Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] Iridium Communications awarded a fixed-price contract to Thales Alenia Space for the design and construction of satellites for the Iridium Next constellation, Iridium announced June 2.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] ND SatCom has promoted CTO and COO Johann Pohany to president and CEO effective immediately, the company announced June 2. Pohany succeeds Norbert Hölzle, who was promoted...

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] SpaceX is targeting a 4-hour window on June 4 for its first test launch attempt of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, with a back-up date June 5,...

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] Gilat Satellite Networks has been chosen by Ethiopia’s national telecom operator, Ethiopian Telecommunication Corp. (ETC), to provide satellite communications equipment for deployment as part of the country’s...

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] German VSAT Internet provider Level 421 has selected optimization technology from XipLink to implement a German government SCPC VSAT network, XipLink announced June 2.     The XipLink...

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] According to Satellite TODAY’s May 2010 Web poll results, 67.9 percent of respondents said they believe commercial launch capacity will increase in the future as a result...

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to build the Anik G1 satellite for Telesat, the companies announced June 1.    The Anik G1 multi-mission spacecraft will be...

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Eurovision has signed deals with SES World Skies and AsiaSat to provide satellite delivery of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the operators announced June...

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Intelsat’s Galaxy 15 satellite has safely passed SES’s AMC-11 satellite after Intelsat lost control of the spacecraft April 5 due to a solar storm anomaly, Intelsat confirmed...

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Venezuelan telecoms operator CanTV has signed a deal with China Digital TV Holding Co. (CDT), which will see the Chinese company install various systems and solutions on...