E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 11-03-10] Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel signed deals with several Hollywood Studios to bring movies to Foxtel subscribers in a similar timeframe with DVD releases, the operator announced Nov. […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-10] Hughes Network Systems is now accepting orders for its 9450-C11 BGAN land mobile satellite terminal for operation over Inmarsat‘s BGAN satellite service, Hughes announced Nov. 1.      […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-10] Bulgarian telco Vivacom saw a significant increase in profits in the first nine months of 2010 as a result of the boost it has received from its […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-10] Vizada released a Universal Card solution for prepaid calling on Inmarsat’s IsatPhone Pro handset to commercial markets, Vizada announced Nov. 1.     Vizada said it is targeting […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-10] William Ballhaus will serve on GeoEye’s board of directors, the satellite imagery company announced Nov. 1.     Ballhaus, who served as president and CEO of DynCorp until […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-10] RigNet, an independent provider of remote communications solutions and collaborative applications to the global oil and gas industry, has signed a contract with SandRidge Energy to provide […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-02-10] Globecomm has received a $3.8 million contract from an unnamed media and entertainment company to design and install antenna diversity switching systems for the customer, Globecomm announced […]

GE Satcom Offers Triple-Play Maritime VSAT Service GE Satcom unveiled the commercial launch of a satellite-based communications service for merchant vessel operators based on iDirect’s Intelligent platform. The solution will […]

Arqiva Signs U.S. Teleport Deal Arqiva signed a co-location agreement with U.S. teleport operator USEI. The deal will enable USEI to access Arqiva’s occasional-use infrastructure to support United Kingdom downlinks […]

Furuno Rolls Out VSAT Antenna on maritime Network Maritime communication and navigation systems Furuno has partnered with SpeedCast and Eutelsat to launch the VSAT KU-100 atenna. Furuno has been developing […]

Integral Systems Expands IS3 Management Team Integral Systems expanded the management team of its Integral Systems Service Solutions (IS3) business unit to support growth in demand for its managed network […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-30-10] Eutelsat Communications has lost the W3B satellite due to a satellite propulsion subsystem anomaly that occurred after its launch on an Ariane 5 rocket, the operator announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-01-10] Lockheed Martin’s BSat-3b broadcasting satellite, designed and built for Broadcasting Satellite System (B-Sat) of Japan, was launched by Arianespace on an Ariane 5-ECA launch vehicle, the manufacturer […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-01-10] Norsat International’s 2010 third-quarter revenues slipped to $4.5 million, down from $5.1 million during the same quarter in 2009, due to government order delays at the end […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] CapRock Government Solutions’ subscription and transponder capacity services were added to the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule 70 vehicle, which will enable the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has postponed the Oct. 29 launch of its Delta 2 rocket carrying the fourth Cosmo-SkyMed spacecraft for 48 hours due to a problem […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Raytheon reported modest sales gains across most of its divisions during the third quarter of 2010, which resulted in a slight boost in its financial position when […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Astrium and space cryogenics specialist Air Liquide established a new joint venture to develop and produce cryogenic tanks for Arianespace’s Ariane 5 Midlife Evolution (ME) upper-stage engine, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Increased activity in communication satellite and UAV surveillance sectors has pushed MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates’ (MDA) backlog up to $1.19 billion in the third quarter of 2010 […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Measat Satellite Systems will distribute the Sky News HD channel across the Asia-Pacific region via C-band transponders on the Measat-3a satellite, the operator announced Oct. 28.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Iridium Communications has closed the $1.8 billion financing facility for its next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium Next, the company announced Oct. 27. The closing of the financing puts […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] TAM Airlines is offering Inmarsat SwiftBroadband in-flight mobile connectivity services, provided by OnAir, on TAM Airbus A321 flights operating out of Brazil, OnAir announced Oct. 28.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] The headline of an Oct. 28 story should have read "Tecom Selects ITS Tranceiver-HPT for Airborne KuStream Antenna Installation."

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-10] Tecom Industries issued a $4 million contract to ITS Electronics to supply its high-power Transceiver-HPT RF electronics subsystem, which will enable an antenna system for an unnamed […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-10] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) granted GeoMetWatch the first commercial remote sensing license for a geostationary hyperspectral imaging/sounding system in the United States, GeoMetWatch […]

Each year at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition, Via Satellite  magazine honors the most outstanding industry executive of the year. The honoree is chosen for durable contributions to the global […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-10] Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary (KGS) has contracted Astrium to provide and install various mechanical, radiometric, thermal and acoustic testing equipment at Kazakhstan’s Satellite Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-10] Orbit Communication Systems received a $6.25 million order to provide multiple telemetry and communications systems to an unnamed customer, the company announced Oct. 27.     Orbit will […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-28-10] CapRock Communications has completed rollout of iDirect’s next-generation Evolution platform to more than 300 energy and maritime vessels in the Gulf of Mexico, with more sites scheduled […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-27-10] A joint venture between the German Aerospace Center’s SpaceOpal and Finmeccanica’s Telespazio SpA won a 194 million euro ($271 million) contract to provide space and ground infrastructure […]