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[Satellite Today – 5-22-08] Iridium Satellite initiated its second “Test Your Satellite Phone” Week, coinciding with the start of this North American hurricane season, Iridium announced May 22.     The […]

[Satellite Today – 5-22-08] Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) wants to raise $1.2 billon from the finance markets to fund its satellite communications system, the company said May 20. […]

[Satellite Today – 5-21-08] Sea Launch placed the Galaxy 18 satellite into orbit for Intelsat, the companies announced May 21.     The satellite, manufactured by Space Systems/Loral, features 24 C-band […]

[Satellite Today – 5-21-08] SES has completed the closing and signing of a 550 million euro ($857.5 million) revolving credit facility, the company announced May 20.     The facility closed […]

[Satellite Today – 5-21-08] EchoStar DBS Corp. plans to raise $750 million in funds through an offering of debt securities, parent company Dish Network Corp. announced May 20.     The […]

[Satellite Today – 5-21-08] The NPOESS Integrated Program Office awarded a contract to the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to develop the microwave imager/sounder sensor for the next generation of polar-orbiting […]

[Satellite Today – 5-21-08] Thuraya is collaborating with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) on a variety of relief campaigns in Asia, the companies announced May 21.     Thuraya has deployed […]

[Satellite Today – 5-20-08] Northrop Grumman Corp. completed the system requirements review for the U.S. Air Force next-generation GPS (GPS) Control Segment (OCX), the company announced May 19.     In […]

[Satellite Today – 5-20-08] Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space demonstrated a new satellite system for guiding and monitoring emergency service vehicles responding to fire or other incidents in tunnels and […]

[Satellite Today – 5-20-08] MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has been awarded a multi-million dollar upgrade contract to supply an unnamed customer with additional capabilities for a complete system […]

[Satellite Today – 5-20-08] Stratos Global Corp. has been selected as a global distributor of Addvalue Communications Wideye Sabre 1 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite terminal and accessories, Stratos […]

[Satellite Today – 5-20-08] The U.S. Department of Homeland Security‘s National Communications System (NCS) is partnering with Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) to provide satellite priority services to the NCS priority […]

[Satellite Today – 5-20-08] SpaceConnection signed a multi-year agreement with Telesat for the provision of occasional use satellite capacity on the Anik fleet of satellites, SpaceConnection announced May 20.     […]

[Satellite News – 5-20-08] Khrunichev Space Center and International Launch Services (ILS) have initiated a quality initiative for Khrunichev and its subcontractors, the two organizations announced April 24.     Khrunichev […]

[Satellite Today – 5-19-08] Comtech EF Data Corp. initiated high-volume production of its CDM-625 Advanced Satellite modem, the company announced May 19. The new platform, which combines combine the low-density […]

 

[Satellite Today – 5-19-08] Integral Systems Inc. completed the initial phase of activities to integrate the Loral Skynet and Telesat Canada satellite fleet operations under Telesat, Integral announced May 19. […]

[Satellite Today – 5-19-08] RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. will distribute AXN SCI-FI, a science fiction channel from Sony Pictures Television International, into Russia, RRSat announced May 19. The agreement […]