Month: February 2009

[Satellite Today 02-13-09] Australian Satellite Communications (ASC) has chosen the Evolution platform from iDirect to implement a DVB-S2 network covering Australia and New Zealand, iDirect announced Feb. 12.     ASC...

[Satellite Today 02-13-09] SES has signed a contract for a new high-powered satellite to cover Mexico, North America and Central America, the company announced Feb 11.     Space Systems/Loral (SS/L)...

[Satellite Today 02-13-09] C-Com Satellite Systems has received an initial order for a number of iNetVu Mobile systems from its reseller, Numix Engineering in Malaysia, C-Com announced Feb. 12.    ...

[Satellite Today 02-13-09] Boeing Co. has won the decision in an international arbitration case filed by a group of insurance underwriters in 2004, the company announced Feb. 12.     The...

[Satellite Today 02-13-09] A defunct Russian satellite collided with an Iridium satellite resulting in the destruction of both spacecraft, Iridium announced Feb. 12.     The collision occurred above Siberia at...

[Satellite Today 02-12-09] ND SatCom has appointed Norbert Hölzle as its new CEO, the company announced Feb. 11. Hölzle takes over the responsibility from Padraig McCarthy who served as an...

[Satellite Today 02-12-09] A Lockheed Martin led team has won another U.S. space contract, the company announced Feb. 10. The U.S. Air Force has awarded the Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman Transformational...

[Satellite Today 02-12-09] DirecTV has seen impressive subscriber take-up in the U.S. and Latin America. These were two of the highlights of its fourth quarter and full year results to...

Eutelsat Communications has issued a strong set of results and seems to be thriving despite tough economic conditions. The satellite operator issued its first half year results, Feb 10. Such...

Canal Digital lost 12,000 DTH subscribers in the quarter to the end of December. This was one of the highlights of Telenor’s latest set of results issued Feb. 11. Canal...