E-letter: Briefs

TECHNOLOGY Advantech Releases Dual-Operation DVB-S2 VSAT Modem Advantech Satellite Networks released its S5420 DVB-S2 (Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite – Second Generation)VSAT modem, which is capable of operating in either...

TECHNOLOGY EchoStar Europe Targets European Cable Market with Set-Top Box EchoStar Europe is targeting the European cable market with a new range of advanced set-top boxes.     EchoStar Europe aims...

[Satellite Today 05-01-09] KVH Industries received a $1 million order from NovAtel for a self-contained navigation system that combines fiber optic gyro-based inertial measurement technology from KVH with GPS technology,...

[Satellite Today 05-01-09] Boeing completed the system-level preliminary design review for its Tracking and Data Relay Satellite system (TDRS) for NASA, Boeing announced April 29.     The review, which followed...

[Satellite Today 05-01-09] Communications and Power Industries Inc. (CPI) was awarded a three-year contract to supply solid-state power amplifiers to Swe-Dish Satellite Systems for use in the Swe-Dish IPT Suitcase...

[Satellite Today 05-01-09] The final qualification test firing of the third stage solid propellant motor for Europe’s Veega small launch vehicle was conducted at the Salto di Quirra Interforce Test...

[Satellite Today 05-01-09] BSkyB has reached 1 million high-definition (HD) subscribers according to the company’s first quarter results released April 30.     BSkyB said it reached its milestone after adding...

[Satellite Today 05-01-09] Comtech Systems has received a $1.6 million increase in funding to its AN/TRC-170 troposcatter engineering and support contract with the U.S. Army, raising the total amount of...

[Satellite Today 05-01-09] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) won a multimillion-dollar contract from DigitalGlobe to provide a ground station solution to support the WorldView 1 and WorldView 2 satellites, MDA...

[Satellite Today 04-30-09] France Telecom‘s earnings fell 4.4 percent due to costs associated with buying programming for its new television services in France, the company announced in its first-quarter financial...