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[Satellite TODAY 10-19-09] Denis Pivnyuk has been appointed CFO of the Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC), the company announced Oct 16.     Pivnyuk worked for the Khrunichev State Research and […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-16-09] Boeing has shipped the third Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite to Cape Canaveral, Fla., where it will be tested and prepared for a November launch, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-16-09] Intelsat is looking to raise $500 million by selling 8.5 percent senior notes due 2019 at an issue price of 99.166 percent, the company announced Oct. 14. […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-16-09] More than 50,000 of SkyWave Mobile Communications’ North American GlobalWave customers have migrated to the Inmarsat network for satellite-based asset tracking, monitoring and control applications, SkyWave announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-16-09] Geospatial imagery company RapidEye named MapMart as its data distributor in the United States, RapidEye announced Oct. 15.     MapMart will be RapidEye’s first distributor for the […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-16-09] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) appointed CEO Patrick DeWitt the company’s chairman, the company Oct. 15.     DeWitt will relinquish his duties as CEO and retire at the end […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-16-09] Lockheed Martin’s board named Christopher Kubasik president and COO effective Jan. 1, the company announced Oct. 15.     Bob Stevens will retain his position as the company’s […]

The second paragraph of an Oct. 15 story brief should have read, “Orbit expects total worldwide VSAT systems orders to exceed $100 million this year.”     Orbit was referring to […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-15-09] Telesat’s Nimiq 5 broadcast satellite was placed into commercial service on Oct. 10, the operator announced Oct. 14. All available capacity on Nimiq 5 is leased to […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-15-09] Eutelsat has signed a new multi-year capacity deal with Eastern European DTH operator Cyfrowy Polsat, the company announced Oct. 14. Cyfrowy Polsat renewed its contract with Eutelsat […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-15-09] Orbit Technologies has received orders in excess of $5 million for marine VSAT satellite communication systems in the second quarter this year, the company announced Oct. 14. […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-15-09] There will be over 20 million cable broadband connections in Europe by the end of 2009, Cable Europe, an association of cable operators throughout Europe, reported Oct. […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-15-09] Nearly 13 percent of total worldwide IP set-top box shipments were operator deployed IP+DTT set-top boxes in 2008, according to an IMS Research report, released Oct. 13. […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Eutelsat won a multi-year capacity deal with one of Hungary’s top national broadcasters, Eutelsat announced Oct. 12.             Eutelsat in a consortium with Magyar Telekom and eVision, […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Comtech AeroAstro Inc., a subisidary of Comtech Telecommunications has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for the development of Advanced Plug and […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Australian telco Optus has announced that its Optus D3 satellite is operational.             Launched in August, Optus D3 is located at 156 degrees East and will complement […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed a pre-shipment review for STPSat-2, the first spacecraft for the U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Nigerian-based Max Air selected Blue Sky Network’s automated flight following and communication devices for Max Air’s fleet, Blue Sky Network announced Oct. 13.             Max Air outfitted […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] HD Plus, a subsidiary of SES Astra, will launch its HD+ service in Germany at the beginning of November, SES Astra confirmed Oct. 12.              The market […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] Harris Corp. received a potential three-year, $7.5 million contract to provide technical and support services for the U. S. Air Force Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) command and […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] Germany’s Lufthansa will launch in-flight broadband services in mid-2010, the airline confirmed Oct. 12.             Lufthansa will use Panasonic’s multi-megabyte Ku-band solution, eXConnect, for the FlyNet service, […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] Keystone Enterprise Services is supplying turnkey satellite network services for a business television network that will deliver closed-circuit corporate events in HD to private dining rooms in […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] Mid Europa Partners, a European private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Bulgarian DTH operator Interactivni Tehnologii AD (ITV), Mid Europea said Oct. 9.             ITV […]

[Satellite Today 10-13-09] California-based Enterprise Satellite Solutions entered into a distribution agreement with U.K.-based Applied Satellite Technology (AST), providing Enterprise Satellite access to a range of mobile satellite system, the […]

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] Norsat International Inc. signed a non-exclusive agreement for distribution, installation and service of C2SAT products, Norsat announced Oct. 9.             The agreement will add C2SAT stabilized antenna […]

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] Digicel is relaunching its satellite wireless broadband service in of Tonga using the Aptilo Carrier Wireless Service Management System, Digicel announced Oct 7.             The network uses […]

By Honey Berman With the global economy poised for a rebound, satellite modem manufacturers are responding with new products and services, capable of supporting a wide array of business and […]

[Satellite Today 10-12-09] Viasat Broadcasting signed a four-year distribution deal with the largest IPTV service provider in Estonia, Elion, Viasat said Oct. 9.             Under the agreement, Viasat will market […]

Paradise Datacom has released FastLink, a low-latency low density parity check (LDPC) feature now available in its entire line of satellite modem products, the company announced.     FastLink combines implementations […]

Globalstar is upgrading its network to enhance the messaging capacity and the data receiver sensitivity of the Globalstar Simplex data network, the company announced.    The upgrades, supplied by Comtech […]