Month: February 2009

[Satellite News 02-26-09] Inmarsat has gone live with its Inmarsat-4 F1 satellite, completing a project to relocate its broadband satellites to provide global coverage, the company announced Feb. 24.    ...

[Satellite News 02-26-09] Eutelsat doubled the broadcast capacity available at the 9 degrees East orbital position, the company said Feb. 24.     The operator redeployed its Eurobird 9A satellite (formerly...

[Satellite News 02-26-09] Orbital Sciences’ investigation into the cause of a Feb. 24 Taurus rocket failure that destroyed NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) could take months, Orbital spokesman Barry Beneski...

[Satellite News 02-26-09] DigitalGlobe‘s WorldView 2 remote sensing instrument, provided by ITT Corp., has been integrated by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. into the WorldView 2 spacecraft, DigitalGlobe announced Feb....

[Satellite News 02-26-09] Boeing Co. has named  three new executives to key roles within its Washington, D.C.,  government operations office, the company announced Feb. 25.     David Morrison, formerly a...

[Satellite News 02-25-09] AsiaSat has backed out of a launch contract with Sea Launch,  moving its AsiaSat-5 satellite because Sea Launch could not provide the customer with a desirable timeframe,...

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] The launch of a Taurus XL rocket carrying NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellite failed Feb. 24 when the rocket’s payload fairing failed to separate properly, satellite...

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Intelsat selected NetCracker Technology software and services to improve the automation of Intelsat’s service delivery processes, the satellite operator announced Feb. 24.     The contract expands NetCracker’s...

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Elbit Systems has completed the acquisition of Shiron Satellite from Polar Communications for $16 million, Elbit announced Feb. 24.     Polar Communications, which owned 47.4 percent of...

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Integral Systems has purchased the intellectual property rights and other assets relating to the SatID product line from U.K.-based Qinetiq Group, Integral announced Feb. 24.     The...