E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 05-23-11]  MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed contract amendments with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for the design phase of the Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM), the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-23-11] Globalstar Europe Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Globalstar, has signed an authorized distribution agreement with Spanish company Equipos Navales Industriales. Equipos Navales will act as a national […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-23-11]  Broadcom has launched its next-generation 40nm HD satellite set-top box system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution. Broadcom says its new technology will enable low-cost HDTV and interactive services in emerging […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-23-11] Orbcomm’s Asia Pacific plans have been boosted by the signing of a new agreement in one of the region’s key markets. It has signed a MoU with Taiwan’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-11] Hughes Europe announced details of a new initiative highlighting the benefits of satellite broadband to rural communities in the United Kingdom. The company announced May 19, that […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-11]  Tesacom has been granted licenses in the Republic of Panama to provide and sell Iridium voice and data communications in the country, Iridium announced May 19.      […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-11]  DirecTV has started field trial testing for its DirecTV Home Media Center, the company announced May 18. It will ultimately provide customers with a ‘receiver-less’ solution for […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-11]  Stratos Global has won a new communications contract with a major Indian shipping operator, the company announced May 18.             It has been selected by the Shipping […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-11]  Orbcomm has completed a deal to acquire substantially all of the assets of StarTrak Systems from Alanco Technologies, the company announced May 18.             StarTrak is a […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-11]  VT iDirect (iDirect) will offer new Web and UDP optimization solutions through a reseller agreement with XipLink, the two companies announced May 17.             The new optimization […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-11] ViaSat has won a new contract worth $40 million from Thales Alenia Space, the company announced May 17. ViaSat will supply Ka-band transmit-receive (T/R) modules to Thales […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-11] Asia Broadcast Satellite has secured $215 million in new funding, the company announced May 18. It has closed a $215 million five-year senior bank loan from a […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-18-11] TS2 Satellite Technologies has won a significant new contract with the Government Protection Bureau (GPB) in Poland, the company announced May 17.      TS2 will provide global […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  Cyfrowy Polsat has now close to 3.5 million DTH subscribers in Poland. This was one of the highlights of its first quarter results issued May 17.      […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-18-11]  RRSat Global Communications has appointed Shlomo Shamir as its new chairman, the company  announced May 16.       Shamir will replace Gilad Ramot, who will remain as a […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-18-11] Gilat Satellite Networks saw strong increases in revenues and profits its first quarter, the company reported May 17.             The company noted revenues of $80 million in […]

 [Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  [Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  Eutelsat Communications has announced details of a new deal with Russian satellite operator, Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC). The two companies will look to […]

 [Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  Telenor Connexion, a provider of M2M solutions to business for life critical applications, has made a series of new appointments in North America. The company has appointed […]

 [Satellite TODAY 05-17-11]  The price for broadband service is falling dramatically across the globe, according to the ITU. According to recent figures, consumers and businesses are paying on average more […]

 [Satellite TODAY 05-17-11] Joseph Clayton is to become the new CEO and President of Dish Network, the company announced May 16.       Charlie Ergen, who formerly held the positions […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-16-11] The U.S. Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $372 million contract to begin designing the Advanced Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) antenna system as part of the Increment […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-16-11] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch an image-capturing satellite for France next year, Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (VSSC) Director Parivakkam Veeraraghavan announced May 13.             […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-16-11] Comtech EF Data secured a $1 million satellite communications equipment order from an unnamed Asian mobile operator, the company announced May 13. The Comtech EF Data infrastructure […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-16-11] Satellite broadband communications solutions provider NorsatInternational named James Topham to its Board of Directors after the company’s shareholders approved his nomination, Norsat announced May 13. Topham also […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-11] The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) terminated its recovery efforts for the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) after the spacecraft experienced an electrical anomaly last month that […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-11] Norsat’s acquisition of RF and antenna technology manufacturer Sinclair in January helped generate an additional $4.3 million in revenue during the 2011 first quarter, which brought Norsat’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-11] Thaicom received a significant contribution in revenues from its IPStar satellite subsidiary during the 2011 first quarter, including a 40.3 percent year-over-year increase in IPStar bandwidth services, […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-13-11] GeoEye appointed Andy Dougherty vice president of business development for the imagery company’s Federal Information Services division, GeoEye announced May 12. Dougherty is a retired U.S. naval […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-11] Vizada has launched its new Universal Card prepaid solution to work with both mobile and fixed satellite terminals at sea, the independent satellite communications provider announced May […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-11] The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) appointed Jill Grinda as its new vice president, the organization announced May 11.             Grinda will base her […]