-
Uncategorized
RRSat Posts Record Quarter For Revenues, Net Income
RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. reported record revenues of $13.3 million in its 2007 first quarter, an increase of nearly 41 percent over revenues of $9.4 million in the first […]
-
Uncategorized
Wegener Receives $3.2 Million Order For Digital Signage
Wegener Corp., a provider of equipment for television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide, received an order from Satellite Store Link to launch networked digital signage in Mexico, Wegener announced […]
-
Uncategorized
GMV To Provide Satellite Ground Software To Intelsat
GMV signed two contracts with Intelsat Ltd. for satellite flight dynamics software support for advanced satellites, GMV announced May 8. GMV will provide software to support on-station operations, maneuver planning […]
-
Uncategorized
Loral Revenues Up 28 Percent In First Quarter
Loral Space & Communications Inc.’s revenues reached $221 million in the 2007 first quarter, up 28 percent from the first quarter of 2006, the company announced May 8. Loral credited […]
-
Uncategorized
Orbital Sciences Wins SES Americom Deal
[5/9/07] Orbital Sciences received a contract from SES Americom to manufacture the AMC-5R satellite, a ground spare and up to three more spacecraft, Orbital announced May 8. AMC-5R and […]
-
Uncategorized
DataPath Joins Satellite Industry Association
DataPath Inc. has become an executive member of the Satellite Industry Association (SIA), DataPath announced May 7. SIA is a U.S.-based trade association providing worldwide representation of satellite operators, service […]
-
Uncategorized
Dish Network Launches MobileDish Programming Packages
EchoStar Communications Corp. and its Dish Network satellite TV service has launched the MobileDish in-car satellite service, EchoStar announced May 4. The programming package combines state-of-the-art antenna technology from RaySat […]
-
Uncategorized
Lockheed Martin Completes Major Design Review For TSAT
A team from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman completed a key design review of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment, signaling readiness to proceed with the next development […]
-
Uncategorized
Stratos First Quarter Revenues Climb 21 Percent
Furled by its Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) business, Stratos Global Corp. posted revenues of $144.6 million in the 2007 first quarter, up 21 percent from the same period a year […]
-
Uncategorized
Gilat To Provide Broadband Wireless Access Over WiMAX
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Proxim Wireless Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Terabeam Inc., to offer WiMAX, Wi-Fi Mesh and other broadband wireless access […]
-
Uncategorized
Ariane 5 Launch Orbits Astra-1L, Galaxy 17
Arianespace’s second heavy-lift flight of 2007 deployed two telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit May 4, the company announced. The Ariane 5 placed the Astra-1L spacecraft for SES Astra and […]
-
Uncategorized
Russia’s National Broadcasting Launches Pay-TV Channels On Eutelsat-W4
[5/8/07] Russian broadcaster National Broadcasting Company has launched 12 pay-TV channels on Eutelsat-W4, Eutelsat Communications announced May 7. The transponder is being leased by RSCC acting on behalf of the […]
-
Uncategorized
Orbital Sciences Wins Key Americom Deal
Orbital Sciences is celebrating a major contract award from SES Americom, Orbital announced May 8. The company will build a replacement satellite, AMC-5R, plus a ground spare, with an […]
-
Connectivity
Orbital Awarded Contract For Intelsat Satellite
Orbital Sciences Corp. received a contract from Intelsat to manufacture the Intelsat-15 communications satellite, Orbital announced May 1. The satellite, scheduled for launch in early 2009, will be based on […]
-
Connectivity
SES Expects To See Cost Savings In Next Satellite Procurement Cycle
SES Global posted positive results in the 2007 first quarter that were in line with expectations, but the talk among analysts stemmed from comments by SES hinting at potential savings […]
-
Connectivity
Sirius Cuts Loss In First Quarter; Continues To Push For XM Merger
Sirius Satellite Radio reported a narrower loss in its latest quarter, signing up more subscribers than rival XM Satellite Radio in the first three months of 2007. New York-based Sirius […]
-
Connectivity
SPOTLIGHT: TrailGuard Uses Metal Detection Sent Over Satellite To Trap Poachers, Save Animals’ Skins
Poachers, beware: Illegal hunters are becoming the hunted through technology developed by an electrical engineer-cum-visiting scholar at the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry. […]
-
Connectivity
Tata Sky CEO Sees Three DTH Players In India
India will be one of the biggest markets for satellite pay-TV services throughout the next few years. Dish TV, backed by Zee Telefilms, already is seeing strong growth in this […]
-
Uncategorized
Orbiting Wall Street
Hispasat Hispasat recorded a profit of 24.5 million euros ($33.3 million) in 2006, more than double earnings of 9.8 million euros ($13.3 million) in 2005, the satellite operator announced May […]
-
Uncategorized
Brant Takes Helm At SkyPort Global Aiming To Repeat His Successes With Loral Skynet
Patrick Brant has joined SkyPort Global Communications Inc. as president and CEO, the company announced April 30. Brant most recently served as CEO and president of Loral Skynet, the satellite […]
-
Uncategorized
ICG Names Manager Of Product Sales
International Communications Group (ICG) appointed Mark Lange manager of product sales, the company announced May 3. Lange was the senior design engineer for Gulfstream/GDAS and also has served as the […]
-
Uncategorized
UDcast Names CEO
UDcast has named Jas Saini CEO effective May 1, the company announced. Saini has more than 25 years of experience in the electronics industry and has held executive positions at […]
-
Uncategorized
RAMTelecom Extends Private Placement Schedule
RAMTelecom Inc. granted SkyPort Global Communications Inc. a 15-day extension in order for SkyPort to complete its due diligence process ahead of a planned acquisition, RAMTelecom announced May 3. SkyPort […]
-
Uncategorized
Fleet Management Solutions Deploys Iridium-Based System
Iridium Satellite LLC is providing worldwide satellite data links for a new asset tracking, monitoring and remote management system, the Fleet Management Solutions (FMS) MLT-300i, Iridium announced May 4. FMS […]
-
Uncategorized
Hispasat Posts Strong Numbers
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat saw a strong increase in overall revenues and profits in 2006, posting revenues of 120.5 million euros ($163.8 million), an increase of close to 21 percent […]
-
Uncategorized
General Dynamics Awarded WWSS Contract
General Dynamics SatCom Technologies has been awarded an order under the World Wide Satellite Services (WWSS) contract to provide Ku-band, on-the-move satellite communications terminals to the U.S. Army, the company […]
-
Uncategorized
First Galileo Navigation Message Transmitted
[5/7] The first Galileo navigation message has been transmitted through the GIOVE-A Navigation Signal Generator Unit developed by Thales Alenia Space and the GIOVE Mission Segment, Thales announced May 4. […]
-
Uncategorized
Vikram Kaushik, CEO, Tata Sky
India will be one of the biggest markets for satellite pay-TV services throughout the next few years. Dish TV, backed by Zee Telefilms, already is seeing strong growth in this […]
-
Uncategorized
House Panel Rips $764 Million, 8.6 Percent, From Already-Cut MDA Budget
ABL Loses $400 Million, Euro Site $160 Million; But Rescue In Works The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) strategic forces subcommittee cut $764 million, or 8.6 percent, from the total […]
-
Uncategorized
Attempt To Reverse $500 Million NASA Budget Cut Fails
A Republican Florida congressman lost his bid to eliminate a proposed $500 million cut in NASA funding in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008, compared to the current fiscal […]