E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has postponed the Oct. 29 launch of its Delta 2 rocket carrying the fourth Cosmo-SkyMed spacecraft for 48 hours due to a problem...

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Raytheon reported modest sales gains across most of its divisions during the third quarter of 2010, which resulted in a slight boost in its financial position when...

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Astrium and space cryogenics specialist Air Liquide established a new joint venture to develop and produce cryogenic tanks for Arianespace’s Ariane 5 Midlife Evolution (ME) upper-stage engine,...

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Increased activity in communication satellite and UAV surveillance sectors has pushed MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates’ (MDA) backlog up to $1.19 billion in the third quarter of 2010...

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Measat Satellite Systems will distribute the Sky News HD channel across the Asia-Pacific region via C-band transponders on the Measat-3a satellite, the operator announced Oct. 28.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Iridium Communications has closed the $1.8 billion financing facility for its next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium Next, the company announced Oct. 27. The closing of the financing puts...

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] TAM Airlines is offering Inmarsat SwiftBroadband in-flight mobile connectivity services, provided by OnAir, on TAM Airbus A321 flights operating out of Brazil, OnAir announced Oct. 28.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] The headline of an Oct. 28 story should have read "Tecom Selects ITS Tranceiver-HPT for Airborne KuStream Antenna Installation."

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[Satellite TODAY 10-28-10] Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary (KGS) has contracted Astrium to provide and install various mechanical, radiometric, thermal and acoustic testing equipment at Kazakhstan’s Satellite Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT)...