E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-10] A $3 million restructuring charge cut into Com Dev profits in the 2010 fourth quarter, causing the Canadian satellite company to post $1.9 million in losses compared...

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-11] General Dynamics has subcontracted GMV Space Systems to modernize NASA’s Tracking Data and Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation under its Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment program award, GMV...

[Satellite TODAY 01-17-11] East View Cartographic entered into an agreement with geospatial imagery provider RapidEye to join its distribution team in the United States, RapidEye announced Jan. 14.     RapidEye...

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] SES World Skies U.S. Government Solutions was awarded two contract vehicles through the U.S. Future Comsatcom Services Acquisition (FCSA) program to provide government customers with satellite bandwidth...

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] Indian DTH operator Sun Direct has leased two additional Measat-3 Ku-band transponders from Measat Satellite Systems, the company announced Jan. 12.     The agreement expands Sun Direct’s...

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] Eutelsat Communications has positioned the Ka-Sat satellite at its definitive location at 9 degrees East and will begin a series of in-orbit tests as it prepares to...

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] Intelsat has reestablished full functionality and control over Galaxy 15, which stopped responding to ground controllers when its telemetry and commanding subsystems suffered an anomaly in April,...

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] Integral Systems has hired New York-based advisory firm Stone Key Partners as a financial consultant to help it explore the possible sale of the company or making...

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-11] Astrium posted preliminary overall revenues of 5 billion euros ($6.47 billion) in 2010, a 4 percent increase compared to 2009, the company announced Jan. 12.     Astrium...

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-11] Space Adventures, a commercial manned space travel company, finalized an agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency and Rocket Space Corp. Energia (RSC Energia) to sell three...