Month: May 2005

After a series of weather and equipment problems, Boeing successfully launched the NOAA-N satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration May 20. A Boeing Delta 2 rocket carried the...

SES Global is set to undergo a transformation to become more of a total network solutions provider than before. That is the view of SES Global CEO Romain Bausch, who...

XM Satellite Radio said May 16 that it surpassed 4 million subscribers. “By adding one million new subscribers in less than five months, XM clearly is the fastest growing satellite...

Mobile Satellite Ventures said it received a sixth patent related to its ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) technology for its Mobile Satellite Services. The patent covers systems and methods for coordinating...

German pay-TV operator Premiere reported double-digit increases in overall revenues and subscriber numbers. These were two of the highlighted results for the quarter ended March 31. In terms of subscriber...

EMS Satellite Networks (SatNet), a division of EMS Technologies Inc., announced May 20 it signed a joint venture agreement with Infinium Ltd. of India, under which SatNet will supply DVB-RCS...

Neil Armstrong’s historic statement, stepping onto the Moon for the first time, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” still has meaning today. The satellite broadband...

Although it won the authorization to proceed with the satellite design and construction on April 27, Lockheed Martin said it formally signed the contract with Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. of...

EADS Astrium won a satellite manufacturing contract in Korea to manufacture that country’s first multi-function geostationary satellite, named Coms. Korea Aerospace and Research Institute (KARI) selected Astrium to build this...

Liberalized regulations and uniform technologies will be key to spreading deployment of satellite broadband services, particularly in developing countries, according to recommendations offered from the Global Broadband Satellite Infrastructure (GBSI)...