E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-11] Mobile and fixed-site remote communications provider Stratos Global is offering its recently released AmosConnect 8.2 communications application on its Inmarsat IsatPhone Pro satellite phone handsets, Stratos announced...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-11] EMS Technologies has received inquiries from interested acquirers, and the company’s board has begun a formal process to explore a possible sale, EMS Chairman Jack Mowell said...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-11] TerreStar Networks has requested bankruptcy court approval to auction its assets, saying that the auction would urge its creditors to resolve their differences and come up with...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-11] DigitalGlobe has raised the orbit of its QuickBird satellite, the company announced April 19.     DigitalGlobe lifted QuickBird from its previous 450-kilometer orbit to a new slot...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-11] Dish Network’s business plans for its recent acquisition of movie rental chain and online streaming video service Blockbuster Inc. will see the company take on leases for...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-11] U.S. Space has been awarded a $291,000 contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center to study feasible acquisition alternatives to satisfy military satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-11] The New York American Arbitration Association ruled in favor of U.K. satellite operator Avanti Communications in its legal action against SpaceX to recover the deposit it paid...

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-11] Thales Alenia Space awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin to develop, test and support integration of payload application software for the Iridium Next satellite constellation, Thales announced...

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-11] Comtech EF Data received a $1.2 million order for satellite ground station communications equipment from an unnamed systems integrator, which will deploy the equipment to support a...

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-11] The Space Data Association’s (SDA) Space Data Center has completed its full operational capability readiness review, which determined that its system is ready to be employed, maintained...