Spot Provides Imagery To Australian Government
The government of New South Wales in Australia purchased imagery from the French Spot series of satellites, Spot Image announced June 7. Under the deal with Raytheon Australia, which holds...
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Scopus Enables DTH In Sri Lanka
Scopus Network Technologies, a provider of digital TV video networking, equipped Sri Lanka’s CBNSat with digital broadcast capabilities for its direct-to-home services. CBNSat’s new platform will distribute up to 18...
EMS Satcom Introduces Interactive Video For Maritime Product Installations
EMS Satcom, the Ottawa-based division of EMS Technologies, said it launched its interactive video aimed at giving clients the tools to install the company’s Fleet 55 satellite marine communication terminal....
Swe-Dish Establishes Satellite Network For Malaysia
Swe-Dish Satellite Systems will develop an Internet protocol (IP)-based, Ku-band satellite network for Malaysian authorities based on its suitcase terminal already in use by other government organizations. The order includes...
Arianespace Delays Launch Of Spaceway 2, Telkom 2
Arianespace pushed back the launch of a pair of satellites due to an unspecified technical problem with the Telkom 2 spacecraft, Arianespace announced June 6. The launch of the Spaceway...
Cablevision Tells Lockheed Martin To Stop Work On Satellite
Cablevision Systems Corp. halted its contract with Lockheed Martin for satellites intended to broadcast high-definition television, the company said in a June 6 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
U.K. Government Looking To Satellites To Avoid Gridlock
The AFX newswire reported June 5 that the U.K. government is considering a plan to use satellite technology to tax vehicles based on the amount of miles driven. The satellite...
Ukraine Joins European Union's Galileo Program
Ukraine reached an agreement with the European Union (EU) to participate in the Galileo satellite navigation project, becoming the third non-EU country to join the program, the EU announced June...
Harris Software Takes Over Control Of Quickbird Imagery Satellite
Satellite control software developed by Harris Corp. has assumed control of the Quickbird commercial imagery satellite owned and operated by Digitalglobe, Harris announced June 6. Harris installed its OS/Comet-based Satellite...
KVH Inks Deal With Limoliner
Limoliner, a Massachusetts-based motor coach operator that offers service between New York City and Boston, installed a Tracvision A5 antenna on its 28-passenger luxury motor coach to bring DirecTV satellite...