2005: The Last Easy Year For DTH
Thomas Eagan, vice president of Oppenheimer‘s subscription TV research group, said that 2005 would be the “last easy year for satellites” competing against cable in the broadcast television market. Eagan...
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Former SES Americom CEO Launched New Company
Former SES Americom CEO Dean Olmstead yesterday formally introduced his new company, Satellite Development LLC, at the SATELLITE 2005 conference and exhibition. The company is described in a press release...
Andrew Previews New VSAT Antenna Products
Andrew Corp. said it is previewing two VSAT antenna designs this week at the SATELLITE 2005 conference and exhibition at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The VSAT antennas,...
Artel Tapped To Provide Satellite Services To U.S. Central Command
Artel Inc., a provider of information technology and managed network services, said the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency awarded it a task order to provide satellite service to the U.S....
Air Force Taps SAIC, Eagle Broadband For Satellite Communications Technology
Eagle Broadband Inc. said it and Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) were awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for Eagle’s Satellite Media Access Extender (SatMAX) non-line-of-sight satellite communications...
RSCC Names Igor Zabolotny Deputy Director General
The Russian Satellite Communications Co. appointed Igor Zabolotny as its deputy director general. He will head the organization’s marketing efforts. He most recently worked as the general director of JSC...
Global VSAT Forum, SUIRG Unite To Combat Interference
The Global VSAT Forum and the Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) announced they have joined forces to strengthen their respective efforts to fight satellite RF interference. The agreement reached...
Iridium Claims World Record Milestone Of Satellite Longevity
Iridium Satellite LLC said its constellation of low-earth-orbit communications satellites has achieved a world record of more than 500 satellite-years of in-orbit performance. The company’s initial satellites launched in 1997-1998...
Yamaha, XM To Unveil First XM-Ready Receivers And Home Theater Systems
Yamaha Electronics Corp. and XM Satellite Radio announced a partnership under which the companies will bring to the market the first XM-ready home entertainment products. Yamaha will manufacture four new...
SES Americom Completes In-Orbit Testing Of AMC-12
SES Americom said its AMC-12, which was launched on Feb. 3, successfully completed a full battery of in-orbit tests and is now being drifted into its 37.5? West orbital location....