Jim Youker Returns To Space Imaging
Space Imaging announced Aug. 22 that Jim Youker has returned to the company as executive director of U.S. government and North American sales. Most recently, Youker, who has more than...
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Shin Satellite CEO Talks Satellite Broadband
Shin Satellite CEO Dumrong Kasemset believes satellite broadband finally is poised to make a strong impact in Asia. Shin Satellite hopes to become a major player on the landscape with...
Orbimage Creates Two New Entities
Orbimage Inc. created two new organizational entities to better align its businesses with customers in the domestic and international marketplace, the company announced. The International Strategic Business Unit will be...
Intelsat Adds To List Of Approved Satellite Broadband Standards And Platforms
Intelsat Ltd. announced late last week it completed laboratory testing and analysis of Hughes Network Systems‘ DW7000 satellite broadband platform, clearing the way for the system and the Internet protocol...
Comtech Nabs $4.7 Million Movement Tracking System Order
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. said its Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. subsidiary received a $4.7 million order under its Movement Tracking System (MTS) contract with the U.S. Army. The order is for...
Seaspace Receives $1 Million Ground Terminal Antenna Contract
The Allied Defense Group Inc. said Aug. 19 MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) awarded Allied’s Seaspace subsidiary an antenna order valued at $800,000 with $200,000 in options. The Ka-band...
MDU Installs First Single-Wire Solution For DirecTV In New York
MDU Communications International Inc., a provider of DirecTV satellite television programming, high-speed Internet and other communications services to residential multi-dwelling units, installed its first “single wire” installation in a luxury...
GOES-N Launch Postponed Until October
The launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-N (GOES-N) has been delayed until at least early October after the most recent attempt was scrubbed due to technical issues, Boeing Co....
Stratos Acquires Xantic, Becomes Dominant Inmarsat Reseller
Stratos Global Corp. stands to become the world’s largest reseller of Inmarsat services with its planned acquisition of Xantic B.V., a move that also could trigger further consolidation in the...
Galaxy-14 To Provide Backup Capacity For Panamsat's HD Strategy
Although it role as an in-orbit spare may not be the most glamorous, Galaxy-14 will play a vital role as Panamsat prepares for the expected growth of high-definition (HD) programming...