E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 11-13-09] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. received orders totaling $7.6 million under its Movement Tracking System, or MTS contract, with the U.S. Army, the company announced Nov. 12.             […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-09] Intelsat Ltd. signed a multi-year distribution agreement with Corporate Satellite Communications (CSC/DVS) for Intelsat’s Network Broadband Global Maritime service, the satellite operator announced Nov. 11.             Intelsat’s […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-09] Arinc. Inc. has completed the first integration and testing of eXchange with Service by SKYLink on a Boeing Business Jet, Arinc announced Nov. 11.             The installation […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-12-09] Sea Launch Co. received interim approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Delaware to secure up to $12.5 million in debtor-in-possession financing from Space Launch Services to […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] Measat Satellite Systems reached an agreement with Rainbow Media and Ascent Media to distribute Rainbow Media’s Sundance and WE TV channels across the Asia-Pacific region via the […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] GeoEye produced a 123 percent revenue increase in its 2009 third quarter to $79.9 million, according to its latest financial results, posted Nov. 9.     Third quarter […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] Stratos Global Corp. has deployed the Inmarsat FleetBroadband mobile broadband satellite service for MPC Steamship, a commercial shipping company managing 17 container vessels and bulk carriers, Stratos […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has re-elected Marcel Fenez, global director of entertainment and media practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers, as its chairman, CASBAA announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] Loral Space & Communications reported its 2009 third quarter combined satellite manufacturing and service segment revenues increased about 9 percent to $424 million, up from $386 million […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] C-Com Satellite Systems signed an agreement with Telespazio Argentina to resell its iNetVu mobile antenna systems to South American and other international markets, C-Com announced Nov. 10. […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] International Launch Services (ILS) received a contract from Sirius XM Radio to launch the XM-5 satellite on an ILS Proton in 2010, ILS announced Nov. 10.      […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] NexGen Communications, a partner of Iridium, was awarded a $9.7 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to supply 1,450 distributed tactical communication systems radio-only (DTCS-RO) […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] Intelsat signed multi-year renewal and expansion deals with Gilat Satcom to increase and enhance domestic networks and broadband services in Africa, Intelsat announced Nov. 10. Gilat renewed […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] Comtech EF Data won a $1.6 million order for satellite communications equipment from a mobile operator in Asia, Comtech announced Nov. 10     The unnamed operator will […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-10-09] Inmarsat achieved growth in all of its mobile satellite services markets in the 2009 third quarter, which generated an 8.7 percent revenue increase over 2008 at $176.7 […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-10-09] Intelsat saw its 2009 third quarter revenues increase $19.4 million to $617.9 million, up from $598.5 million in 2008, the operator announced in its financial results, released […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-10-09] Satlynx, a satellite telecommunications subsidiary of GE, has partnered with Arabsat to deliver a satellite communications platform that will rebuild the Central Bank of Iraq’s network infrastructure, […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-10-09] Telesat’s launch of service on the Nimiq 4 and Telstar 11N satellites and the stronger standing of the U.S. dollar produced revenues of $187 million in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-10-09] EchoStar Europe has integrated a card-less conditional access and middleware solution from Latens with its hybrid HDX-600 platform to create a solution for IPTV and broadband TV […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-10-09] Dish Network Corp.’s 2009 third quarter revenues dropped 1.5 percent to $2.89 billion from $2.94 billion in the corresponding period of 2008, the pay-TV company announced Nov. […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-09-09] Globalstar saw a drop in total revenue at $17.5 million in its 2009 third quarter, down from $22.5 million in the same period a year ago, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-09-09] Norsat revenues increased for the fifth consecutive financial period, reporting revenues of $5.1 million in the 2009 third quarter, according to results released Nov. 5. Revenues in […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-09-09] The European Space Agency (ESA) selected Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) to manage a pan-European student-built mission to the moon, SSTL announced Nov. 6.     The European […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-09-09] GlobeCast has equipped French multi-hull yacht Crêpes Whaou with a GlobeCast Content Exchange solution for the Transat Jacques Vabre, a transatlantic sailing competition, GlobeCast announced Nov. 6. […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-06-09] EMS Technologies reported 2009 third-quarter revenues of $85.7 million and earnings from continuing operations of $5.8 million, a 17 percent increase compared with the same period in […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-06-09] Measat Satellite Systems signed an HD channel capacity deal to distribute the Food Network HD channel accross the Asia-Pacific region, the operator announced Nov. 5.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-06-09] SatelliteTODAY.tv is launching a new Satellite News Video Update episode featuring an on-site report from the Arianespace launch of the NSS-12 and Thor 6 satellites in Kourou, […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-06-09] Eutelsat Communications saw an increase in revenues at 253 million euros ($373.67 million), up from 226.7 million euros ($334.82 million) compared to the same period last year […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-06-09] The DirecTV Group reported a 94 percent increase in its free cash flow to $643 Million in its 2009 third quarter results, released Nov. 5.     DirecTV’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-06-09] RapidEye has been contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide satellite imagery for monitoring and change detection in areas prone to natural disasters, RapidEye announced […]