Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-12] GMV has signed an agreement with prime contractor Loral to provide the flight dynamics system and the payload transponder management system for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting’s Thor 7...

[Satellite TODAY 02-21-12] SkyVision Global Networks, a global provider of IP connectivity over satellite, has signed a multiyear contract with Telesat for Ku-band capacity into Africa on the Telstar 11N...

[Satellite TODAY 02-20-12] Eutelsat’s W3C, Atlantic Bird 7 and Ka-Sat satellites have helped the operator increase its 2012 half-year backlog by 9.6 percent — a record for the Paris-based satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 02-20-12] Rising television programming costs and thriftier U.S. consumers will not prevent satellite pay-TV operator DirecTV from meeting its growth targets for 2012 and 2013, CEO Mike White...

[Satellite TODAY 02-20-12] Satellite solutions provider Global Satellite USA has launched Iridium’s second-generation maritime broadband platform Iridium Pilot for its customers, the companies announced Feb. 17.    The recently introduced...

[Satellite TODAY 02-17-12] The SES-4 satellite successfully performed post-launch maneuvers and deployed its solar arrays yesterday following its launch on Tuesday aboard an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M...

[Satellite TODAY 02-17-12] A U.S. bankruptcy court has confirmed and approved TerreStar’s reorganization plan to emerge from bankruptcy following its acquisition by Dish Network and its parent company Echostar, the...

[Satellite TODAY 02-17-12] Technology developer SED Systems has introduced the third generation of its Decimator family of spectrum analyzer products, the company announced Feb. 16.    The Decimator D3 aims...

[Satellite News 02-17-12] European operator SES entered 2011 knowing it would be a year of operational transition, according to SES President and CEO Romain Bausch, with incremental transponder capacity being...

[Satellite News 02-17-12] Thaicom could be one of 2012’s satellite sector turnaround stories, according to several reports from regional investment bank analysts following the operator’s full-year results published earlier this...