E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 05-07-09] United Launch Alliance (ULA) and NASA successfully launched a Delta II rocket carrying the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (ATRR) mission for...

[Satellite Today 05-07-09] Avanti Communications signed contracts to supply broadband products to Italian distribution companies Tempestini Group and Hitek Partners, Avanti announced May 6.     Tempestini Group specializes in developing...

[Satellite Today 05-07-09] El Corte Ingles will distribute Eutelsat’s Tooway satellite broadband service to retail consumers in Spain, Eutelsat announced May 6.     The two companies signed a distribution agreement...

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and MediaQuest are developing a high-definition (HD) direct-to-home (DTH) offering for commercial release in 2009, PLDT announced in its first...

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] Spacenet Inc. has deployed its Connexstar satellite communications services as part of an incident response vehicle for Erie Insurance, Spacenet announced May 5.     The services utilize...

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] Thuraya has made enhancements to its broadband solution, ThurayaIP, the company announced May 3.     Thuraya established a point Of presence and meet me point to augment...

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] The Swedish Space Corp. (SSC) will run a U.S. corporation, Universal Space Network (USN), as a subsidiary after the U.S. government approved SSC’s acquisition of USN with...

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] End-to-end broadcasting solutions provider, Harmonic, said it suffered heavy losses in its 2009 first quarter financial report released May 5.     The company’s CFO, Robin Dickson attributed...

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] SatMax Corp., a wireless satellite coverage provider, has completed its name change from Echo Satellite Communications, the company announced May 5.     The name change came at...

[Satellite Today 05-05-09] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. hopes to raise $200 million through a private sale, the company announced May 4.     Comtech intends to grant the initial purchasers of the...