Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) was awarded a contract to provide two new satellites to Intelsat, SS/L announced June 18. The two FSS satellites, Intelsat-19 and Intelsat-20, aim to...

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] Hispasat won a contract from Thales Alenia Space España to develop and supply the RedSat advanced communication payload for the AG1, a geostationary satellite mission within the...

Thuraya has appointed Teknikkom Electronic as a national handheld voice service provider in Malaysia, Thuraya announced June 17.     Teknikkom will distribute Thuraya’s satellite mobile handhelds as a complementary solution...

Tandberg Television will supply encoders and multiplexing for more than 50 channels of standard-definition content for Indonesian pay-TV service provider Aora, Tandberg announced June 16. The channels are broadcast in...

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has selected Space Systems / Loral (SS/L) to manufacture the ABS-2 spacecraft, ABS announced June 17.     ABS-2, scheduled for launch in 2012 with Arianespace,...

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Measat Satellite Systems renewed an agreement with Celestial Movies Channel Ltd. to distribute Celestial Movies and Celestial Classic Movies on Measat-3, Measat announced June 17.     “We...

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Vietnam Multimedia Corp. (VTC) signed a contract with Tandberg Television for encoding, multiplexing and modulation for 10 high-definition (HD) and 32 standard-definition (SD) channels simultaneously played out...

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Boeing has handed over the IndoStar 2/ProtoStar 2 commercial satellite to ProtoStar after completing in-orbit tests, which confirmed the satellite’s readiness to enter service, Boeing announced June...

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Hughes Network Systems will launch a next-generation, high throughput satellite in the first quarter of 2012 to expand its broadband Internet service across North America, the company...

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] SES Americom-New Skies closed a multi-year deal with TAS (Teleport Access Services Inc.) to provide three transponders on the NSS-11 satellite to distribute up to 50 Chinese...