E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 05-15-09] DigitalGlobe priced its initial public offering at $19 per share, above analyst’s estimated range of $16 to $18, according to a U.S. Security Exchage Commission filing made...

[Satellite Today 05-15-09] Al Jazeera English deployed its Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) X-Stream mobile broadband satellite service provided by Stratos Global Corp., making it the first media organization...

[Satellite Today 05-15-09] Arianespace launched the Herschel and Planck satellites for the European Space Agency (ESA) from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, Arianespace announced May 14.    The two...

[Satellite Today 05-15-09] Norsat International Inc. has been selected by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture to manage the satellite-based vessel monitoring system, Blue Box, marking Norsat’s initial entry into the...

[Satellite Today 05-15-09] The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) backed NASA‘s action to award Orbital Sciences the contract to provide commercial resupply services for the International Space Station over PlanetSpace,...

[Satellite Today 05-15-09] Eutelsat Communications selected Astrium to deliver Atlantic Bird 7, which is scheduled for launch in the fourth quarter of 2011, Astrium announced May 14.    The satellite,...

[Satellite Today 05-14-09] Over the course of the week, Satellite News will be featuring in-depth coverage of the first IP Satellite Summit in Washington D.C. We will feature our articles...

[Satellite Today 05-14-09] Mark Slaughter, CEO and president of RigNet, an enterprise communications company for remote oil and gas industries, was named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur...

[Satellite Today 05-14-09] Hughes Network Systems and SatProf will launch a joint web-based platform that aims to deliver faster and more cost effective installation training on Hughes’ global broadband satellite...

[Satellite Today 05-14-09] Satellite provider Speedcast, has awarded a contract to Sidsa, an international digital technology provider based in Spain, to protect its digital content in Asia and the Middle...