Ariane Places Spaceway F2, Telkom-2 In Orbit
An Ariane 5 ECA rocket lofted the Spaceway 2 and Telkom-2 satellites into orbit, Arianespace announced. The vehicle lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 8:46 p.m. local time Nov....
Month: November 2005
SBCA And Keystone Career Institute Team Up To Offer Residential Certification Classes
The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) announced Nov. 16 that it has partnered with Keystone Career Institute (KCI) in central Pennsylvania to incorporate SBCA’s National Standards and Testing Program...
Alcatel Alenia Space Finishes Installing Receiving Stations For PUMA
Alcatel Alenia Space announced Nov. 17 that it has finished the installation of 51 weather data receiving stations in Africa, linking 47 countries to the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) weather...
Mainstream Data to Distribute UPI Content to Middle East
Mainstream Data announced Nov. 16 that it has entered into an agreement with United Press International (UPI) to distribute UPI’s news services via satellite to the Middle East. These news...
Texas Town Renames Itself 'Dish'
Echostar Communications Corp. announced Nov. 16 that the town of Clark, Texas, will rename itself Dish. Echostar, provider of the Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service, launched a campaign in...
Orbcomm Commissions New Gateway Earth Station In Kazakhstan
Orbcomm said Nov. 15 it commissioned a new gateway earth station in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The new station, which will allow Orbcomm to expand services into parts of China, Russia and...
Raytheon Achieves NPOESS Testing Milestone
Raytheon Co. completed factory acceptance testing of the command, control and communications segment for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), the company announced Nov. 15. A Raytheon-Northrop Grumman...
MSV, Anydata Ink Handset Development Deal
Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) said Nov. 16 it reached agreement with Anydata to develop next generation handsets supporting both satellite and terrestrial cellular connectivity on MSV’s hybrid wireless/satellite network. The...
Alcatel Alenia Space Completes In Orbit Testing Of Syracuse 3A
Alcatel Alenia Space said Nov. 16 it upheld its commitment to French procurement agency DGA to deliver the initial operational capacity of the Syracuse 3A military communications satellite just a...
SES Astra Inks Deal For Hellas Sat Satellite Capacity
SES Astra and Greek satellite operator Hellas Sat signed a framework agreement that gives SES Astra access to capacity on the Hellas-Sat 2 spacecraft at 39 degrees East, SES Astra...