L-3 Appoints Interim CEO
Michael Strianese has been named interim CEO of L-3 Communications following the death of Frank Lanza, L-3 announced June 9. Lanza, who co-founded the company, passed away June 6. Strianese...
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Cisco Approves Gilat Hub For Use On Router
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.‘s Skyedge hub will be incorporated in Cisco‘s routers as part of an agreement between the two companies, Gilat announced June 12. The deal allows VSAT service...
Wildblue Signs Distribution Deal With DirecTV, Echostar
Echostar Communications Corp. and DirecTV Inc. will market satellite broadband Internet service offered by Wildblue Communications Inc., the companies announced June 9. As part of the agreements, Wildblue will be...
Report: Beijing-1 Begins Collecting Imagery
China’s Beijing-1 imagery satellite, launched in October, has begun operations, Xinhua reported June 8. The microsatellite was built by England’s Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for Beijing Landview Mapping Information Technology...
Panamsat To Provide World Cup In HD Across Latin America
Panamsat announced June 8 it would be providing every major Latin American broadcaster with the 2006 World Cup for their standard and HD channels across the continent. Panamsat will deliver...
Saft To Provide Battery Modules For Galileo Validation Phase
Galileo Industries and the European Space Agency (ESA) selected Saft to provide its lithium-ion battery modules for the four satellites involved in the Galileo in-orbit validation phase, Saft announced June...
BSkyB Exec Expects HD Obstacles To Be Resolved Soon
Brian Sullivan, director of new product development and sales for BSkyB, is confident the operator will soon get on track in terms of customer installations for its high-definition (HD) service....
JAXA Performs Optical Communication Test
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the German Aerospace Center linked a satellite and a ground station using optical links, JAXA announced June 9. The optical communications experiment, conducted...
China Mobile To Acquire Stake In Phoenix Satellite TV
China Mobile Ltd. will acquire a 19.9 percent stake in Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd., News Corp. announced June 8. The deal will reduce News Corp.’s stake in Phoenix to...
Government/Military
NPOESS Saved From Cancellation By Pentagon Action
The multi-billion-dollar National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) was saved, at least for now, from potential cancellation when U.S. Department of Defense leaders restructured the troubled program by reducing...