E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-12] ATK reported a five percent, year-over-year decline in its 2012 full-year sales at $4.6 billion, which was in line with its 2012 full year guidance, according to […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-12] Vizada and SRH Marine Electronics have signed a two-year agreement with Greek maritime company Danaos Shipping to equip the company’s fleet of vessels with a full broadband […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-12] More than 40 percent of Inmarsat shareholders refused to cast a vote of support for the company’s remuneration report during a May 3 annual meeting, according to […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-05-12] Danish technology developer Craftwork has launched off-the-shelf software solutions that enable device manufacturers to rapidly develop and launch new SAT-over-IP devices, the company announced May 4.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-04-12] The U.S. Air Force has postponed the planned launch of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency 2 (AEHF 2) satellite by at least one day due to a […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-04-12] Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Board of Directors has elected Joseph Weiss as President and CEO of IAI, replacing retiring current president and CEO Itzhak Nissan, IAI announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-04-12] Iridium Communications’ 2012 first quarter revenues increased 2 percent year-over-year to $93.5 million, beating analysts’ 2 percent, but falling short of the consensus estimate for operational EBITDA, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-04-12] The European Commission (EC) will launch its next pair of ESA-procured Galileo satellites Sept. 28 on an Arianespace Soyuz rocket from French Guiana. EC Vice President Antonio […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-12] After taking on a sizable fiscal penalty to write down assets in weaker business units, Harris Corp. CEO William Brown confirmed May 1 that the parent company […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-12] Voyage Manager has teamed up MSS operator Iridium Communications to develop and rollout its VM Travel Tracker GPS tracking service with Iridium satellite support, the companies confirmed […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-12] Canadian satellite company Galaxy Broadband has introduced a new satellite-in-a-box system for the enterprise markets, the company announced May 2.    Galaxy Broadband’s Scout was designed as […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-03-12] Canadian satellite firm MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) increased its earnings from operations in the first quarter of 2012 to $29 million, compared with $27 million in […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-02-12] Canadian space and satellite technology company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has been contracted by Sierra Nevada Corp. to develop concepts for a communications solution that will […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-02-12] Gilat Satellite Networks has been selected by an unnamed Tier-1 mobile network operator (MNO) in Southeast Asia to provide a SkyEdge 2 network for GSM and 3G […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-02-12] Satellite solutions provider Global Satellite USA has launched a low-cost GSM communications service to the offshore market under the brand name GSM Oceanwide, the company announced May […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-02-12] Lockheed Martin Space Systems has successfully mated the spacecraft bus and the imaging payload for GeoEye’s next-generation, high-resolution imaging satellite, the manufacturer announced May 1.    The […]

Hispasat Board Elects Elena Pisonero Chairwoman Spanish operator Hispasat’s board of directors has unanimously elected Elena Pisonero to be the company’s new chairwoman. The operator said Pisonero was chosen for […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-01-12] Canadian space and satellite technology company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed a three-year, $1.7 million contract with the Dutch government to provide Radarsat-2 information to […]

Eutelsat Introduces NewsSpotter Mobile Service Via Ka-Sat Satellite operator Eutelsat Communications has launched its NewsSpotter newsgathering service, which is provided by the company’s Skylogic affiliate and hosted on Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-01-12] British broadcaster BSkyB has renewed its broadcast and multimedia sales software contract with Harris Corp. for a period of five years with an additional three-year extension option, […]

iDrirect Unveils New Military Airborne Router iDirect Government Technologies has released a satellite router that aims to enable constant connectivity between manned and unmanned aircraft for uninterrupted command and control […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-01-12] Berenberg Bank has released a new report April 30 in light of the analog signal on SES’ Astra satellite system being closed down in Germany.    Sarah […]

DigitalGlobe Inks Two Imagery Licensing Deals With Microsoft High-resolution earth imagery provider DigitalGlobe has signed two licensing agreements with Microsoft. The first agreement more than doubles the volume of high-resolution […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-01-12] FSS operator Eutelsat has granted an approval to SVS Satellite Systems, which will enable the company to use their SDC-120 and SDC-150 auto-pointing antennas with the Eutelsat […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-30-12] Thales Alenia Space Deutschland has signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space France to develop and validate operations and provide payload data generators and a Satellite Simulator […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-30-12] SpaceX will conduct a static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket’s nine Merlin engines on Monday in preparation for its May 7 Commercial Orbital Transportation Services […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-30-12] Astrium U.K. has won a 300 million euro ($397.8 million) contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to build the Solar Orbiter satellite at its facilities in […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-30-12] SES has introduced a new IP-based satellite reception technology that demodulates and converts satellite signals to IP for further in-home distribution to any IP-enabled device, the operator […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-27-12] NASA and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station have approved a request from commercial launch provider SpaceX to set a May 7 target launch date for the […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-27-12] GMV has entered into a contract with Thaicom to provide the satellite control center for the Thaicom 6 communications satellite, GMV announced April 25. GMV will develop […]