E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] Global Satellite USA has launched the Thuraya XT rugged handset with broadband service on Thuraya‘s satellite network, Global Satellite announced Sept. 23.     The service, aimed ay...

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] Stratos Global reached a cooperative distribution agreement with Blue Ocean Wireless (BOW) to resell BOW’s GSM service to existing Stratos customers under the brand name BOW GSM,...

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] Ukraine’s Cyclone-4 rocket, an upgrade to the Cyclone-3 vehicle, has been scheduled to launch from Brazil’s Alcantara space center in 2010, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko announced Sept....

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] Raytheon has achieved live satellite M-code tracking with its Modernized User Equipment (MUE) program, which receives signals from the GPS constellation, the company announced Sept. 23.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] A majority of Satellite TODAY readers said they were very impressed with 3-D HD technology demonstrations, according to the results of our online poll, conducted during August....

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) received an order from Media Broadcast in Germany for IDC’s SuperFlex DVB-S2 broadband satellite caching receiver, SFX4104 Pro Video with Datacast XD content...

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] The first line of a Sept. 24 story should have read – The maiden launch of the SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket has been scheduled for Nov. 29, according...

[Satellite TODAY 09-24-09] The maiden launch of the SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket has been scheduled for Nov. 29, according to the most recent 90-day Eastern Range forecast released by the U.S....

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-09] Gilat Satellite Networks deployed a broadband satellite Internet service for passengers of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, the national railway company of Kazakhstan, Gilat announced Sept. 22.     Transtelecom,...

[Satellite TODAY 09-23-09] Orange Business Services is expanding its partnership with SpeedCast to boost support services in Asia for land and sea applications, Orange announced Sept. 22. SpeedCast also is...