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  • Northrop Grumman Foundation Gives Teachers Weightless Experience

    The Northrop Grumman Foundation launched 55 Maryland teachers into weightlessness as part of as part of its Weightless Flights of Discovery program. Foundation leaders hope to inspire and prepare the […]

  • Lockheed Offers New Guidance Kit For 2.75-Inch/70MM Rockets

    Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] unveiled the Direct Attack Guided Rocket (DAGR) system, developed with company funding, to defeat targets close to civilian assets and friendly forces due to its precise […]

  • AeroAstro Wins Contracts

    [09-14-07 – Satellite Today]  AeroAstro has won two contracts to provide communications equipment to NASA and another unnamed U.S. government agency, the company announced Sept. 12. AeroAstro, a business unit […]

  • Japanese Launch Lunar Explorer

    [09-14-07 – Satellite Today] Lunar Orbit Explorer Kaguya was launched successfully at 10:31 a.m. Japan Standard Time,      Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced Sept. […]

  • NSSL Supplies British Military With Satellite Communications

    [09-14-07 – Satellite Today] NSSL has become the sole provider of commercial satellite communications for the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD), the company announced Sept. 13. The contract, an extension […]

  • Telespazio Wins Italian Military Deal

    [09-14-07 – Satellite Today] Telespazio, the Italian satellite operator, has won a key military contract in Italy, the company said Sept. 13. The operator has signed a 118 million euros […]

  • SES Astra Signs German Capacity Deal

    [09-14-07 – Satellite Today]  SES Astra has signed a capacity deal with one of Germany’s top channel providers, the company announced Sept. 14. The extra capacity will enable the German […]

  • AR-SAT To Use SES Satellite In 5-Year Deal

    [Satellite Today – 09-13-07]  SES Global South America Holdings has signed a five-year agreement with AR-SAT for five transponders on the AMC-6 satellite, the company announced Sept. 13. Empresa Argentina […]

  • SpaceX To Launch Avanti Satellite

    [Satellite Today – 09-13-07] Avanti Communications Group’s Hylas satellite will be launched in 2009 using a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) rocket, the company announced Sept. 13. Hylas, a Ka-band […]

  • Spacenet’s New ECV On The Market

    [Satellite Today – 09-13-07]  Spacenet Inc. has introduced a new mobile Emergency Communications Vehicle (ECV) for disaster recovery and first-responder organizations, the company announced Sept. 13. The ECV is based […]

  • Canalsat Looks To Philips For HDTV

    [Satellite Today – 09-13-07] Canalsat, the French direct-to-home operator with more than five million subscribers, said Sept. 12, that it had signed a new deal with Philips for advanced High-Definition […]

  • ICASA Announces Licence Winners

    [Satellite Today – 09-13-07]  The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) announced Sept. 12, the winners of a new set of individual licences for commercial satellite and cable subscription […]

  • Integral Systems Announces Results of Issuer Tender Offer

    [09/12/07 – Satellite Today]  Integral Systems Inc. repurchased more than a million shares of its common stock at $27.00 per share, for a total of $49.95 million, the company announced […]

  • Boeing On Track To Deliver GPS IIF Satellites

    [09/12/07 – Satellite Today] The Boeing Company has successfully assembled and integrated all flight hardware onto the first Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite, the company announced Sept. 12. The […]

  • Entavio Forms A Winning Team

    [09/12/07 – Satellite Today]  Entavio will be broadcasting German handball, basketball and volleyball league games thanks to an agreement with Sportdigital.tv, the company announced Sept. 12. Entavio is a fully […]

  • TCS Wins DOD Contract

    [09/12/07 – Satellite Today] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has been awarded a five-year, $25 million contract to supply the Department of Defense with communications and services, the company announced Sept. 12. […]

  • Iridium Supports Nordic Battle Group

    [09/12/07 – Satellite Today]  Iridium is going to provide the Swedish Armed Forces with critical communications service, the company announced Sept. 12. The Iridium satellite services are being supplied under […]

  • Shin Ready to Time Satellite Broadband Market Attack

    [09/12/07 – Satellite Today]  Shin Satellite has signed a key deal to bring its state-of-the-art satellite broadband services to Malaysia, the company announced Sept. 11. The company has signed a […]

  • MTG Looks to DTH in the Ukraine

    [09/12/07 – Satellite Today] The Modern Times Group (MTG) is the latest player to look to tap into the pay-TV market in the Ukraine. The company, announced that through its […]

  • Correction

    The article titled“Proton Failure Destroys JCSAT-11”in the Sept. 6 issue of    Satellite News should have read that ILS had two or three more launches planned before the end of the […]

  • QinetiQ Launches MAIA

    [09-11-07 – Satellite Today] QinetiQ has developed a secure tracking system based on Iridium satellites, the company announced Sept. 11. The Mobile Asset Information Acquisition (MAIA) system provides a secure, […]

  • Tessco To Resell Spacenet Technology

    [09-11-07 – Satellite Today] Spacenet Inc. has signed a sales agent agreement with Tessco Inc., the company announced Sept. 11. Tessco,  a wholly owned subsidiary of Tessco Technologies Inc., will […]

  • DirecTV Provides Satellite Solutions For Apartment Living

    [09-11-07 – Satellite Today]  DirecTV and Thomson are launching a satellite television service for multi-family dwellings like apartment complexes, the company announced Sept. 11. The DirecTV MFH3 (Multi-Family Housing version […]

  • Globecast And Arabsat Extend Agreement

    [09-11-07 – Satellite Today]  Globecast and Arabsat will be extending their partnership until 2014, the companies announced Sept. 11. The two companies have expanded the worldwide distribution of the Arabsat/ASBU […]

  • Arianespace Wins New Launch Contract

    [09-11-07 – Satellite Today]  Arianespace has won a new deal to launch four satellites for a key European space program, the company announced September 11. It has signed a deal […]

  • SES Astra Brings Blucom to Middle East

    [09-11-07 – Satellite Today] SES Astra is bringing its interactive TV service Blucom to the Middle East, the company announced September 11. SES has signed a contract with MBC, a […]

  • Tooway Expanding Into France, Spain and Bulgaria

    [09-10-07 – Satellite Today] Eutelsat Communications and ViaSat Inc. are expanding the distribution system for the Tooway satellite broadband service, the companies announced Sept. 10. The service will be extended […]

  • Pilots Use Iridium To Break World Record

    [09-10-07 – Satellite Today] Two Indian Air Force pilots broke a world record using Iridium technology, the company announced Sept. 10. The pilots, Wing Commanders Rahul Monga and Anil Kumar, […]

  • MTV Ukraine Signs Distribution Deal With Spacecom

    [09-10-07 – Satellite Today] MTV is coming to Ukraine, thanks to a deal between Spacecom and MTV Network’s Central and Eastern European subsidiaries, the company announced Sept. 9. MTV Ukraine […]

  • Radyne Introduces SkyWire MDX420

    [09-10-07 – Satellite Today] Radyne Corp. has revealed the new SkyWire MDX420 satellite network gateway, the company announced Sept. 5. The MDX420 applies Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) technology to […]