Connectivity

[Satellite Today 06-26-09] Boeing will record a $35 million charge in the 2009 second quarter related to the Sea Launch bankruptcy filing, Boeing said in a June 25 filing with […]

[Satellite News 06-26-09] SES is looking to increase capacity to serve a lucrative Asian market, with highly populated countries like Indonesia and India proving to be potentially strong growth opportunities […]

[Satellite Today 06-26-09] Sirius XM Radio has increased the offering size of senior notes belonging to subsidiary XM Satellite Radio, due 2013, to about $525 million from the original offer […]

[Satellite News 06-25-09] Mobile broadcast satellite customers have been pushing for improvements to video streaming service, prompting companies like Inmarsat and Thuraya to explore creative developments to their next-generation services, […]

[Satellite Today 06-25-09] Integral Systems signed a contract with Telesat to provide Integral’s Epoch Integrated Product Suite (Epoch IPS) of satellite command and control software to support the SkyTerra1 and […]

[Satellite Today 06-25-09] SES Americom-New Skies signed a three-year capacity agreement with Korea Telecom (KT) for the use of up to 9 megahertz of C-band capacity on the NSS-703 and […]

[Satellite Today 06-25-09] Arianespace has received and integrated the TerreStar-1 telecommunications satellite payload onto its Ariane 5 ECA heavy-lift launcher, scheduled for liftoff July 1, TerreStar announced June 24.     […]

[Satellite Today 06-25-09] The Discovery Channel was found to be the most important element of enjoyment for the total adult audience of satellite service subscribers, according to results of the […]

[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 06-24-09] EchoStar Satellite Services signed an agreement with Ringgold Telephone Company (RTC), a U.S. provider of converged communications to access lines in northern Georgia, to deliver EchoStar’s ViP-TV […]

[Satellite Today 06-24-09] Setanta Sport Holdings has not been able to acquire the funding it needs to survive and will end its broadcasting service in the United Kingdom, the company […]

[Satellite Today 06-24-09] C-Com Satellite Systems has developed a proprietary inclined orbit satellite-tracking algorithm which aims to provide customers with the ability to use inclined orbit satellites for their space […]

[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. […]

Thuraya has appointed Teknikkom Electronic as a national handheld voice service provider in Malaysia, Thuraya announced June 17.     Teknikkom will distribute Thuraya’s satellite mobile handhelds as a complementary solution […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) was awarded a contract to provide two new satellites to Intelsat, SS/L announced June 18. The two FSS satellites, Intelsat-19 and Intelsat-20, aim to provide a surplus […]

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 covering hundreds of […]

C-Com Satellite Systems has delivered iNetVu Mobile Flyaway systems to China Petroleum and  Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) through one of its resellers, China Blue Satellite Communications Technology Co., C-Com 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 […]

The majority of the satellite communications sector has maintained that the business is recession-resistant, and that seems to be holding true to date. But some concerns are beginning to be […]

Boeing has handed over the IndoStar 2/ProtoStar 2 commercial satellite to ProtoStar after completing in-orbit tests, which confirmed the satellite’s readiness to enter service, Boeing announced June 16.     ProtoStar […]

APT Satellite hopes to become more of an international force across Asia. Yu Yong, APT Satellite’s vice president admitted that the company could even look to possibly even attack markets […]

[Satellite Today 06-22-09] Expand Networks, specializing in optimizing WANs for branch office consolidation and virtualization, has formed a partnership with Level 421, a satellite broadband communication teleport operator, in an […]

[Satellite Today 06-22-09] BBC has enlisted the help of Eutelsat‘s W2M satellite to assist the broadcast company in covering the recent presidential election dispute in Iran, the BBC announced June […]