DirecTV and EchoStar Communications [DISH] — have...
Intelsat's Buyers Eye Cash Flow
Intelsat Ltd. is destined for internal change after a group of four private equity firms agreed to purchase it last week in what is the latest of a continuing series...
FCC Slot Order May Be Prelude
A recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) order that allows El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV to use an orbital slot at 72.5 degrees W controlled by Telesat Canada shows that that U.S....
Breaking News: Loral Prospects Rise
The business prospects for a restructured Loral Space & Communications Ltd. [LRLSQ] appear “very good,” said Patrick Fuhrmann, an independent satellite analyst. Its plan to emergence from Chapter 11 protection...