E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] Philip Father, CEO of ProtoStar, and Paul Brown-Kenyon, COO of Measat will discuss the Asian satellite market June 9 during a Via Satellite webinar.     “CEOs Assess...

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] DirecTV President and CEO Chase Carey is resigning from the company, effective July 1, to accept a new position at News Corp. DirecTV announced June 3.    ...

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Swiss aerospace, defense and security technology group, Ruag has purchased Oerlikon Space AG, the space division of Swiss technology developer Oerlikon for an undisclosed amount of cash,...

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Global Satellite USA launched its new Inmarsat FleetBroadband 150 service, developed for the leisure, fishing, coastal merchant and small defense vessel markets, the company announced June 2....

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Newtec has shipped 50,000 of its Sat3Play terminals in Europe, the company announced June 2.     The Sat3Play broadband terminal implements technologies such as DVB-S2 modulation and...

[Satellite Today 06-02-09] Lockheed Martin won a $1.5 billion contract to build the third Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite, the U.S. Air Force announced May 29.    ...

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Telesat Canada signed an agreement to relinquish its leasehold interest and customer contracts for the Telstar 10 satellite to owner APT Satellite Co. Ltd., Telesat announced June...

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] SkyVision signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat for a transponder on the W2A satellite to supplement SkyVision’s pan-African space segment and private networks inventory, Eutelsat announced June...

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Telefonica del Peru signed a three-year deal with SES Americom-New Skies for nearly a full transponder of capacity aboard the NSS-10 satellite, the companies announced June 1...

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Afcom Satellite Networks completed construction of its next-generation C-band satellite gateway ground station in Lagos, Nigeria, the company announced June 2.     The C-band gateway, which is...