E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] Hispasat won a contract from Thales Alenia Space España to develop and supply the RedSat advanced communication payload for the AG1, a geostationary satellite mission within the […]

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded Harris Corp. with a potential five-year, $27 million contract to provide network and systems engineering to support DISA’s […]

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] Uplogix has formed a partnership with Orange Business Services to offer Uplogix solutions for management of hybrid networks to a variety of Orange’s customers in government, military, […]

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] A new high throughput broadband satellite by Hughes will cost about $400 million after insurance, Hughes CEO Pradman Kaul told Satellite Today, in an interview.     Kaul […]

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] Sirius XM Radio is releasing a free application on Apple‘s App Store that will allow iPhone and iPod touch users to access Sirius XM content, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Measat Satellite Systems renewed an agreement with Celestial Movies Channel Ltd. to distribute Celestial Movies and Celestial Classic Movies on Measat-3, Measat announced June 17.     “We […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Vietnam Multimedia Corp. (VTC) signed a contract with Tandberg Television for encoding, multiplexing and modulation for 10 high-definition (HD) and 32 standard-definition (SD) channels simultaneously played out […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Boeing has handed over the IndoStar 2/ProtoStar 2 commercial satellite to ProtoStar after completing in-orbit tests, which confirmed the satellite’s readiness to enter service, Boeing announced June […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Hughes Network Systems will launch a next-generation, high throughput satellite in the first quarter of 2012 to expand its broadband Internet service across North America, the company […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] SES Americom-New Skies closed a multi-year deal with TAS (Teleport Access Services Inc.) to provide three transponders on the NSS-11 satellite to distribute up to 50 Chinese […]

[Satellite Today 06-18-09] ST Electronics commissioned an 11-meter  Ku-Band  antenna  system  to  SingTel for  Communication  System  Monitoring  (CSM)  and  communication  that  carries commercial  traffic  on  SingTel  satellites, ST Electronics announced […]

[Satellite Today 06-17-09] ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte Ltd. (STS) awarded a contract to Arianespace to launch the ST-2 satellite, Arianespace announced July 16. ST-2 is being manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric […]

[Satellite Today 06-17-09] Cobham received a contract from Airbus to supply high-gain satellite antennas for use on single-aisle and long-range A320 passenger jets, the company announced June 16.     The […]

[Satellite Today 06-17-09] Indonesia’s Square Informatix Ltd. has purchased an iDirect Series 15000 universal satellite hub, iDirect announced June 15.     Square, the largest satellite service provider in Bangladesh, will […]

[Satellite Today 06-17-09] C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. has delivered a number of iNetVu mobile flyaway systems to China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) through reseller China Blue Satellite Communications Technology […]

[Satellite Today 06-17-09] Tandberg Television will supply encoders and multiplexing for more than 50 channels of standard-definition content for Indonesian pay-TV service provider Aora, Tandberg announced June 16.     The […]

[Satellite Today 06-17-09] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) is working with Newtec to optimize their point-to-point transmissions services via satellite, Newtec announced June 16.     Using Newtec’s DVB-S2 modulator and demodulator […]

[Satellite Today 06-17-09] Inmarsat launched its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) X-Stream service in the Asia-Pacific region, completing the global coverage for the new service, Inmarsat announced July 16.     […]

[Satellite Today 06-17-09] XipLink named Step Electronics a value-added distributor of XipLink products in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands, XipLink announced June 16.     Step, a division of […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Thuraya signed a distribution agreement with Sharaf DG, one of the largest information technology and consumer electronics retailers in the United Arab Emirates, Thuraya announced June 14. […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Boeing Satellite Systems received a $13.8 million contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for phase 2 of the Fast Access Spacecraft Testbed (FAST) […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Measat Satellite Systems renewed an agreement with Celestial Movies Channel Ltd. to distribute Celestial Movies and Celestial Classic Movies on Measat-3, the Measat announced June 15.     […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Eurovision and Eutelsat signed a pair of contracts for capacity on Eutelsat’s W2A satellite, the companies announced July 15.     Eurovision will use Ku-band capacity on the […]

[Satellite Today 06-16-09] Vietnam Multimedia Corp. (VTC) signed a contract with Tandberg Television for encoding, multiplexing and modulation for 10 high-definition (HD) and 32 standard-definition (SD) channels simultaneously played out […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Vislink appointed Chris Wilson general manager for the Asia-Pacific region, the company announced June 11.     Wilson will be based at Vislink’s regional headquarters in Singapore and […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] EaglePicher Technologies named Rick Estus as vice president of operations, the company announced.     Estus will oversee all production operations across EaglePicher Technologies including manufacturing, engineering, supply […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] M/A-CcomTechnology Solutions Inc. is introducing a family of surface mount broadband switches for test instrumentation, satellite and other wide frequency range applications, the company announced June 10. […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Absolute Maritime Tracking Services (AMTS) is offering long-range identification and tracking through the Iridium satellite network, AMTS and Iridium Satellite LLC announced June 10.     AMTS, joint […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Middle East communications consultancy Arab Advisors said the number of free-to-air (FTA) satellite TV channels in the Arab World has grown nearly 30 percent growth in 18 […]

[Satellite Today 06-15-09] Measat’s Measat 3A satellite is now at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in final preparations for launch, the company said June 12. The Measat-3A satellite will add an […]