E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 03-30-09] SATELLITE 2009 RECAP: Intelsat General Corp. has been awarded a multi-year contract from Artel Inc. to supply bandwidth to the U.S. military to support UAV surveillance operations,...

[Satellite Today 03-30-09] SATELLITE 2009 RECAP: International Launch Services (ILS) signed a contract with Intelsat to launch the Intelsat 16 satellite on a Russian Proton rocket in the fourth quarter,...

[Satellite Today 03-30-09] SATELLITE 2009 RECAP: EchoStar Satellite Services has launched an IP-Prime conversion program designed to provide continued delivery of U.S. video transport services for telco IP headend facilities,...

[Satellite Today 03-27-09] Blue Oceans Satellite Systems has selected a satellite-based Explosive Magazine Monitoring Solution from Iridium, which will be used for storing explosives, Iridium announced March 26.     The...

[Satellite Today 03-27-09] Overwatch Tactical Operations has received an award from Thales France to provide five sets of Ka- and Ku-multiband satellite communications antennas for use on the Royal Norwegian...

[Satellite Today 03-27-09] Globecomm Systems has released a Ka-band version of its 1.2-meter Auto-Explorer satellite terminal designed for operation with the U.S. Department of Defense Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) system,...

[Satellite Today 03-27-09] Hughes Network Systems has released new HX broadband satellite routers — the HX260 Mesh and the HX200, the company announced March 19.     Featuring an integrated, multi-channel...

[Satellite Today 03-27-09] RaySat Broadcasting Corp. (RBC) has revealed the provider partners involved in its alliance to deliver the AT&T CruiseCast service.     In a March 26 announcement, RBC named...

[Satellite Today 03-27-09] Paradise Datacom has released its Paired Carrier Multiple Access (PCMA)-70 bandwidth extender designed to provide satellite-based system operators with a way to increase transponder efficiency using technology...

[Satellite Today 03-26-09] Manufacturer iDirect has extended its Evolution product line to include a lightweight, compact iConnex e850mp satellite router board, iDirect announced March 23.     The e850mp enables systems...