E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-11] DVB-RCS satellite network systems provider STM Group has introduced two SatLink Hub systems for private VSAT networks at small and medium enterprises and for entry-level requirements at...

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-11] Retired NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman has joined SpaceX as senior engineer of astronaut safety and mission assurance, the company announced March 7.     Reisman will join another...

[Satellite TODAY 03-08-11] Norsat International‘s board appointed Fabio Doninelli chairman and member of Norsat’s audit committee, the Canadian satellite company announced March 7.     Doninelli previously served as a strategy...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-11] Orbital Sciences’ Taurus XL 3110 rocket failed to deliver NASA’s Glory climate-monitoring satellite into orbit after a payload fairing on the nose cone of the rocket did...

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-11] NASA awarded an option for the Space Network Expansion-East to General Dynamics C4 Systems under the agency’s Space Network Ground Segment sustainment contract awarded in June, the...

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-11] Commercial blue force and blue personnel tracking (BFT/BPT) specialist Track24 Defense unveiled its Situational Command and Control (SCC) software for the international military market, the company announced....

[Satellite TODAY 03-07-11] NewCom released a turnkey solution for governments, NGOs, foundations and private sector businesses interested in improving education in rural, developing regions throughout Latin America and Africa, the...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-11] ViaSat is expanding its Ku-band international mobility coverage to include Ka-band and support the growth of its in-flight Yonder mobile broadband network service, the company announced March...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-11] Harris Corp. won a contract from Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems to build Ka-band antennas for the three-satellite Inmarsat-5 constellation, which will provide the backbone for Inmarsat’s...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-11] Canadian operator Telesat saw its full-year consolidated revenues increase 4 percent from 2009 to $821 million in 2010 but reported income of $228 million in 2010, compared...