E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] SES World Skies U.S. Government Solutions was awarded two contract vehicles through the U.S. Future Comsatcom Services Acquisition (FCSA) program to provide government customers with satellite bandwidth […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] Indian DTH operator Sun Direct has leased two additional Measat-3 Ku-band transponders from Measat Satellite Systems, the company announced Jan. 12.     The agreement expands Sun Direct’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-14-11] Eutelsat Communications has positioned the Ka-Sat satellite at its definitive location at 9 degrees East and will begin a series of in-orbit tests as it prepares to […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-11] Astrium posted preliminary overall revenues of 5 billion euros ($6.47 billion) in 2010, a 4 percent increase compared to 2009, the company announced Jan. 12.     Astrium […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-11] Space Adventures, a commercial manned space travel company, finalized an agreement with the Russian Federal Space Agency and Rocket Space Corp. Energia (RSC Energia) to sell three […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-11] Russia’s Tomsk Polytechnical University (TPU) has selected Hughes’ HX System to provide forest fire monitoring services for the Russian Federal Forestry Agency, Hughes announced Jan. 12.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-13-11] NASA has appointed Michael Gazarik deputy chief technologist, responsible for coordination, integration and tracking of all technology investments across the agency as well as management of NASA’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-12-11] Thrane & Thrane’s Aviator 200 SwiftBroadband solution received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the system’s installation aboard Cessna 500, 550, S550, 552, 560 and 560XL aircraft, […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-12-11] Harris Corp. entered into an agreement with Svyaz Engineering to allow the Russian company to begin local manufacturing of Harris digital television transmitters to support Russia’s transition […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-12-11] Hughes Network Systems has launched its managed Voice-over-IP (VoIP) solution for the distributed enterprise market, the company announced Jan. 11. The service aims to eliminate the need […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-12-11] Orbital Sciences’ Glory satellite has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base for integration with its Taurus XL rocket for its launch into low-Earth orbit in late February, […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-11] Integral Systems and iDirect Government Technologies will partner as prime contractors under a $10 million U.S. Coast Guard award to equip its large cutter fleet with high-speed […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-11] Hughes Network Systems has unveiled its Virtualized Field Office Server offering for the government market, the company announced Jan. 10.     The Hughes offering aims to reduce […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-11] Iridium Communications has certified its partners’ Iridium 9602 Short Burst Data (SBD) transceiver-based devices to operate on its mobile voice and data network for emerging markets, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-11] Satellite geospatial services provider GeoEye appointed Dean Edmundson vice president of business development, the company announced Jan. 10.     Edmundson will play a key role in developing […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-10-11] Astrotech Corp., a commercial aerospace services provider, was selected by the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) to provide payload processing services in support of […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-10-11] Infinity Systems Engineering won a $17.4 million contract from U.S. Air Force Space Command to provide communications and engineering support on three military communications satellite systems over […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-10-11] U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ plan to cut $553 billion from the Pentagon’s 2012 budget includes measures that could benefit unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturers in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-10-11] EchoStar Advanced Technologies has acquired Move Networks, a video streaming technology developer based in Utah, parent company EchoStar Corp. announced Jan. 7.      The EchoStar subsidiary will […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-11] Artel received a contract under the Future Commercial Satellite Communications Services Acquisition (FCSA) contract to provide satellite services, the company announced Jan. 6.     The order to […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-11] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) won a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide a short wave infra-red (SWIR) spectrometer as part of the TROPOMI […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-11] Canadian space and satellite company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has closed the sale of its Property Information business to private investment firm TPG Capital for $850 […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-11] The Lubbock County Municipal Government in Texas selected Spacenet’s satellite communications services and equipment to support critical communications across the state, the Gilat subsidiary announced Jan. 4. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-11] Streambox has enhanced the capability of its hybrid HD/SD software encoder to include HD video transportation using a single cellular modem on Verizon’s 4G LTE mobile broadband […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-07-11] Amino Communications is set to launch a companion set-top box intended to add functionality to the pay-TV and broadcast offerings of its network operator customers, the manufacturer […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-11] Arianespace’s 2011 business model predicts 12 missions, as the company’s expanded launcher family, which includes the Soyuz and Vega, will begin full operations, Arianespace Chairman and CEO […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-11] The Colombian Ministry of Information Technology and Communications and the Colombian National Fund of Development have extended and amended agreements with Gilat Satellite Networks for the provision […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-11] Northrop Grumman has received approval from the U.S. Air Force to begin production on its Joint Interface Control Officer (JICO) Support System (JSS), the company announced Jan. […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-11] Iridium Communications has introduced an updated version of its Direct Internet software package to connect to the Internet using the Iridium 9555 and Iridium 9505A satellite phones […]

[Satellite TODAY 01-06-11] The underwriters of RigNet’s recently completed initial public offering of common stock have exercised an over-allotment option in full and will purchase an additional 500,000 shares of […]