Author: Staff Writer

China Launches Weather Satellite

Satellite Today has learned that China yesterday successfully launched a meteorological satellite that will be used to monitor natural disasters. The No. 2 Fengyun C satellite was launched into orbit...

C-Com Launches New Mobile High-bandwidth Service

Ottawa, Canada-based C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. [CMI], has teamed with fellow Ottawa company RAMTelecom to deliver high-speed, satellite- based mobile Internet services using the LinkStar equipment of Carlsbad, Calif.-based Viasat...

NASA To Launch DART Later This Month

NASA late yesterday said its DART, or Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology, spacecraft will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Oct. 26 at 2:13 p.m. EDT. DART...

Satellite Deal Of The Day

Hughes Network Systems Inc. has inked a deal with Ukrainian-based information technology and telecommunications company Datasat to extend Datasat’s existing satellite business network. Under the contract, Hughes will supply Datasat...

How Sirius Is Writing Stern's Check

Conventional wisdom is that New York City-based Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] was savvy to hire shock jock Howard Stern and his entourage for the princely sum of $100 million annually...