JCSAT-9 Satellite Ready for Launch
The JCSAT-9 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for Japan’s JSAT Corp., is on track for an April 12 launch aboard a Zenit 3-SL rocket, Sea Launch announced....
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SES Astra Completes Acquisition Of 100 Percent Of Satlynx
SES Astra has acquired all minority shareholdings in European satellite broadband operator Satlynx, bringing SES Astra’s ownership from 77 percent to 100 percent. Satlynx, a joint venture between Israel-based satellite...
Arianespace To Launch Superbird-7
Arianespace received a contract from Mitsubishi Electric Corp. to launch the Superbird-7 communications satellite in the first quarter of 2008, Arianespace announced April 10. Superbird-7 is being built by Mitsubishi...
GMPCS Adds Hughes BGAN Terminals To Its Inventory
GMPCS Personal Communications, a subsidiary of Telenor Satellite Services, announced April 10 that it has begun supplying the Hughes 9201 broadband satellite IP terminals to customers. Inmarsat hasgiven the terminal...
Hughes Unveils High Availability Network
Hughes Network Systems LLC unveiled April 10 its HughesNet High Availability Networks, the first new offering under the company’s recently announced HughesNet Managed Network Services. The service, targeted for enterprise-level...
SES Global Exec Appointment
SES Global added New Skies CEO Dan Goldberg to its executive committee, SES Global announced. The move follows the completion of SES Global’s acquisition of New Skies in March. Goldberg,...
Saab, Austrian Aerospace Will Develop Galileo Satellite Components
Sweden’s Saab Ericsson Space and Austria’s Austrian Aerospace have been selected to develop and manufacture onboard equipment for the first four satellites for Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system, the companies...
Wildblue Adds Five Value Added Resellers
Wildblue Communications added five additional value-added resellers to its list of providers in the enterprise market, Wildblue announced April 10. Dove Digital Services, based in Louisiana; Horizon Technical Services Inc....
Xtar Signs Marketing Agreement With Arrowhead
Arrowhead Global Solutions Inc. signed a master service contract with Xtar LLC to market and lease X-band capacity to U.S. and allied government agencies, Xtar announced April 10. Xtar, a...
Alcatel Awarded Globalstar Contract
Globalstar has awarded Alcatel Alenia Space a study contract for the design of a new satellite constellation aiming at replacing Globalstar’s first generation satellites. In the frame of this study,...