E-letter: Briefs

Sirius XM radio intends to offer $600 million of senior notes, due in 2021, to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

Space Systems/Loral announced that the high power, multi-mission satellite it designed and built for Eutelsat and Es’hailSat, has arrived at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Inmarsat and Arianespace confirmed the successful launch of ESA’s Alphasat.

Lybid TV, a new Ukrainian pay-TV platform, has initiated full commercial operations on the Eutelsat 36B satellite.

Geolink Satellite Services, a provider of a wide array of communications to the oil and gas industry, has won a contract to install a stabilized antenna at an offshore floating platform in Congo.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), a global communications and information company, announced it has signed a multimillion dollar contract with Boeing for four advanced technology solutions.

Intelsat announced that more than 1,000 industry professionals have undergone training in the Intelsat-sponsored Global VSAT Forum (GVF) training program.

Eutelsat Communications announced it has successfully completed the first phase of development of a smart LNB for a Direct-to-Home (DTH) antenna that opens the door for broadcasters.

ORBCOMM announced that its globaltrak division has completed the shipment of its fuel monitoring system, which is designed to prevent theft of mission-critical fuel used by U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Panasonic Avionics has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China Telecom Satellite Communications Limited to jointly develop, implement and support in-flight connectivity solutions for the Chinese market.

SES announced it has signed a 15-year contract with Platco Digital, a sister company of the South African independent broadcaster e.tv.

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) announced it has executed multiple agreements with Harris CapRock to provide satellite capacity services from its 1 degree west orbital location.

Astrium has recently signed a contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), the South Korean space agency.

Boeing reports strong second-quarter results and raises 2013 EPS guidance.

Intelsat has selected Space Systems/Loral (SSL) to provide a new communications satellite to expand its coverage of the Western hemisphere.

SES announced that the East African pay-TV broadcaster Zuku TV will complete its migration on the SES fleet by the end of July 2013 and has committed to growth capacity on the new satellite.

C-COM Satellite Systems, a global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems, announced today that it has started supplying South Africa's largest independent telecommunications firm Vox Telecom with iNetVu Mobile antennas.

Boeing recently demonstrated that astronauts in its Crew Space Transportation (CST) 100 capsule will be able to safely exit the spacecraft during an emergency water landing.

Telespazio has signed a contract with the French company STIME to deploy one of the largest Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite networks in Europe for Les Mousquetaires group.

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket carrying the second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS 2) satellite for the U.S. Navy lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Friday July 19.

Eumetsat announced that Calibration and Validation (cal/val) activities concluded after the final Product Validation Review Board (PVRB) meeting declared the IASI Level 2 (L2) products derived from Metop B operational.

Fashion TV (FTV), has selected SatLink Communications, a global teleport, content management and HD playout services provider, to playout, uplink and stream its HD channel onto AsiaSat 5.

ITT Exelis has received Nadcap accreditation of its aerostructures composite design and manufacturing center for chemical processing.

Space Systems/Loral (SSL) announced that it has signed a contract with an undisclosed customer to provide a multi-mission satellite to be used for telecommunications, television broadcast, and other services such as distance learning.

Following integration of its full payload stack, the heavy-lift Ariane 5 is now complete in preparation for its July 25 launch.

At the ACOMM awards July 18, the Communications Alliance awarded Optus the “Satellite Provider of the Year” honor for the company’s commitment to providing satellite products and services in remote areas.

Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex) announced it has entered into an agreement with Boeing for the design, construction and delivery of Satmex 9, the latest communications satellite in its fleet. Satmex 9 will be launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.

Thales Alenia Space has delivered its second pressurized cargo module (PCM) to Orbital Sciences Corp. for integration in the Cygnus spacecraft that will transport cargo to the International Space Station.

The SPOT 6, a high-resolution Earth observation satellite designed, built and operated by Astrium has been qualified by the Joint Research Center (JRC) to take part in the MARS-CAP program run by the European Commission.

Miranda Technologies announced it has partnered with ViewSat for the installation of a pair of NVISION 8144 routers at ViewSat’s U.K. base.