Month: September 2008

[Satellite Today 09-30-08] GMV received a $14.9 million contract with NASA to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Missions Operations Element, GMV announced Sept. 30.     According to the...

[Satellite Today 09-30-08] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reviewing a bill proposed by Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) that requires satellite radios to provide HD radio.     The bill,...

[Satellite Today 09-30-08] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) appointed Srini Prasanna vice president of business development.       Prasanna will be responsible for developing strategies and identifying opportunities with key service providers...

[Satellite Today 09-30-08] SES Americom will provide Canby Telcom’s IPTV customers in Oregon access to 36 channels of high-definition (HD) programming, including more than two dozen channels delivered to Canby...

Satellite Today News Editor Jeffrey Hill writes: It has become abundantly clear that something needs to be done to boost Sirius XM Satellite Radio‘s stock value. Confidence in its ability...

[Satellite News 09-30-08] September was a rough month for the commercial satellite market. The overall market decline that followed the U.S. House of Representatives’ rejection of the Emergency Economic Stabilization...

[Satellite Today 09-30-08] The United Kingdom is paying the penalty for a cautious approach to major European space programs, John Auburn, chairman of Ukspace, told Satellite News.     “I think...

[Satellite Today 09-30-08] India signed three cooperative agreements with France concerning space and industry-level cooperation with government, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced Sept. 30.     One agreement involves...

[Satellite News 09-30-08] The United Kingdom is paying the penalty for a cautious approach to major European space programs, John Auburn, chairman of Ukspace, told Satellite News.     “I think...

[Satellite Today 09-29-08] EchoStar entered into an agreement with SkyWay USA to provide transponder service to support SkyWay USA’s satellite broadband Internet service with domestic Ku-band satellite bandwidth, EchoStar announced...