Author: JJ McCoy

Raytheon Wins Navy Multiband Terminal Contract

By | June 5, 2007
Raytheon Co. has been awarded the U.S. Navy’s Multiband Terminal (NMT) contract with its combined lifetime development and production value in excess of $1 billion, Raytheon announced June 4. Raytheon...

Ensequence Appoints VP Of Business Development

By | June 5, 2007
Rick Howe has been named vice president of business development for Ensequence, the interactive video company announced June 4. Howe will represent Ensequence with cable, satellite and IPTV operators, working...

BBC Exec Confident About Freesat Prospects

By | June 4, 2007
The BBC/ITV-backed Freesat direct-to-home platform, set to launch in 2008, will be critical in helping the United Kingdom become an all-digital nation, according to Emma Scott, project director for Freesat....

China Launches Communications Satellite

By | June 4, 2007
China placed SinoSat-3, a radio and TV broadcasting communications satellite, into orbit June 1 using a Long March-3A rocket, according to the state-operated Xinhua news service. SinoSat-2, China’s first direct-to-home...

DirecTV-10 Launch Reportedly Delayed

By | June 4, 2007
The planned June 20 launch of DirecTV’s DirecTV-10 satellite will be delayed to July, according to a May 31 report out of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, where the spacecraft is due to...

Norsat Becomes Debt Free

By | June 1, 2007
Norsat International Inc. made a final payment on its $1 million short-term debt, the company announced May 31, marking the first time since 1983 that the company had been debt-free....

Manufacturing Problems Delay TerreStar-1 Launch

By | June 1, 2007
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) notified TerreStar Networks Inc. that delivery of the TerreStar-1 satellite has been delayed by 10 months, with a new delivery date scheduled for August 2008, TerreStar announced....