De Chassy To Lead Spot Image's U.S. Operations
Antoine de Chassy has been named the new president of Spot Image Corp., the U.S. marketing arm of France’s imagery satellite operator, the company announced Jan. 24. De Chassy served...
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Temasek/SCB-Led Investor Group Acquires Stake In Shin Corp.
Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd, Siam Commercial Bank Pcl (SCB) and a group of Thai investors, through Kularb Kaew Pcl, have reached an agreement to acquire a 49.6 percent stake in...
Japan Launches Science Satellite
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) placed the Advanced Land Observing satellite into orbit Jan. 24, JAXA announced. The satellite, dubbed Daichi, is designed to gather detailed topographical data that...
Datapath Acquires Assets of Third Rail Americas
Datapath Inc. announced Jan. 24 that it has acquired the assets of Third Rail Americas Inc., a wireless broadband network provider. The acquisition provides Datapath with new capabilities that extend...
France Signs Contract For Radarsat-2 Imagery
MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced Jan. 24 that Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) of Toulouse, France, signed a contract for imagery provided by the Radarsat-2 satellite. The data will be...
Globalstar Receives Green Light For ATC System
Globalstar LLC received the authority by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to offer ancillary terrestrial component services (ATC) in the United States to boost its mobile satellite services, Globalstar...
Ofcom Extends Currie's Tenure As Chairman
Ofcom has extended David Currie’s term as chairman for another two years beginning at the end of his current term. Currie’s term as head of the U.K. telecommunications regulator now...
Globecomm Receives Contracts Valued At About $1.4 Million
Globecomm Systems Inc., announced Jan. 23 that the company has been awarded multiple satellite infrastructure contracts from an unnamed U.S. government customer valued at about $1.4 million. “The U.S. government...
Launch of Advanced Land Observing Satellite Postponed Again
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) postponed the launch of the Advanced Land Observing satellite until Jan. 24 due to problems with ground facilities used for launch, JAXA announced. The...
Lifetime Television, Echostar End Talks
Echostar Communications Corp. and Lifetime Television severed talks to restore two channels to Echostar’s Dish Network satellite service, which the satellite TV provider dropped over a contract dispute, the companies...