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[Satellite Today – 1-7-08] Iridium Satellite has named John Brunette chief legal and administrative officer, the company announced Jan. 7.     Brunette who has 20 years of experience in the […]

[Satellite Today – 1-7-08] Northrop Grumman Corp. named Joseph Ensor vice president and general manager of its Space ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) Systems Division, the company announced Jan. 7.     […]

[Satellite Today – 1-7-08] SatLink Communications will transmit Brazilian Catholic channel TV Canção Nova into the Asian market on SatLink’s AsiaSat 2 MCPC platform, the company announced Jan. 7.     […]

[Satellite Today – 1-7-08] Mountain Super Angel AG, a Swiss investment company, signed an agreement with Teles AG to potentially acquire 80 percent of Berlin-based Teles Wireless Broadband Internet GmbH, […]

[Satellite Today – 1-7-08] Orbcomm Inc. added more than 126,000 billable subscribers in 2007, the company announced Jan. 4.     Fourth quarter 2007 net additions were about 34,000 billable subscribers, […]

[Satellite Today – 1-7-08] Hughes Communications Inc. will acquire business IPTV solutions provider Helius Inc. for $30.5 million, Hughes announced Jan. 4.     The acquisition, expected to be completed in […]

[Satellite Today – 1-4-08] GPS manufacturer Garmin has partnered with Sarantel to provide antennas for Garmin’s Colorado range of handheld GPS receivers, Garmin announced Jan. 4.     New features including […]

[Satellite Today – 1-4-08] Broadcom is launching a single-chip, multi-format high-definition (HD) satellite set-top box solution that it says will enable manufacturers to develop low cost satellite set-top boxes with […]

[Satellite Today – 1-4-08] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will lead an international effort to pinpoint the location more than 40 GPS satellites in orbit, NOAA announced […]

[Satellite Today – 1-4-08] DigitalGlobe‘s WorldView-1 satellite has reached full operating capacity for all customers and the company is taking orders for imagery from resellers, partners and customers, DigitalGlobe announced […]

[Satellite Today – 1-4-08] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. received orders from the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command for satellite equipment, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Jan. 3.     Under the $17.7 million […]

[Satellite News – 1-4-08] A partnership signed with Google in December will provide WildBlue with an invaluable way of getting its name out to the public while at the same […]

[Satellite Today — 1-3-08] Iridium Satellite will be able to provide Aeronautical Mobile Satellite (Route) Services for commercial aircraft on transoceanic flights, the company announced Jan. 3.     The International […]

[Satellite Today — 1-3-08] Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded a contract by an unnamed U.S. government prime contractor to help provide satellite, data, voice and microwave services, the company […]

[Satellite Today — 1-3-08] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has received a 39.5 million Canadian dollar ($40.2 million) contract to provide continued support to NASA‘s Johnson Space Center for […]

[Satellite Today — 1-3-08] WorldSpace Satellite Radio has secured up to $40 million of subordinated financing from Yenura Pte, WorldSpace announced Jan. 2.     The financing will be used for […]

[Satellite Today — 1-3-08] Sirius Satellite Radio added 2.3 million net subscribers during 2007 to close the year with a total of 8.3 million subscribers, the company announced Jan. 3. […]

[Satellite Today — 1-3-08] Globalstar will acquire a Brazilian satellite gateway operator and service provider in a deal valued at $6.5 million, Globalstar announced Jan. 2.     The operator signed […]

[Satellite Today — 1-3-08] Sea Launch will make its next attempt to launch the Thuraya-3 satellite Jan. 15, Sea Launch announced.     Sea Launch attempted to conduct the mission, the […]

[1-3-08 – Satellite Today] The first 1,000 units that can receive signals from Russia’s Glonass and the U.S. GPS navigation system have sold out, according to Russian media reports.     […]

[1-3-08 – Satellite Today] SpaceDev Inc. has been awarded a contract by the International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) to conduct requirements definition and preliminary design of the ILO spacecraft’s astrophysics […]

[1-3-08 – Satellite Today] Hughes Communications has been awarded a 400 million rupee ($10 million) contract to deploy a banking network across India, according to Indian news reports.     Hughes […]

[1-3-08 – Satellite Today] EchoStar Communications Corp. has split into two businesses, effective Jan. 1, the company announced.     Under the plan, unveiled in September, EchoStar will change its name […]

Satellite News, the Internet’s leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis on the global satellite communications industry, will begin publishing Wednesdays effective today, Jan. 2.              Each […]

[1-2-2008 – Satellite Today] Indian movie channel Shemaroo Entertainment has signed a deal with Zee TV for satellite broadcast rights for 10 Hindi films.     The 260 million rupee ($6.6 […]

[1-2-2008 – Satellite Today] Shin Satellite has sold 100,000 user terminals for its IPStar satellite broadband service at the end of 2007, the company announced Jan. 2.     The terminal […]

[1-2-2008 – Satellite Today] Norsat Inernational Inc. appointed Eugene Syho CFO, the company announced Dec. 31.     Syho has 20 years of management experience at public and private companies. Prior […]

[1-2-2008 – Satellite Today] The Rascom-QAF1 satellite is suffering a helium leak and operations have been halted, satellite manufacturer Thales Alenia Space announced Dec. 29.     The satellite, placed into […]

The satellite industry scored a victory at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2007 (WRC-07), as delegates rejected requests from terrestrial interests to gain more access to C-band spectrum. WiMax and international […]

The big topic on the regulatory front in Europe for 2008 will be the proposals the European Commission released in mid-November to amend the electronic communications regulatory framework. The package […]