China Buys Satellite From Alcatel
Xinhuanet reported April 21 that The China Satellite Communications Corp. (Chinasat) signed a 100 million euros ($130.7 million) contract with Alcatel Space for a communications and live radio and TV...
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Com Dev Awarded $9 Million In Commercial Satellite Contracts
Com Dev International Ltd. said it received orders for the supply of the company’s core Switch, ancillaries and multiplexer products for communications satellites being built by Space Systems/Loral. The products...
Scientists Meet To Discuss Meteosat Third Generation
Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, said yesterday that more than 90 European and international scientists met in Locarno, Switzerland earlier this month to contribute ideas...
Globalstar Applies For Florida Gateway Operational Authority
Globalstar LLC said it filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission for authority to operate a gateway in Sebring, FL. The gateway, expected to open later this summer, will...
Orbital Revenues Grow On Satellite, Launch Vehicle Sales
Orbital Sciences Corp. reported revenues of $167.1 million for the first quarter of 2005, up 10 percent from the $151.4 million in revenues for the first quarter of 2004. Revenue...
Viasat Steadily Increases Subscriber Numbers
Viasat, the Nordic direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service operator, is closing in on 700,000 digital DTH subscribers in the Nordic and Baltic region. The majority of these are in the...
ViaSat To Supply 7.3-Meter Antenna System To Kongsberg Satelltie Serivces In Antarctica
ViaSat Inc. said it was selected by Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT) of Tromso, Norway, to provide a 7.3-meter X-band receive and S-band telemetry, tracking and command antenna system for...
Harris, TV Azteca Ink HDTV Deal For Mexico
Harris Corp. used the final day of the National Association of Broadcasters annual trade show yesterday to announce that TV Azteca S.A. de C.V. signed a purchase agreement with Harris’...
ND Satcom Introduces True Automatic Pointing System
ND Satcom formally introduced its true Automatic Pointing System software at the National Association of Broadcasters‘ annual conference, which wrapped up yesterday in Las Vegas. The new software allows an...
Telenor Named Premier BGAN Provider
Telenor Satellite Services said it was selected as a premier service provider of Inmarsat‘s forthcoming Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite broadband service. The service, which is expected to launch...