Connectivity

[Satellite Today 06-24-09] Panasonic Avionics’ Multiplexed Passenger Entertainment System (MPES) has been installed on 6,000 Boeing 737s entering into service as of today, the company announced June 23.     The...

[Satellite Today 06-24-09] TerreStar-1 is in final preparations for its launch by Arianespace July 1, TerreStar CTO Dennis Matheson told Satellite Today.     Matheson outlined the reasoning behind the technology...

[Satellite News 06-24-09] TerreStar-1, the world’s largest civilian telecommunications satellite, is in the final stages of preparation for launch by Arianespace July 1, TerreStar CTO Dennis Matheson told Satellite News....

[Satellite Today 06-24-09] Sea Launch Company LLC and Sea Launch Limited Partnership and subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions to reorganize under Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Sea Launch announced June...

[Satellite Today 06-23-09] European satellite broadband Internet operator 21Net named UDcast as 21Net’s link optimization supplier for its broadband to trains system, 21Net announced June 22.     UDcast will provide...

[Satellite Today 06-23-09] Sirius XM Radio has offered $350 million in XM Satellite Radio senior secured notes, due 2013, to qualified institutional buyers, Sirius XM announced June 22.     Sirius...

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) created a buzz around CommunicAsia with the announcement of a huge new satellite as it aims to consolidate its position within the region. It has signed...

[Satellite Today 06-23-09] SingTel signed a transponder purchase agreement with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) for multiple C-band transponders on the ABS-2 satellite at a cost of about $55 million over...

[Satellite Today 06-23-09] Sea Launch placed the Measat-3a satellite in orbit June 21 using a Zenit-3SLB Land Launch vehicle for Measat Satellite Systems, Sea Launch announced June 22.     Measat-3a,...

[Satellite Today 06-23-09] Telikom PNG, a government-owned telecommunications operator serving Papua New Guinea, has selected Gilat Satellite Networks’ SkyEdge and SkyEdge 2 platforms to provide a broadband satellite communications network...