E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 12-23-10] Geospatial solutions provider RapidEye named consulting and software engineering services company Viasat GeoTechnologies to RapidEye’s team of distributors in Canada, RapidEye announced Dec. 22.     RapidEye is […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-23-10] There will be no Satellite TODAY Daily News Feed issued Dec. 24 due to the holiday. We will resume our regular publishing schedule on Dec. 27.

[Satellite TODAY 12-23-10] ViaSat received $13.8 million in Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT-2) follow-on orders from the U.S. Army, the company announced Dec. 21.     The order is part of […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-23-10] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will orbit the GSAT-5P satellite on its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F06) Dec. 25 after the rocket engine’s valve was tested […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-10] The Russian Defense Ministry has postponed the launch of the Glonass-K satellite until 2011, Russian officials announced Dec. 21.     The satellite was scheduled to launch on […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-22-10] Teleport services provider Vicus Luxlink has leased six transponders of Thor 3 inclined-satellite capacity from Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) with the option of an additional two transponders, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-21-10] Intelsat has contracted SatLink Communications to provide Virtual Network Operator (VNO) end-to-end turnkey services based on the iDirect Evolution hub, SatLink announced Dec. 20.     The long-term […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-21-10] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) postponed the Dec. 19 launch of GSAT-5P satellite aboard its Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F06) after a leak was discovered in […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-21-10] NASA has test-fired the Aerojet liquid fuel AJ26 engine, which was built to power the first stage of Orbital Sciences‘ Taurus 2 rocket, the agency announced Dec.20. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-21-10] Oil and gas industry communications systems provider RigNet closed its initial public offering of 5 million shares at an initial price of $12.00 per share, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-10] Rogers Corp. introduced its RT/duroid 6035HTC high-thermal-conductivity laminate material engineered for low loss in high-power circuits, the developer announced Dec. 17.     The composite material is designed […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-10] Lockheed Martin Space Systems won a $1.3 billion contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to build the fourth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) secure communications satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-10] DirecTV Latin America has completed a $604.8 million cash for stock transaction with Globo, which increases DirecTV’s ownership of Sky Brasil to about 93 percent, the pay-TV […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-10] Teleport Access Services (TAS), a fixed satellite services provider in Taiwan, awarded a contract to Irdeto to upgrade TAS’s conditional access system, Irdeto announced Dec. 17.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-10] U.K. broadband satellite operator Avanti Communications signed a five-year contract with Filiago in Germany to provide broadband services via the Hylas 1 satellite, Avanti announced Dec. 17. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-20-10] NASA named Richard Keegan associate deputy administrator, replacing Charles Scales, who is retiring after serving in the position since April 2007, the agency announced Dec. 17.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-17-10] The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Arianespace to launch the Sentinel-1A satellite as part of the European program Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES), Arianespace […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-17-10] SES received a $171.5 million loan from the U.S. Export-Import Bank to build and insure the QuetzSat telecommunications satellite, according to documents the operator released Dec. 14. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-17-10] Lockheed Martin has met the requirements of a critical design review for NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) small explorer mission, the prime contractor announced Dec. 16. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-17-10] Dish Network has rolled out its 3-D Cinema On-Demand offering, giving customers access to a variety of 3-D movies, the U.S. pay-TV provider announced Dec. 16.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-10] Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales (Arsat) to supply the payload for Arsat-2, the second Argentine geostationary telecom satellite of the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-10] DigitalGlobe has been selected by enhanced navigation solutions companies China Mobile, YF International and Hazens to supply digital imagery to support the companies’ products, DigitalGlobe announced Dec. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-10] RRsat opened its second point of presence in New York City on 8th Ave. and unveiled plans to open a third on Hudson St., the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-10] The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency renewed their space science and technology partnership agreement through 2020, the agencies announced Dec. 15.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-10] Hughes Network Systems has unveiled a managed services suite for enterprises, the company announced Dec. 14. Bases on Hughes ActiveQoS, the offering delivers converged voice, data, and video […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-10] Sevis Systems unveiled its third-generation GSM bandwidth optimization platform, a cost-effective backhaul solution designed to optimize GSM traffic, the company announced Dec. 14. The Sevis 6104 is […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-10] Arianespace reschedule the launch of an Arine 5 spacecraft carrying the Hispasat 1E and KoreaSat 6 satellites in order to allow one of its customers to perform […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-10] The SkyTerra 1 mobile broadband satellite’s 22-meter-diameter L-band antenna has been deployed after a glitch delayed its full deployment and threatened the mission, manufacturer and prime contractor […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-10] Orbit Showtime Network (OSN), a satellite pay-TV operator in the Middle East, has announced a series of initiatives in 3-D, piracy and HD DVR services launching in […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-10] The U.S. Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO) for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) and ViaSat have demonstrated the ability to integrate commercial mobile satcom networks with […]