E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 10-16-09] Lockheed Martin’s board named Christopher Kubasik president and COO effective Jan. 1, the company announced Oct. 15.     Bob Stevens will retain his position as the company’s...

The second paragraph of an Oct. 15 story brief should have read, “Orbit expects total worldwide VSAT systems orders to exceed $100 million this year.”     Orbit was referring to...

[Satellite TODAY 10-15-09] There will be over 20 million cable broadband connections in Europe by the end of 2009, Cable Europe, an association of cable operators throughout Europe, reported Oct....

[Satellite TODAY 10-15-09] Nearly 13 percent of total worldwide IP set-top box shipments were operator deployed IP+DTT set-top boxes in 2008, according to an IMS Research report, released Oct. 13....

[Satellite TODAY 10-15-09] Eutelsat has signed a new multi-year capacity deal with Eastern European DTH operator Cyfrowy Polsat, the company announced Oct. 14. Cyfrowy Polsat renewed its contract with Eutelsat...

[Satellite TODAY 10-15-09] Orbit Technologies has received orders in excess of $5 million for marine VSAT satellite communication systems in the second quarter this year, the company announced Oct. 14....

[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Comtech AeroAstro Inc., a subisidary of Comtech Telecommunications has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for the development of Advanced Plug and...

[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Australian telco Optus has announced that its Optus D3 satellite is operational.             Launched in August, Optus D3 is located at 156 degrees East and will complement...

[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed a pre-shipment review for STPSat-2, the first spacecraft for the U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle...

[Satellite Today 10-14-09] Nigerian-based Max Air selected Blue Sky Network’s automated flight following and communication devices for Max Air’s fleet, Blue Sky Network announced Oct. 13.             Max Air outfitted...