E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-10] Oil and gas company Chevron has named Hughes Network Systems its certified provider of secure managed broadband services for Chevron marketer and retailer stations nationwide, effective immediately,...

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-10]  Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration program satellites built by Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have completed a U.S. Missile Defense Agency Terminal High Altitude Area Defense...

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-10] Globalstar hailed the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) initiation of proceedings to make wireless spectrum available for mobile broadband networks using mobile satellite services (MSS) spectrum in...

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-10] Skyline Communications has unveiled its DataMiner 6.5 update to its DataMiner network management system platform, the company announced July 16.     The upgrade includes packaging the solution...

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-10] Moscow-based IPTV solutions provider NetUp has released version 1.6 of its NetUp IPTV complex with a renovated set of scalable IPTV software and hardware for both medium...

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-10] Norwegian operator Kongsberg’s AISSat-1 nanosatellite entered service and began transmitting automatic identification system (AIS) messages from orbit via Kongsberg’s ground station at Svalbard, Norway, the operator announced...

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-10] H2OLiteSpeed has extended its maritime VSAT solution to provide coverage over European waters ranging from the Mid-Mediterranean region to Turkey, the company announced July 16.     The...

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-10] Astrium Services and Cisco have entered into a technology partnership agreement to study the applications of space-based IP routers, the companies announced July 15.     The partnership...

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-10] NASA has contracted Millennium Engineering and Integration to provide support for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Rapid Response Space Works (RRSW) program, the agency announced July 15....

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-10] Globecomm Systems has been awarded an $8.7 million Ka-band infrastructure contract from an unnamed foreign government, company announced July 15.     Globecomm will design and install multiple...