Connectivity

[Satellite Today 04-15-09] Arianespace signed a contract to launch Intelsat’s New Dawn satellite into geostationary transfer orbit, Arianespace announced April 14.     The launch of Intelsat New Dawn, built by […]

[Satellite Today 04-15-09] SatLink Communications signed a deal with SES Astra to acquire capacity on SES Astra’s Astra 4A (Sirius 4) satellite, SatLink announced April 14.     Astra 4A, located […]

[Satellite Today 04-14-09] The Chinese government has merged China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) with China Satellite Communications Corp. (China Satcom), CASC announced April 10.     China Satcom, with […]

[Satellite Today 04-14-09] Crawford Satellite Services has launched the All Sports Network (ASN), a live sports channel, in high definition (HD) to Asian audiences, marking its official entrance in the […]

[Satellite Today 04-14-09] Galaxy Broadband Communications (GBC) has selected Encore Networks’ Bandit line of industrial routers for GBC’s satellite networks, systems and solutions throughout Canada, GBC announced April 13.     […]

[Satellite Today 04-14-09] ViaSat signed a $1.8 million contract with Canadian provider Juch-Tech to expand VSAT services to Africa, ViaSat announced April 13.     The contract supports expansion of Juch-Tech […]

[Satellite Today 04-13-09] Satellite manufacturer TV4RV has introduced a heavy-duty tripod specifically designed to better support and aim HD satellite dishes, TV4RV announced April 10.     The aluminum tripod supports […]

[Satellite Today 04-13-09] KVH expects to report revenue of approximately $18 million for the first quarter of 2009, a 22 percent drop from the $23.1 million it posted in the […]

[Satellite Today 04-13-09] Harris Corp. released new enhancements to its Nexio family of video servers, the company announced April 8.     The enhancements include direct file importing of both GXF […]

[Satellite Today 04-10-09] EMS Technologies is adjusting the low end of the range of its previous earnings guidance for the 2009 fiscal year from $1.55 to $1.35 per share, due […]

[Satellite Today 04-10-09] Arianespace has scheduled the launch of the European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Herschel and Planck payloads for May 6, the launch company announced April 9.     The launch […]

[Satellite Today 04-10-09] Newtec will unveil two mobile TV space products — the AZ810 stream aggregator and the HZ914 multistream satellite receiver, the company announced April 9.     The new […]

[Satellite Today 04-10-09] Russian operator Gazprom Space Systems may need to lease capacity from other operators while it waits for the launch of a slew of new satellites throughout the […]

[Satellite News 04-10-09] Russia’s Gazprom Space Systems could need to lease capacity from other operators while it waits for the launch of a slew of new satellites, according to a […]

[Satellite Today 04-10-09] Orbcomm entered into a services agreement with General Electric Asset Intelligence (GEAI) to be the sole provider of satellite, cellular and dual-mode telematics, and machine-to-machine data communications […]

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] RapidEye reached an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) for MDA to be the sole supplier of direct downlink solutions for RapidEye’s international ground station customers, […]

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] A major earthquake that struck L’Aquila, Italy, has closed a Thales Alenia Space plant, the company announced April 8.     “We have taken all necessary measures to […]

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] Fransat, a free French digital terrestrial television (DTT) offer, will launch in June with a majority of the channels available via Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird 3 satellite, Eutelsat […]

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] ND SatCom, in cooperation with SES Astra, received a two-year frame contract from African VSAT service provider Q-Kon for SkyWAN VSAT units, ND SatCom announced April 8. […]

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] Arianespace reported total sales of 955.7 million euros ($1.3 billion) with net income of 2.5 million euros ($3.3 million) in its 2008 year-end results released April 8. […]

[Satellite News 04-09-09] DirecTV already has seen better than expected take-up of its video-on-demand (VOD) services launched in spring 2008, DirecTV CTO Rômulo Pontual told Satellite News. “We are seeing […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) saw yearly revenues increase by 18 percent at $29.1 million in its 2009 year-end financial reports released April 7.     The company also […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] CET Teleport, a teleport operator based in Germany, has purchased a universal satellite hub from iDirect, in efforts to launch a pan-African DVB-S2/ACM satellite network, iDirect announced […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] C-Com Satellite Systems unveiled a portable solar power system for its flyaway antennas, the company announced April 7.      The iNetVu SolarPack has been designed to operate […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] Half of U.K. television households are using pay-TV service, according to the Digital Progress Report released by Ofcom April 6.     According to the report, 49.5 percent […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] The global economic crisis will have little impact on the satellite broadband sector, according to an April 7 report by NSR.     The report, “Broadband Satellite Markets, […]

[Satellite News 04-08-09] As companies cut travel budgets they communicate more, and as such, the overall information technology sector is in a good position to help other sectors in a […]

[Satellite Today 04-07-09] NewWave Broadband has ordered $2 million in satellite communications products from iDirect to expand maritime VSAT service and land-based market, NewWave announced April 6.     Under the […]

[Satellite Today 04-07-09] International Launch Services (ILS) launched a Proton Breeze-M rocket carrying the W2A satellite for Eutelsat, ILS announced April 4.     The W2A satellite, built by Thales Alenia […]

[Satellite News 04-07-09] Inmarsat’s acquisition of a 19 percent stake in SkyWave Mobile Communications was a “small investment” for the company in its efforts to expand Inmarsat’s presence in the […]