E-letter: Briefs

Astra, Intersat Partner for Satellite Service in Africa Astra Broadband Services and Intersat Africa launched satellite broadband in East and Central Africa in early February. The Get2Net service is available...

Comtech EF Data Releases CDM-750 Trunking Modem Comtech EF Data introduced its CDM-750 high-speed trunking modem to the commercial market. The CDM-750 modem combines DVB-S2, adaptive coding and modulation and...

ISRO Wins IEEE Resnik Award for Satellite Navigation Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) technology specialist Surendra Pal was awarded the 2010 IEEE Judith A. Resnik award for the development of...

Arianespace Wins Contract for 10 Galileo Satellites The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Arianespace to launch the first 10 Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites in Europe’s Galileo satellite positioning...

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Sea Launch will receive a second debtor-in-possession loan for $12 million from Space Launch Services to allow Sea Launch to continue operating through the next phase of...

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-10] The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied SpaceX’s protest of NASA’s contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. to launch a scientific satellite for NASA in 2012, the...

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-10] Fujitsu Frontech North America has appointed Vislink News & Entertainment as a reseller of its H.264 encoders and decoders, Vislink announced Feb. 25.    Starting in the...

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-10] Orbital Sciences Corp. and Aerojet have initiated the AJ26 rocket engine testing process for Orbital’s Taurus 2 medium-class launch vehicle, the companies announced Feb. 25.     Aerojet...

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-10] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has introduced its SwiftLink 2810 executive communications rucksack package product, TCS announced Feb. 25.    The product is an addition to TCS’ SwiftLink family...

[Satellite TODAY 02-25-10] Globecomm Systems subsidiary Telaurus Communications has been awarded a three-year maritime managed services contract from PACC Ship Managers in Singapore, Globecomm announced Feb. 24.     Telaurus will...