Month: February 2009

[Satellite Today 02-06-09] GeoEye Inc. initiated commercial operations for the GeoEye-1 Earth-imaging satellite and submitted imagery from the satellite to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for certification, GeoEye announced...

[Satellite Today 02-06-09] The Ciel-2 satellite has entered commercial service, Ciel Satellite Group announced Feb. 5.     The satellite, located at 129 degrees West, carries 32 Ku-band transponders and features...

[Satellite Today 02-06-09] Avanti Communications signed contracts with companies to supply wholesale broadband services in Spain and France, Avanti announced Feb. 4.     Digisat Media S.A of Spain, a satellite...

[Satellite Today 02-06-09] Gazprom Space Systems signed a contract for Thales Alenia Space to design, manufacture, test and deliver the Yamal-401 and Yamal-402 satellites, Thales announced Feb. 5. The deal...

[Satellite Today 04-05-09] Arabsat signed commercial deals with Thales Alenia Space, Astrium and Arianespace to manufacture and launch two new satellites, Arabsat 5C and Arabsat 6B, Arabsat announced Feb. 4....

[Satellite Today 04-05-09] Japan’s Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-SAT) selected Integral Systems to deliver a turnkey satellite control system for the BSAT-3b and BSAT-3c satellites, Integral Systems announced Feb. 4....

[Satellite Today 02-05-09] The RapidEye constellation is ready to begin operations, RapidEye AG announced Feb. 4.     The constellation was launched in August, and prime contractor MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates...

[Satellite Today 04-05-09] SingTel’s vice president of satellite, Titus Yong, told Satellite Today that the operator, one of the biggest telcos in the region, sees satellite as a vital component...

[Satellite News 02-05-09] SingTel is set to announce details of a new satellite with an as yet unnamed new partner, Titus Yong, SingTel’s vice president of satellite told Satellite News....

[Satellite Today 04-05-09] Boeing shipped the second Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite, WGS-2, from its El Segundo, Calif., facility to Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida, where it will be...