Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] Israel has launched the Ofeq 9 advanced remote sensing satellite aboard a Shavit rocket from an Israel Air Force test range, Israeli officials confirmed June 23.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] NASA has selected Orbital Sciences to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) mission in February 2013 aboard a Taurus XL 3110 rocket from Vandenberg’s U.S. Air Force...

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] Spacenet has introduced its Emergency Communications Service (ECS) VSAT satellite solution, which leverages an always-on pay-as-you-use service plan with dedicated satellite bandwidth for emergency communications, the company...

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10]  Eutelsat Communications has appointed two members to its board, the operator announced June 22.     Francisco Reynes, CEO of Abertis, will replace Carlos Sagasta Reussi for the...

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] Microwave component supplier M2 Global has extended the frequency range of its hybrid coax drop-in models up to 14 gigahertz and expanded optional configurations for the product...

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded Astrium with a two-year contract to develop key technologies for new reusable upper stages for new launchers, Astrium announced June 23....

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] Finmeccanica subsidiary Vega won a frame contract on behalf of European Space Operations Center (ESOC) that enables Vega to bid for work, the company announced June 23rd....

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-10] Arianespace has ordered 10 additional Russian Soyuz-ST rockets from Roscosmos to support upcoming missions from the French Guiana Space Center, Roscosmos confirmed.     The order provides Arianespace...

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-10] CapRock Government Solutions has been awarded four contracts to provide managed network services and more than 400 megahertz of commercial satellite capacity to four separate U.S. government...

[Satellite TODAY 06-23-10] Gilat Satellite Networks will provide a SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite communications network to Vietnam Telecom International (VTI), a subsidiary of VNPT, Vietnam’s national telecommunications service provider, Gilat...