E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 10-12-12] Intelsat has accepted Boeing’s 702MP Intelsat 21 satellite, which will be used to boost the operator’s broadcast and communications services throughout Europe, Africa, North America and South […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-12-12] The U.S. Air Force has launched an investigation into an upper-stage engine glitch that occurred last week during an unmanned United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta 4 rocket […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-12-12] Orbital Sciences has completed production of Azerbaijan’s first national satellite, Azerpace-1, which is scheduled to launch February 2013 from Arianespace’s launch facility in Kourou, French Guiana, OJSC […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-12-12] Canadian Oil Recovery and Remediation Enterprises (CORRE) has begun the pilot project with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) utilizing EcoTecnos’ geo-sensing satellite detection service, CORRE announced Oct. 11. […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-11-12] ATK has awarded components and subsystems provider Emcore with a contract to manufacture solar panels for the Amos-6 commercial telecommunications satellite, the companies announced Oct. 10. The […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-11-12] Sirius XM Radio has boosted its 2012 subscriber gain forecast from 1.6 million to 1.8 million customers due to projected growth in auto sales, the satellite radio […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-11-12] The Oct. 10 edition of Via Satellite magazine’s Military Satcom Extra contained an editorial note that listed Doug Loverro as director of the U.S. Air Force Space […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-11-12] Thales Alenia Space has been chosen by Eutelsat Communications to build the Eutelsat 8 West B satellite, which will deliver broadcasting services to Direct-to-Home (DTH) markets in […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-11-12] Satellite services provider Intelsat has signed agreements with Bulgarian DTT operator NURTS and national telecommunications provider Bulgarian Telecom (Vivacom) to distribute high-definition programing and enable digital terrestrial […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-12] SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) and completed a critical stage of its cargo resupply mission for NASA, SpaceX announced Oct. […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-12] SES has chosen Boeing to build SES-9 – a new communication satellite aiming to expand SES’ capabilities to serve the increasingly growing Asian markets, SES and Boeing […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-12] Avanti Communications Group’s Ka-band satellite Hylas 2 is now completely operational and will begin providing data and video service coverage to customers in Northern and Southern Africa, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-12] NetComm Wireless has signed its first supply agreement with wireless technology distributer Westbase Technology for 3G and 4G wireless broadband devices and machine-to-machine (M2M) products to telecommunications […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-12] Lockheed Martin is progressing through a key test phase for GeoEye’s next-generation imaging satellite GeoEye-2 on schedule and will be prepared for a planned launch aboard a […]

 [Satellite TODAY 10-09-12] Hughes Network Systems subsidiary Hughes Europe has signed a 10-year contract with M2M value-added reseller Emtele to supply high-availability satellite connectivity services as part of a Smart […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-09-12] ATK has been awarded a $50 million contract by NASA to further develop the Advanced Concept Booster Development for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) through complete engineering […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-09-12] Beam Communications, a subsidiary of World Reach Limited, has successfully installed an Inmarsat IsatDock Pro at the Antarctic Polar Station in Russia, increasing the quality of satellite […]

 [Satellite TODAY 10-09-12] ITT Exelis has released its upgraded version of the management and broadcasting video and imagery Jagwire software, Jagwire 1.2, designed to reduce the time it takes to […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-09-12] FSS operator Eutelsat has shipped its Eutelsat 21B satellite to the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will be launched Nov. 9 onboard an Arianespace […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-08-12] NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center is completing final testing and inspections on the agency’s third-generation Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), where the first satellite, TDRS-K, is […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-08-12] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) plans to launch 58 space missions in the next five years, ISRO announced Oct. 8.        The agency’s plan […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-08-12] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully launched its Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the first official cargo resupply mission to the International […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-08-12] The analysis community gave satellite TV providers something to think about Oct. 8 with the release of two TV market studies highlighting the impact of IPTV and […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-08-12] Satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), has been chosen to provide the direct broadcast satellite         EchoStar 8, designed to deliver sparing flexibility, to the […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-12] ITT Exelis has completed acceptance testing of the navigation payload element for the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System 3 (GPS 3) Non-Flight Satellite Testbed (GNST) and […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-12] Personal satellite messaging, tracking and navigation technology company DeLorme, has partnered with Spacenet Communications Services de Mexico (Spacenet Mexico) to deliver its award-winning inReach two-way satellite communication […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-12] Canadian-based satellite hardware manufacturer Advantech Wireless has recorded a 155 Mbps forward link throughput performance with its new generation of Discovery hubs and terminals, which according to […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-05-12] ScanEx and its partners have completed a satellite-based environmental monitoring project in the Russian sector of the Sea of Japan, using five satellites with optical and radar […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-04-12] Globalstar regional subsidiary Globalstar Panama has signed a non-exclusive Duplex voice and data services re-seller agreement with electronic products developer ESIS in the Republic of Venezuela, Globalstar […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-04-12] Arianespace has integrated two European Galileo navigation satellites on their payload dispenser aboard a medium-lift Soyuz rocket, which will be launched Oct. 12 from the European spaceport […]