E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 12-18-09] Orbital Sciences has been selected by Intelsat to build the Intelsat 23 (IS-23) communications satellite based on Orbital’s Star-2 platform, the company announced Dec. 17.     IS-23 […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-18-09] Arianespace postponed the launch of the French Defense Procurement Agency’s (DGA) Helios 2B satellite a second time after an anomaly occurred during final countdown, Arianespace announced Dec. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-18-09] Etisalat UAE signed a multi-year contract with Intelsat for Ku-Band capacity on the Intelsat 15 (IS-15) satellite, the operator announced Dec. 17.     Etisalat will utilize IS-15 […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-18-09] Lockheed Martin has met the requirements of a NASA and U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) critical design review of a Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) unit […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-18-09] Orbcomm received a $44.2 million insurance settlement related to its Quick Launch satellite program, which failed after launch in June 2008, the company announced Dec. 17.         Orbcomm […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-17-09] Northrop Grumman has been selected by NASA to supply a scalable space inertial reference unit for its Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, Northrop Grumman announced Dec. 16. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-17-09] Inmarsat activated its 5,000th FleetBroadband terminal, the company announced Dec. 15. The figure represents commercially active SIM cards passing operational traffic.     The FleetBroadband FB150 unit, launched […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-17-09] Tring Communications, a subsidiary of Albanian Satellite Communications (ASC), signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat to renew and expand capacity on the W2 satellite, Eutelsat announced Dec. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-17-09] Iridium Communications awarded a contract to Integral Systems subsidiary RT Logic to develop a software-defined modem (SDM) for new feeder-link terminals deployed at Iridium ground stations, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-09] The French Space Agency (CNES) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have extended their contract with GMV to provide mission control of Convection Rotation and planetary Transits […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-09] Thomson has initiated a high-volume production launch of its HD MPEG-4 DSI705, a satellite set-top box (STB) capable of supporting advanced, IP-based video services over existing coaxial […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-09] The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) Board of Governors has elected Scott Donnelly, president and CEO of Textron, as its board chairman for 2010, AIA announced Dec. 15. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-09] Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM) has launched its first branded channel in the U.K. on the BSkyB satellite DTH platform, MGM announced Dec. 14.     The channel, which […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-16-09] Wavestream appointed Terry Magee executive vice president with responsibilities to manage the company’s business development, sales, marketing and product line, Wavestream announced Dec. 15.    He previously […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-09] Comtech Telecommunications will deliver $2.4 million in satellite modems and redundancy switches to the U.S. Department of Defense to support warfighter communications infrastructure, Comtech announced Dec. 14. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-09] The U.S. Senate passed an omnibus spending bill, which provides NASA with an $18.7 billion budget through September and establishes new congressional oversight of NASA’s Constellation program, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-09] Arianespace rescheduled the launch of the French Space Agency’s (CNES) Helios 2B military observation satellite for Dec. 17, Arianespace announced.     The launch was delayed when a […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-09] National Hybrid Inc., a provider of military databus products and technologies, has partnered with Pulse Engineering to develop Bus+ — a compact MIL-STD-1553 data bus that combines […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-15-09] Spectrum Signal Processing, a supplier of signal processing, has released XMC-2131, a new high-speed I/O module, Spectrum announced Dec. 14.      The XMC-2131, which can be used […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-09] The United Kingdom will create a new executive space and satellite agency, the U.K. Science and Innovation Ministry announced Dec. 10.     The agency will replace the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-09] The U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Delaware has rejected a proposed agreement between ProtoStar and SES over the auction of the ProtoStar 2 satellite, scheduled for Dec. 16. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-09] Parallel has launched a new version of its SatManage network management software suite, the company announced Dec. 11.     SatManage version 5 will be used by oil […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-09] IoStar International Ltd. of Hong Kong is now using more than a full Ku-band transponder on Telesat’s Telstar 18 satellite to serve the communications needs of NATO […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-11-09] Globalstar signed agreements with its independent gateway operator Tesacom to launch distribution of Globalstar’s Spot Satellite GPS Messenger in Argentina, Chile and Paraguay, Globalstar announced Dec. 10. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-11-09] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) and the U.S. Air Force completed ground testing on the second stage of Orbital Sciences‘ Taurus 2 rocket motor at the Air Force’s engineering […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-11-09] Paraguay’s Ministry of the Economy has contracted Telespazio Argentina to develop and implement a cadastral registry information satellite network as well as supply informatics devices for the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-11-09] Malaysian satellite pay-TV operator Astro All Asia Networks (Astro) posted $39.1 million in profits in the 2009 third quarter, driven in part by a 13 percent increase […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-11-09] In our current quick-poll, Satellite TODAY asks readers — "How would you rate the satellite industry (or, your company’s) performance in 2009 compared to 2008?" Was it […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-11-09] There’s still time to register for Via Satellite’s highly anticipated Dec. 16 Webinar, "Addressing the Issues of Government and Military Bandwidth Acquisition."     Via Satellite’s bandwidth acquisition […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-09] Hughes Network Systems won a seven-year contract from the State of New York to provide a suite of managed services and connectivity under its comprehensive telecommunications services […]