Month: September 2008

[Satellite Today 09-09-08] Educational Media Foundation, a not-for-profit radio company, has ordered 600 DVB-S2 tuner cards from Wegener Corp. to upgrade the organizations Wegener Unity 4600 satellite receivers, Wegener announced...

[Satellite Today 09-09-08] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has deployed a SkyEdge broadband satellite network for Administradora de Redes (Aduanett), a private company owned by Honduras’ leading customs brokers, Gilat announced...

[Satellite Today 09-09-08] O3b Networks Ltd. plans to deploy a new global communications constellation to provide high-speed Internet connectivity to emerging markets in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle...

[Satellite Today 09-09-08] Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with Rascomstar-QAF for the construction of the Rascom-QAF1R telecommunication satellite, Thales announced Sept. 9.     Based on the Spacebus 4000 B3...

The Jules Verne cargo spacecraft built for the European Space Agency (ESA) undocked from the International Space Station, the ESA announced. That Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is a disposable craft,...

The European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft Rosetta took a close look at an asteroid called Steins, which floats in the asteroid belt, ESA announced. Rosetta approached asteroid 2867 Steins, coming...

The W5 satellite has lost power generation by one of its two solar panels, maker Thales Alenia Space announced. Operated by Eutelsat Communications, the W5 power loss occurred June 16,...

Space Shuttles Atlantis, Endeavour Will Launch Two Days Later On Weather Problems Atlantis To Lift Off At 12:33 A.M. Oct. 10; Endeavour To Fly At 8:43 P.M. ET Nov. 12...

Intelsat Chooses Orbital Sciences To Build Satellite Intelsat Ltd. selected Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] to design, build and deliver the Intelsat-18 (IS-18) commercial communications satellite. The satellite will be based...

The third Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite is undergoing extensive tests, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Those tests in a thermal-vacuum chamber were completed in record time, Boeing stated, thanks...