Month: December 2004

Intelsat Ltd. today said it has regained contact and control of the Intelsat Americas-7 satellite, which went dark Nov. 28 and was thought, at that time, to be permanently lost...

Arianespace has postponed the scheduled Dec. 10 launch of the Helios IIA French military reconnaissance satellite and six small satellites aboard an Ariane 5 launcher. The postponement occurred after an...

The DirecTV Group [DTV] on Dec. 2 announced that Eddy Hartenstein, the company’s vice chairman, will retire effective Dec. 31. Hartenstein has been with DirecTV since 1972 when it was...

Bridges TV, an English-language American Muslim television network is the latest addition to GlobeCast WorldTV. Bridges TV will be available through subscription. The network aims to appeal to the under-served...

ViaSat said it has shipped more than 30,000 LinkStar bandwidth-on-demand satellite terminals, passing the milestone during the recently completed second quarter of fiscal 2005. Quarterly shipments of LinkStar terminals have...

Iridium Satellite LLC said it provides global satellite communications links for the 20 sailors competing in the Vendee Globe single-handed, round-the-world sailboat race, which began last month. Geolink, a supplier...

NFL Network, a cable and satellite television venture launched by the National Football League, has expanded its operations within the Ascent Media Network Services facility in Stamford, CT, to include...

Panamsat Corp. today announced that Arab Radio and Television (ART) signed on the new Australian satellite transmission platform PanGlobal TV, allowing ART to transmit five Arabic-language channels directly to more...

Multiband today said it has been selected by Marine Corps Community Services at the Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton, CA, to install DirecTV services. DirecTV services will be available...

Globecomm Systems Inc. today announced it has been awarded multiple contracts from an unidentified existing customer valued at approximately $1.9 million. The contracts represent follow-on work from a contract originally...