Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has registered for an initial public offering (IPO) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), SS/L parent company Loral announced June 10.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-10] BBC World News has expanded and renewed its multi-satellite and teleport contract with Intelsat to distribute its programming to its audiences throughout Asia-Pacific and the Americas regions,...

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-10] NASA has selected Orbital Sciences to launch the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft in December 2012 aboard a Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg U.S. Air Force...

[Satellite TODAY 06-11-10]  Pace has been contracted by African DTH operator MultiChoice to develop a second-generation HD PVR for roll-out across Africa, Pace announced June 10.      MultiChoice, with a...

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-10]  Eutelsat Communications has commissioned Thales Alenia Space to build the W6A satellite, the operator announced June 9.     The satellite is scheduled for launch in the third...

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-10] Offshore telecommunications and network services provider Broadpoint has been acquired by Cellular One, a provider of nationwide GSM/EDGE voice and data communications services, Broadpoint announced June 9....

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has shipped Dish Network’s EchoStar 15 communications satellite to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where International Launch Services (ILS) will launch the spacecraft...

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-10] German satellite service provider Atrexx has launched a trio of C-Band services for the Africa and Middle East markets, the company announced June 9.     The offering...

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-10] Thuraya has signed a distribution partnership deal with Qatar Duty Free, the company announced June 8.     With Qatar becoming an increasingly important travel hub in the...

[Satellite TODAY 06-10-10] Ukrainian Space Agency subsidiary Dniprocosmos State Co. has signed an agreement with geospatial solutions provider RapidEye to distribute its data services in Ukraine, RapidEye announced June 9....