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[Satellite TODAY 01-12-10] TerreStar has cleared a foreign ownership regulatory hurdle with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and expects to receive its Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) authorization in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-12-10] Orbit Showtime will be re-branded to Orbit Showtime Network (OSN), effective at the start of February, the Middle East broadcaster announced Jan. 11.     In August, Showtime […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-10] TerreStar has informed the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that EchoStar President Dean Olmstead and EchoStar CFO David Rayner are leaving TerreStar’s board, effective Dec. 31, 2009. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-10] NASA has delayed the launch of its space imagery satellite, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), due to technical issues discovered in its rocket booster steering engine, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Integral Systems’ elected Bonnie Wachtel to its board, the company announced Jan. 8.     Wachtel currently serves as a principal of Washington, D.C.-based investment firm Wachtel & […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-10] Skyware Global appointed Michael Morgus CFO, the company announced Jan 8.     Skyware said that it hired Morgus to focus on the growing international Ka-band market. “We […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] In-flight broadband services are crucial for airlines in order to gain a competitive edge of over airlines and serve customer needs better, Bernhardt Seiter, director of Lufthansa’s […]

SatelliteTODAY.tv presents “Satellite News Update – January 6, 2010”.

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] The European Commission (EC) and European Space Agency (ESA) issued three of six Galileo program contracts in its satellite tendering process that began in September 2008.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] DirecTV will launch three dedicated 3-D HD channels in 2010, DirecTV and Panasonic, its technology partner, announced in a Jan. 6 statement.     The service will be […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp.’s Blue Force Tracking-HC (BFT-HC) ground mobile and aviation transceiver and network solution has passed U.S. Army-sponsored field-testing, Comtech announced Jan. 7.     Comtech […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] OmniGlobe has applied for an orbital slot to launch Canuk-1, a medium-sized spacecraft, in the third quarter of 2013, the company announced Jan. 7.     OmniGlobe said […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Newtec is set to deploy new Ka-band ready Sat3Play broadband terminals and hub equipment to the commercial market, the company announced Jan. 7.     The new terminal […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Dish Network has entered into a multi-year partnership with IPTV broadband service provider NeuLion to distribute certain Dish Network international channels using NeuLion’s IPTV service, Dish Network […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Loral Space & Communications entered into an agreement with Canadian broadband provider Barrett Xplore to deliver high-throughput satellite Ka-band capacity on ViaSat-1 for Barrett Xplore customers in […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-10] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) signed a contract with Boeing Satellite and Intelligence Systems to deliver four network and media services technology solutions for Canadian Defense Forces […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] Dish Network has introduced TV Everywhere, a suite of integrated products, which aims to enable Dish customers to watch live and recorded shows on the go, Dish […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-10] The European Space and Defense Agencies (ESA, EDA) issued two contracts to Astrium to enhance the performance of Arianespace’s Ariane 5 launch vehicle and put together a […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-10] SpaceX completed a 329-second static test firing of the medium-lift Falcon 9’s Merlin single-engine upper stage, the company announced Jan. 6.     The test simulated the engine […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to provide a propulsion system to NASA‘s Ames Research Center for the Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft, SS/L announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] Lockheed Martin will cut as many as 1,200 jobs in its newly combined Maritime Systems and Sensors and Systems Integration division known as Mission Systems and Sensors […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] ESPN, Discovery Communications, Sony and IMAX revealed plans to launch dedicated 3-D HD networks in separate statements released Jan. 5.     ABC Sports, which owns ESPN, said […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center has contracted United Launch Alliance (ULA) to launch the Wideband Global Satcom-4 (WGS-4) satellite, ULA announced Jan. 4. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) finalized a contract with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) to provide equipment supporting PBS’ next-generation interconnection system (NGIS), IDC announced Jan. 4.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] Globecomm Systems received a $9.1 million contract extension from NATO to continue providing communication services and onsite support for its GPS-based Force Tracking System (FTS), Globecomm announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] The Australian government announced Jan. 5 an initiative to bring digital TV services via satellite to remote parts of the country.     Following a series of negotiations […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-10] ITT Corp. is reorganizing and renaming its defense segment, ITT announced Jan. 5.     The unit will be renamed ITT Defense and Information Solutions and its current […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-10] Booz Allen Hamilton was awarded a four-year $38.4 million contract to provide launch and test range system engineering and integration support to the U.S. Air Force Space […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-05-10] Bharti Airtel has struck a deal with All India Radio to replace the 10 WorldSpace satellite radio channels on its DTH platform in India with 10 All […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-04-10] AsiaSat signed a capacity deal with Vietnam Multimedia Corp. (VTC) for multiple Ku-band transponders on AsiaSat 5, the operator announced Dec. 31.     VTC will use the […]