E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-11] A United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket is set to launch the Argentine SAC-D satellite and a hitchhiking NASA instrument June 9 from the Vandenberg U.S. Air...

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-11] The U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Tactical Satellite-3 (TacSat-3) has surpassed its expected six-month operational lifespan and completed its second year of service.     ATK, the spacecraft’s...

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-11] Geospatial information service provider GeoEye promoted Uyen Dinh to vice president of its Government Affairs division, the company announced June 7.    Dinh joined GeoEye in May...

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-11] Ericsson appointed Per Borgklint senior vice president and head of its multimedia business unit effective immediately, the company announced June 7.     Borgklint, the former CEO of...

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-11] Nigeria’s National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) will launch two satellites into the orbit by the end of June, NASRDA officials announced June 6.     NigeriaSat-2...

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-11] The U.S. Export-Import Bank (U.S. Ex-Im) has unveiled the conditions of its financing agreement with the Azerbaijan government for the production of the country’s first national communications...

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-11] Applied Satellite Technology (AST) has entered into a partnership with Streambox to integrate its ASTLive value-added services suite to Streambox’s live IP-based video contribution service, the companies...

[Satellite TODAY 06-07-11] Content costs are the number one concern for The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia’s (CASBAA) operators in 2011, with 71.4 percent stating that costs are...

[Satellite TODAY 06-06-11] AT&T Government Solutions was awarded a series of U.S. Department of Defense task orders worth up to $48 million to provide satellite-based voice, video and Internet services...

[Satellite TODAY 06-06-11] Globalstar subsidiary Spot launched its “Connect, Connect, Wherever U R” summer promotion, which will see eligible consumers receive 100 free “type and send” messages when they register...