JSAT To Launch JCSAT-11 on Proton Breeze M
JSAT Corporation will be launching its JCSAT-11 satellite on an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle in 2007; making it the first Japanese company to use a Russian launch vehicle. The...
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Justice Department Green Lights SES Global's Acquisition of New Skies
The U.S. Department of Justice has completed its review of SES Global’s acquisition of New Skies Satellites, effectively giving permission for the deal to go through. The acquisition was announced...
Harris Licenses Imagery Product From Earthstar Geographics
Harris Corp. purchased non-exclusive rights to Earthstar Geographics LLC‘s Terracolor satellite imagery product, Earthstar announced. The products simulates true color satellite imagery at 15-meter resolution. Applications include location-based mapping, land...
Spacedev Completes Starsys Acquisition
Spacedev completed its acquisition of Starsys Research Corp. after shareholders of both companies approved the deal, Spacedev announced Feb. 2. Spacedev agreed in October to pay $9 million in cash...
Boeing Completes GPS 2F Milestone
Boeing completed initial electromagnetic compatibility and interference testing of the first GPS 2F satellite, the company announced Feb. 2. The test, conducted at the company’s Satellite Development Center in El...
Xtar Signs Agreements With Pair Of U.S. Government Service Providers
Xtar LLC signed master service agreements with two companies that provide service to U.S. government customers, Xtar announced Feb. 3. Under the agreements, General Dynamics Satellite Communications Services Inc. and...
Ex-Aramiska CEO Predicts Bleak Satellite Broadband Future
Ex-Aramiska CEO Philippe Bodart believes the future for satellite broadband in the United Kingdom is limited, if any future exists at all. Aramiska, a pan-European satellite broadband operator, abruptly shut...
Connectivity
Terrestrial Competition Shuts Down Satellite Broadband Operator
The beginning of the end of broadband satellite provider Aramiska can be traced back more than a year, as the company was unable to compete against aggressive terrestrial broadband providers,...
Government/Military
Lockheed Martin Captures TMOS; Receives Third AEHF Contract
Lockheed Martin Corp. won the rights to build the ground-based network architecture for the U.S. Air Force‘s next-generation Transformational Satellite communications (TSAT) system, the Air Force announced Jan. 27. Separately,...
Connectivity
Italian Vineyard Mixes Satellite, Aerial Imagery To Monitor Harvest
Part of Frascati’s Controlled Origin Denomination — "Denominazione d’Origine Controllata" or DOC in Italian, a wine’s legally demarcated home region — was surveyed before and after the October harvest using...