E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-09] Hughes Network Systems signed an agreement to supply Bentley Walker with its new HX mesh satellite network technology for delivering broadband services in the Middle East and […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-09] GlobeCast has signed a deal with China Central Television (CCTV) to distribute CCTV’s newly-launched Arabic channel to the Middle East and North Africa via Arabsat’s BADR-6 satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-09] Gilat Satellite Networks subsidiary Spacenet introduced its Prysm Pro application, the company’s second-generation integrated and off-the-shelf IP networking solution, Spacenet announced Aug. 3.     Spacenet said Prysm […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-09] SkyTerra has added the Infrastructure Satellite Mutual Aid Radio Talk-group (I-SMART) to its family of SMART talk-groups, the company announced Aug. 3.     I-SMART, created by Seattle […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-09] Beyond DSL, Ten Haaft and Conrad Anderson have formed a mobile satellite broadband Internet technology partnership in the United Kingdom, the companies announced July 31.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-09] Raytheon has elected Stephen Hadley to its board of directors, effective immediately, the company announced July 31.     Hadley previously served as the principal White House foreign […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-09] SES reported operating profits of 359.9 million euros in the first half of 2009, an increase of 9.2 percent over the first half of 2008, according to […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-09] Eutelsat increased its yearly revenues by more than 7 percent to 940.5 million euros ($1.3 billion) at the end of June, compared to 877.8 million euros ($1.2 […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-03-09] Integral Systems has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over fraud charges filed against the company in 2008, Integral Systems announced July […]

TECHNOLOGY C-Com Unveils Inclined Orbit Satellite Tracking C-Com Satellite Systems has developed a proprietary inclined orbit satellite-tracking algorithm intended to provide customers with the ability to use inclined orbit satellites […]

[Satellite Today 07-31-09] Comtech AHA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, released AHA367-PCIe, a high-speed data compression board based on the open standard GZIP data compression algorithm, Comtech announced July […]

[Satellite Today 07-31-09] DEV Systemtechnik has re-designed its L-band signal distribution system, DEV 2180 to include a controller and SNMP/Ethernet interface and hot-pluggable amplifiers as standard features for the appliance, […]

[Satellite Today 07-31-09] Norsat reported revenues of $4.5 million in its 2009 second quarter, a 23 percent increase from the $3.6 million mark the company hit in the same period […]

[Satellite Today 07-31-09] BSkyB has hit a five-year annual subscriber net growth high in 2009, according to its full-year results, released July 30.     The U.K. operator expanded its customer […]

[Satellite Today 07-31-09] Orolia, a developer of precision timing, positioning and synchronization electronics systems, signed an agreement with Airtek Capital Group to acquire Kannad SAS, a French supplier of maritime, […]

[Satellite Today 07-31-09] SES Astra signed a capacity deal with German satellite service provider InSat, SES Astra announced July 30.     InSat will use a transponder on Astra 2C to […]

[Satellite Today 07-30-09] ViaSat Enerdyne has released its EnerLinks 3 Autotracking Antenna System (ETAS), a complete ground station for video and ISR data links, which uses the EnerLinks 3 ground […]

[Satellite Today 07-30-09] Integral Systems has submitted a proposal to the U.S. military to deliver an integrated command and control solution for the GPS Next Generation Advanced Control Segment (OCX) […]

[Satellite Today 07-30-09] Information technology and managed network services provider Artel won $61.1 million in contracts in the first half of 2009, according to the company’s financial reports released July […]

[Satellite Today 07-30-09] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) completed human safety qualification testing for the Falcon 9 launch vehicle’s first stage tank and interstage at SpaceX’s test site in Waco, Texas, […]

[Satellite Today 07-30-09] India signed a technology safeguards agreement with the United States on July 20 to facilitate the launch of non-commercial U.S. satellites on Indian launch vehicles, the Indian […]

[Satellite Today 07-30-09] Eutelsat has signed a capacity deal with GlobeCast for a transponder to broadcast channels by Romanian public broadcaster TVR, the operator announced July 29.     Eutelsat said […]

[Satellite Today 07-30-09] Vislink News and Entertainment is adding electronic news gathering (ENG) antennas to its range of SNG, ENG and wireless products for the broadcast industry, Vislink announced July […]

[Satellite Today 07-29-09] Triveni Digital has signed a reseller contract with broadcast systems supplier Promexar to extend Triveni’s worldwide reseller network in Mexico, the company announced July 28.     Promexar […]

[Satellite Today 07-29-09] Integral System’s third quarter results will not meet the company’s expectations, according to a statement by CEO John Higginbotham, released July 28.     The company’s management projects […]

[Satellite Today 07-29-09] Thales Alenia Space has seen a significant increase in order intake in the first half six months of 2009, according to the company’s 2009 first-half results issued […]

[Satellite Today 07-29-09] Orbital Sciences’ net profits dropped 65 percent to $8.7 million from $25.1 million in 2008, according to its 2009 second-quarter financial reports released July 28.     The […]

[Satellite Today 07-29-09]  EADS Astrium earned 2.2 billion euros ($3.1 billion) in revenues in the first half of 2009, an increase of about 30 percent from its 2008 figures from […]

[Satellite Today 07-28-09] EchoStar Satellite Services signed an agreement to deliver its ViP-TV IP video transport service to Citizens Cablevision, a broadband data, video and voice provider in Virginia, EchoStar […]

[Satellite Today 07-28-09] Gilat Satellite Networks will supply its SkyEdge 2 satellite communications network to Argentinean satellite broadband provider Servicio Satelital, according to a contract Gilat announced July 27.      […]