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[Satellite Today 05-29-09] Comtech Mobile Datacom received $6 million worth of Movement Tracking System (MTS) orders from the U.S. Army under its existing supply contract, Comtech announced May 28.     […]

[Satellite Today 05-29-09] Avanti Communications signed a pair of contracts worth about $1 million, the company announced May 27.     Avanti was selected by the North Sea Freight and Intelligent […]

[Satellite Today 05-29-09] Yahsat CEO Jassem Al-Zaabi is investing $100 million in YahLive, a direct-to-home service it plans to launch in the fourth quarter of 2009 with joint venture partner […]

[Satellite Today 05-29-09] Microsoft and Sky Television have signed a deal that will allow users in the United Kingdom and Ireland to watch BskyB satellite TV via an application on […]

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] Measat Satellite Systems won a $189.2 million contract with Astro All Asia Networks to supply transponder capacity on the Measat-3a satellite, Measat announced May 27.     Measat […]

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] Thaicom subsidiary IPStar is partnering with Comtech EF Data to provide integrated satellite backhaul solutions for mobile and WiMax networks, Thaicom announced May 27.     The companies […]

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] Magellan Aerospace Corp. was chosen by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to provide a phase B preliminary design of the satellite bus for the Radarsat Constellation Mission […]

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] Microsoft and BskyB will announce a partnership to integrate functionality between Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming system and BskyB’s satellite TV service, according to a May 27 report […]

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] Starling Advanced Communications will unveil a new satellite antenna, StarRail, which aims to deliver broadband communications aboard high-speed trains, the company announced May 27.     The new […]

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] Spacenet and channel partner Orbital Enterprises have deployed their Connexstar satellite communications services to support enterprise networks for auto producer Star Race Cars, Spacenet announced May 27. […]

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] RapidEye has collected more than 69 million square kilometers of at least 80 percent cloud-free images during its first 100 days of operation, the company announced May […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] In a May 26 story, Satellite Today identified Ned Hughes as a spokesman for HughesNet. Hughes is a spokesman for Eitelsat and his statements do not represent […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] Japanese broadcasting technology company NTT Electronics selected Newtec to be its DVB-S2 technology partner for the development of its new integrated receiver decoder (IRD) unit, the HVD6100, […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) subsidiary Mabuhay Satellite Corp. dropped its offer to buy $27.5 million worth of preferred shares of ProtoStar, PLDT announced in a […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] Sirius XM could capitalize on the censorship policies of major retail outlets such as WalMart, according to Satellite Standard Group analyst, Tyler Savery.     “Some of the […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] ViaSat received certification from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) for its ruggedized AN/PSC-14 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) integrated manpack terminal, ViaSat announced May 26.     […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] Atrexx, a German satellite service provider, won a U.S. military contract to provide satellite-based Internet connectivity for the U.S. Air Force’s Eagle Vision program in Europe, Atrexx […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] SES Astra signed a cooperation agreement with Eurosat and the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) to extend the reach of its Astra2Connect service in the United […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] SkyTerra has exercised an option with International Launch Services (ILS) to move the launch of the SkyTerra 2 satellite from Sea Launch to ILS, a SkyTerra spokesman […]

[Satellite Today 05-26-09] Blaze Streaming Media, a live video production service, has partnered with TodoCast, a portable live satellite Web-broadcasting service, to maximize revenues from original live productions, Blaze Streaming […]

[Satellite Today 05-26-09] Two California residents, Tina Walker and Christopher Bayless, have filed a class action lawsuit against HughesNet in Oakland, alleging that the company falsely advertised its connectivity speeds […]

[Satellite Today 05-26-09] The Canadian Radio and Television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has issued a mandate that Canadian TV networks will have to make larger investments in local programming and Canadian […]

[Satellite Today 05-26-09] The U.S. Air Force said that a report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), which claimed that the U.S. military GPS system is experiencing serious […]

[Satellite Today 05-26-09] TerreStar Europe filed a lawsuit in a Luxembourg high court against the European Commission (EC) seeking the annulment of the EC’s decision to select Inmarsat and Solaris […]

[Satellite Today 05-25-09] NASA plans on launching two satellites in June with a mission to assist the agency in returning to the Moon, NASA announced May 21.     The Lunar […]

[Satellite Today 05-25-09] Integral Systems’ corporate headquarters was relocated from Lanham, Md., to Columbia, Md., the company announced May 22.     As a result of the move, Integral gained an […]

[Satellite Today 05-25-09] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) successfully launched TacSat-3 at 11:55 p.m. UTC on May 19 after it was delayed in order to remove off shore boaters from the exclusion […]

[Satellite Today 05-25-09] Arianespace successfully launched a Soyuz rocket carrying a Russian governmental satellite, the company announced May 22.     Arianespace said that the satellite was accurately placed on the […]

[Satellite Today 05-25-09] Up to 12 percent of DSL broadband subscribers will transfer to fixed WiMAX connections within five years, according a report from analyst firm Juniper Research, released May […]

[Satellite Today 05-25-09] Avanti Communications won a $345,000 contribution from the European Space Agency (ESA) for work on a preliminary design review of the Hercules satellite system, the company announced […]