E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 09-29-09] Arianespace has rescheduled the launch of the Amazonas-2 and ComsatBw-1 satellites, the company announced Sept. 28.     The launch of the two satellites is now set to...

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) has received its first Tiernan orders since acquiring the product line in July, IDC announced Sept. 24.     The orders, valued at over...

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-09] Harris Broadcast Communications appointed Olaf Brunswicker regional sales manager for Eastern Europe, the company announced Sept. 25.     Brunswicker will be responsible for developing partner, systems integrator...

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-09] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) signed a long-term, multiple transponder deal with Russian DTH provider GT Satellite Systems (GTSS) for expansion capacity on the ABS-2 satellite, which is...

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-09] ViaSat Inc. was awarded two orders valued at more than $10 million for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) terminals and spare components from the U.S. Space and...

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-09] SpaceX demonstrated its DragonEye proximity sensor to be used on NASA’s STS-127 shuttle mission, the launch company announced Sept. 25.     DragonEye was launched aboard the Space...

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-09] Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, signed a technology licensing agreement with Intel, Nagravision announced Sept. 25.     The agreement will see compatibility between Nagravision’s NOCS technology and...

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-09] GHL Acquisition stockholders voted to approve its acquisition of Iridium following the approval of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission granted in August, GHL announced Sept 24.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-09] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the Oceansat-2 and six nanosatellites, including Jugnu, India’s lightest nanosatellite, the organization said Sept. 23.     The satellites were launched...

[Satellite TODAY 09-25-09] The Thor 6 satellite will be shipped Monday to Arianespace’s launch facility in Kourou, Thales Alenia Space announced Sept. 24.     Thor 6, built by Thales Alenia...