Connectivity

SpaceDev Inc. finalized a memorandum of understanding with United Launch Alliance to pursue launching the SpaceDev Dream Chaser aboard an Atlas 5 rocket, SpaceDev announced April 10. The vehicle is […]

Eumetsat, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, confirmed that Meteosat-9 is now the prime satellite operating at 0°, replacing Meteosat-8. Meteosat-9 was placed into orbit in December […]

Intelsat officials met with Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States April 10 to discuss steps to halt the unauthorized use of one an Intelsat satellite by the Liberation Tigers […]

Alcatel-Lucent completed the transfer of Alcatel’s shares in Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio to Thales, and Thales and Finmeccanica have combined their space operations under an entity dubbed the New […]

SES Americom unveiled a high-definition service intended to provide a bandwidth home to customers using IP-based connectivity platforms for providing voice and data communication to satellite newsgathering (SNG) trucks, the […]

Modulus Video Inc. introduced the MRE2000 family—a new class of video receiver/encoder systems intended to streamlines direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and IPTV headend operations, the company announced April 10. Based […]

Mobile TV will produce a variety of satellite opportunities for S-band direct access and Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) channel distribution/backhauling in many markets, a study from NSR found. S-band services […]

Telesat’s Anik F3 satellite was carried into orbit aboard a Proton rocket, Telesat and International Launch Services (ILS) announced April 10. The spacecraft, manufactured by EADS Astrium, is equipped with […]

Direct-to-home provider Home2US signed a contract with SES Americom to deliver content via the IP Prime service, SES announced April 9. Under the agreement, SES will begin delivering channels such […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC will provide satellite broadband network equipment and services to the federal government as a subcontractor on Qwest Communications International Inc., winning bid for the U.S. General […]

EMS Technologies Inc. received a contract from Alcatel Alenia Space to supply components for the communications payload of Globalstar’s next generation satellites, EMS announced April 9. Under the $5 million […]

Optus, the Australian telco owned by Singapore Telecom, already has 25 percent of the capacity sold on its D3 satellite. Optus announced April 3 it will invest in a new […]

While American professional sports are concerning themselves with performance-enhancers of a different sort, the Australian Football League (AFL) is hoping to expand its use of personal GPS devices to track […]

AsiaSat no longer is part of the SES Global family, but while new owners are onboard, many of the company’s operational challenges will remain the same. The operator announced that […]

The continued flow of rhetoric between the interested parties concerning the proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio has seemed itself to provide enough content for a […]

SISLink, which recently signed a deal to supply ITV Sport with satellite facilities for its Formula 1 race coverage over the next four years, hopes the deal will be a […]

Yet another audial consumer offering is being made available to American listeners as Slacker Inc. prepares to roll out its line of "Personal Radio," enabling U.S. consumers to customize and […]

In cooperation with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), NASA and the Medallion Foundation, DigitalGlobe, a commercial high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial information provider, is launching a new […]

The proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio may make perfect business sense to the two companies, but if they hope to convince federal regulators that the […]

Integral Systems built its business and reputation providing satellite control software for commercial operators. But after becoming the dominant provider in that market, Integral has to move to new areas […]

The struggle to preserve satellite communications using radio frequencies around 4 gigahertz is heating up. Because the satellite industry uses this C-band frequency around the world, in mid-February, an alliance […]

With boats from China, New Zealand, Germany, the United States and Switzerland among the competitors at the 32nd America’s Cup, the event will draw an enthusiastic audience from around the […]

There is much romanticism about the early days of the satellite industry. The history of scientists and engineers such as Conny Kullman, Bob Berry and Steve Dorfman leading the development […]

2007 will be a key year for Europe, with major programs such as the Galileo satellite navigation system and Global Monitoring for Environment and Security initiative scheduled to take crucial […]

Car radios used to be simple, as listeners searched for AM broadcasts by twisting a knob until they found the right frequency. High-end radios featured buttons you could preset to […]

This column has analyzed both the probable impact of private equity investment in the satellite sector and the regulatory burdens imposed on publicly listed companies in the United States in […]

Looking toward determining and developing the payload for AlphaSat, Inmarsat submitted a bid before the March 26 deadline. If successful (a contract award is expected in July), Inmarsat would use […]

The March 19 announcement that CIP Canada Investment Inc. would acquire Stratos Global Corp., the largest distributor of Inmarsat services, in a deal funded in part by Inmarsat, has clouded […]

According to a newly published study, NASA satellites have revealed that Amazon forests are neither evergreen nor dependent on constant rain, and are capable of manufacturing their seasons. A team […]

The news that Ofcom has decided to investigate the U.K. pay-TV market has come as a little surprise given the ramping-up of pressure by players such as Virgin Media, however, […]