Connectivity

[Satellite News 02-26-09] Boeing Co. has named  three new executives to key roles within its Washington, D.C.,  government operations office, the company announced Feb. 25.     David Morrison, formerly a […]

[Satellite News 02-26-09] Xiplink has named Warren Brown senior vice president of marketing, the company announced     Brown will oversee XipLink’s Sales and Marketing headquarters site in Reston, Virginia as […]

[Satellite News 02-26-09] Sea Launch has begun preparations for the launch of the Telstar 11N communications satellite Feb. 26 from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, the company announced Feb. […]

[Satellite News 02-26-09] Inmarsat has gone live with its Inmarsat-4 F1 satellite, completing a project to relocate its broadband satellites to provide global coverage, the company announced Feb. 24.     […]

[Satellite News 02-26-09] Eutelsat doubled the broadcast capacity available at the 9 degrees East orbital position, the company said Feb. 24.     The operator redeployed its Eurobird 9A satellite (formerly […]

[Satellite News 02-26-09] Newtec signed a deal with Horizon Satellite Services of the United Arab Emirates to provide a FlexACM solution to deliver an increased IP throughput, Newtec announced Feb. […]

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Australian telco Optus has launched the Thuraya GSM/satellite dual mode handset in Australia, the company announced Feb. 24.     The handset allows customers to use the same […]

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Nagravision won a contract to provide a conditional access (CA) system for Tivu Sat, a new digital satellite platform in Italy, Nagravision announced Feb. 23.     Tivu […]

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Intelsat selected NetCracker Technology software and services to improve the automation of Intelsat’s service delivery processes, the satellite operator announced Feb. 24.     The contract expands NetCracker’s […]

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] International Launch Services (ILS) and Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) signed a contract for the launch of the AsiaSat 5 satellite on an ILS Proton rocket in the […]

[Satellite Today 02-24-09] Stratos Global Corp. expanded its Asia-Pacific customer-support infrastructure with the opening of a Hong Kong customer support center, the company announced Feb. 23. The center offers local-language […]

[Satellite Today 02-24-09] Skycasters, a broadband satellite Internet solutions provider, is making a push to capitalize on President Obama’s broadband stimulus bill included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, […]

[Satellite Today 02-24-09] Thuraya has appointed Fonenet as a new distributor for its ThurayaIP service, Thuraya announced Feb. 22.     Fonenet, a telecom solution provider based in the United Kingdom, […]

[Satellite Today 02-24-09] The government of Abu Dhabi has agreed to sign a $20 million contract with Israel-based ImageSat for access to images taken by the Eros-B satellite, ImageSat announced […]

[Satellite News 02-24-09] Satellite pay-TV operator NTV-Plus is at the forefront of the market in Russia. The operator already has attracted about 600,000 subscribers, and Dimitry Samokhin, director general of […]

[Satellite News 02-24-09] The broadband stimulus bill included in President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is having a variety of effects on several sectors of the commercial satellite industry […]

Heat shield material for the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) passed a test, the company announced. The PICA-X heat shield material, which will be used in the Dragon spacecraft, underwent […]

The Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system scored another advance, this time in its high-powered laser that can kill enemy missiles. That high-energy laser fired multiple long-duration blasts during intensive […]

[Satellite Today 02-23-09] SES Astra has moved its Astra 1G satellite from 19.2 degrees East to 23.5 degrees East, the company announced Feb.19.     The satellite joins Astra 3A and […]

[Satellite Today 02-23-09] Thaicom increased its revenues in 2008 by 9 percent, fuelled by a strong performance in its satellite-related businesses, the company announced Feb. 20.     Thaicom reported total […]

[Satellite Today 02-23-09] Orbital Sciences Corp. reported fourth quarter revenues at $311 million, an 11 percent increase over the previous year, in its 2008 results released Feb. 20.     Orbital’s […]

[Satellite News 02-20-09] Pierre Parent, vice president and general manager of Numerex Satellite Solutions, is working on developing a hybrid satellite and radio frequency identification (RFID) system for the commercial […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] Numerex Corp. has established a technology partnership with Savi, a Lockheed Martin company, to co-develop the first asset and shipment-monitoring device that combines global satellite positioning, active […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] Intorel has rolled out Visionic version 4.2, a monitoring and control solution for the broadcast and satellite industry, the company announced Feb. 19.     The latest version […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] Nasdaq has granted Sirius XM Radio’s request to issue new preferred stock without shareholder approval in connection with its agreements with Liberty Media Corp., Sirius XM announced […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] NSSL and Telemar have joined forces in the maritime broadband service arena, as NSSL’s Cruise IP and Telemar’s Seacall services will use the same DVB-S2-RCS broadband platform, […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] Thales Alenia Space has delivered the Herschel and Planck scientific satellites to the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, the company announced Feb. 19.     The […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] Sea Launch halted preparations for the launch of the Sicral 1B communications satellite at the request of Telespazio, Sea Launch announced Feb. 19.     Sea Launch said […]

[Satellite News 02-19-09] Satlynx, a provider of communication services throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, hopes to use its status as a GE-owned company to sign a deal with […]

[Satellite Today 02-19-09] GlobeCast is set to launch its new African DTH satellite platform in March, the company announced Feb. 18.      The content management and delivery company said it […]