Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite Today 01-09-09] The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has increased its funding to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to expand the scope of its contract to provide support for the...

[Satellite Today 01-09-09] Northrop Grumman appointed Gary Ervin as head of the company’s new Aerospace Systems division, a new created by merging Northrop Grumman’s Space Technology and Integrated Systems sectors,...

[Satellite Today 01-09-09] ICO Global Communications has completed in-orbit testing of its ICO G1 satellite and testing of its ground based beam forming (GBBF) system, ICO announced Jan. 7. The...

[Satellite Today 01-09-09] Using IP technologies is beneficial to an organization like NATO in the military satellite communication arena, Malcolm Green, chief of CAT 9 communication infrastructure services at the...

[Satellite Today 01-09-09] Inmarsat’s new Inmarsat-4 (I-4) Americas satellite has entered commercial service, the operator announced Jan. 7.     Commercial switch-on was completed when all BGAN, FleetBroadband and SwiftBroadband traffic...

[Satellite Today 01-09-09] Orbcomm signed a global automatic identification system (AIS) distribution agreement for commercial purposes with Lloyd’s Register – Fairplay, a provider of insight and information in the commercial...

[Satellite Today 01-09-09] The Vietnamese government has chosen France to supply the technology for its second satellite, VNREDSat-1, Vietnamese press officials reported Jan. 8.     Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan...

[Satellite Today 01-09-09] Comtech EF Data received $1.4 million in orders for satellite communications equipment from an unnamed GSM operator based in Africa, Comtech EF Data announced Jan. 8.    ...

[Satellite Today 01-09-09] The Spanish government has authorized Abertis Telecom to acquire 5 percent of operator Hispasat from EADS/CASA, increasing Hispasat’s share to 33.4 percent at a cost of $47.6...

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Artel Inc., an information technology and managed network services provider, signed $222.8 million in government contract wins in 2008, the company announced Jan. 7.     The contracts...