Month: June 2005

EMS Satcom, a division of EMS Technologies, unveiled an improved ground terminal intended to make search and rescue operations more efficient, the company announced June 9. The medium earth orbit...

Raytheon Co. will develop a quick-reaction space optical payload with the potential to spot hidden targets under a U.S. Air Force Contract, Raytheon announced. The ARTEMIS (Advanced Responsive Tactically Effective...

Stratos Global Corp., a global provider of Inmarsat mobile satellite services, announced June 8 that it is the first provider to offer the new, higher speed Inmarsat Fleet F77 data...

MiTV Corp. selected Tandberg Television to provide advanced video encoding and control systems as MiTV prepares to enter the Malaysian pay-television market with its Internet protocol television service. The planned...

There is little evidence that U.S.-built launch vehicles can recapture commercial market share lost to international competitors, industry analyst Futron Corp. said in a white paper released June 8. U.S....

Orbital Sciences Corp. delivered its 500th space and launch system when it delivered a pair of Vandal short-rang target vehicles to the U.S. Navy June 2. , Orbital announced. The...

Panamsat Corp. announced June 8 it signed a multiyear expansion agreement to distribute premium programming from China Central Television (CCTV) to western Africa. Panamsat currently provides full-time program distribution services...

Nera, a supplier of satellite communications equipment, received approval from the U.S. government to provide its open standards DVB-RCS (Digital Video Broadcast – Return Channel Satellite) technology for two-way broadband...

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) introduced the first Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) Class 1 terminal to work over the new Inmarsat I4 satellite system, HNS announced June 8....

XM Satellite Radio said June 7 it signed an exclusive content sharing deal with Audible Inc., a provider of digitally delivered, spoken word audio. The two companies will introduce in...