E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10] IP service provider Envivio has secured $15 million in financing from unnamed venture capital and banking sources, the company announced July 28. Envivio said it would use […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) received an additional $1 million in funding from the U.S. Army for support equipment and maintenance of secret and non-secure IP router access point […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10]  Set-top box manufacturer Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) has deployed hardware for two emerging DTH platforms in Eastern Europe, the company announced July 28.     Polish digital satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10]  SES Astra will lease an additional two transponders to broadcaster Sogecable to support the company’s Digital+ DTH platform in Spain, the company announced July 28.     SES […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10] Canadian antenna manufacturer C-Com Satellite Systems has received a $2.2 million order for its iNetVu mobile antenna systems from an unnamed reseller in Asia, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-28-10] Ironshore has partnered with insurance company Starr Group to offer commercial satellite risk protection for launches through a treaty reinsurance program, the companies announced July 27.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10] SkyWave Mobile Communications has released new versions of its DMR-800 satellite data and SureLinx 8100 dual-mode satellite/GPRS data terminals, the company announced July 27.     This new […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10]  Arqiva has launched French channel MCE TV on the French DTH platform CanalSat, Arqiva announced July 26.      Arqiva is providing encoding, encryption, multiplexing and uplink services, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10] DigitalGlobe has opened up a call for proposals for its 8-band Research Challenge — a contest designed to encourage researchers to investigate how 8-band, high-resolution imagery can […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-29-10] CapRock Government Solutions has hired William Janosky as director of its Information Assurance product division, the company announced July 27.     Janosky will be responsible for upgrading […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-28-10]  The Space Data Association (SDA) has launched initial operations of its Space Data Center, an automated space situational awareness system located on the Isle of Man, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-28-10] South African turnkey solutions provider Q-Kon has launched its iDirect Evolution Internet Broadband VSAT Service via satellite to its customers in Africa, Q-Kon announced July 27.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-28-10] Lockheed Martin Space Systems saw its net sales increase 1 percent to $2.08 billion in its 2010 financial second quarter, driven by sales growth in satellites and […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-28-10] The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has extended its contract with MDA to provide surveillance operations for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) supporting its forces deployed in Afghanistan, MDA […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-27-10] Hughes Network Systems has completed a demonstration of its commercial-off-the-shelf-(COTS)-based advanced airborne video solution to an unnamed government agency, the company announced July 26.     The demonstration, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-27-10] ITT Corp.’s GPS 3 navigation payload has passed a U.S. Air Force critical design review for the Navigation Payload Element (NPE) in support of the GPS-3 program, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-27-10] On Digital Media has contracted Arqiva to provide contribution of channels, including Fox FX, Fox Retro, Fox Entertainment Africa and Kidsc, to its South African platform, Top […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-27-10]  Three Indian media companies have become members of the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), the organization announced July 26.     The new corporate members […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-27-10]  Harris Corp. named Doug Means vice president and general manager of the Workflow, Infrastructure and Networking (WIN) unit of its broadcast communications business, the company announced July […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-27-10] Sea Launch has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of EchoStar Satellite Services to launch up to three satellites on the Sea Launch system, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-27-10] Boeing has met or exceeded all requirements of a critical design review for the UHF-hosted payload on the Intelsat 22 satellite (IS-22), Boeing announced July 26.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-26-10] GPS 2F satellite manufacturer Boeing said a claim made by DLR, Germany’s national research center for aeronautics and space, that the U.S. Air Force GPS 2F satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-26-10]  Eutelsat signed an agreement with Italian telco Tiscali to expand its range of Tooway satellite broadband service broadband products by launching a satellite service targeting the 12 […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-26-10] The U.K. Space Agency has unveiled a one-year pilot program to design and launch miniature, cube-shaped satellites to test and research new space technologies, the agency announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-26-10]  Indian DTH operator DishTV suffered a net loss of $13.4 million during its 2010 second quarter and has replaced its CEO, the company announced in its latest […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-26-10] Ball Aerospace & Technologies has completed integration and performance testing of the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) that will fly aboard NASA‘s National Preparatory Project (NPP) weather satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-26-10] Inmarsat equipment manufacturer Cobham Satcom’s HGA-7001 high-gain antenna system has been certified for use on the Airbus long-range family of aircraft, Cobham announced July 23.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-23-10]  SES Astra is bringing its Astra2Connect satellite broadband service to Hungary, the company announced July 22.    SES Astra signed an agreement with the Hungarian IT services […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-23-10]  Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) revenues increased 6.1 percent to $43.9 million in its 2010 second quarter ending in June, according to its latest financial results, issued July […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-23-10] Broadcast Facilities Inc. (BFI) has changed its name to Encompass Digital Media, uniting BFI’s Andrita Media Center and Crawford Communications, acquired by BFI in January, under one […]