E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 03-24-09] SAT Corp., a subsidiary of Integral Systems, received a contract from Hispasat to upgrade the carrier monitoring system throughout Hispasat’s network, extending its MonicsNet network to support […]

[Satellite Today 03-24-09]  Satellite Today’s editorial staff will be on-site at the SATELLITE 2009 conference with live updates, daily e-newsletters, exclusive interviews and video coverage.     The SATELLITE 2009 conference […]

[Satellite Today 03-24-09] The Malaysian government has shipped RazakSat from the Royal Malaysian Air Force Subang airfield to Kwajalein Island, where the satellite will be launched April 21, Malaysian government […]

[Satellite Today 03-24-09] Miteq has introduced the PA-H Model series, a new product line of medium-power X-band antenna-mount solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) and transmitter product line — the PA-H Model […]

[Satellite Today 03-24-09] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) signed a $257 million contract with United Space Alliance to perform subcontractor support to ATK for the NASA‘s Ares 1 and Ares 1-X programs […]

[Satellite Today 03-23-09] Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has selected Integral Systems’ Epoch Integrated Product Suite) to support Mitsubishi’s DS2000 satellite platform, Integral announced March 19.     Under the terms of the […]

[Satellite Today 03-23-09] Harris Corp. received a $30 million contract from the U.S. Navy First Construction Division — the Seabees — to provide multiband satellite reachback capabilities from around the […]

[Satellite Today 03-23-09] All 11 Thales Alenia Space industrial sites located in France, Italy, Belgium and Spain have been certified to Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3, Thales Alenia […]

[Satellite Today 03-23-09] NDS has opened a research and development facility in China, the company said March 20.     NDS, a supplier of conditional access (CA) and middleware solutions to […]

[Satellite Today 03-20-09] GeoEye has started delivering high-resolution, color satellite imagery from its newest satellite to Google, GeoEye announced March. 19.     The images from GeoEye-1 include shots of the […]

[Satellite Today 03-20-09] XipLink has named Diem Technologies, based in Genova, Italy, a value-added reseller to provide delivery and logistics support for XipLink’s XA-Series of appliances and the XipStick portable […]

[Satellite Today 03-20-09] Stratos Global Corp. signed an agreement to become a global distributor of two new ViaSat ruggedized BGAN terminals, the companies announced March 19.     Stratos will distribute […]

[Satellite Today 03-20-09] IPStar Co., subsidiary of Thaicom, has received the necessary licenses from the Japanese government to bring satellite broadband services to Japan, the Thai satellite operator announced March. […]

[Satellite Today 03-20-09] Mobision has selected Newtec’s Horizon HZ420 equipment for use in what Newtec claims is the Middle East’s first ever paid mobile television service for mobile phones and […]

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] There has been a revival in the satellite broadband market thanks to the falling price of terminals and the emergence of Ka-band satellites, according to the findings […]

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] Faria’s WatchDog 750 long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) ship terminal has completed compliance and testing requirements for operation on the Iridium satellite network, Faria announced March 17. […]

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] The Civil and Commercial Applications Project (CCAP) group within the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) asid the geolocation accuracy and performance of Infoterra’s TerraSAR-X data product exceeds […]

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] Türk Telekom has selected Envivio Inc.’s Convergence series video headend for its IPTV project in Turkey, Envivio announced March 17.     Türk Telekom will use Envivio 4Caster […]

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] EchoStar Europe is targeting the European cable market with a new range of advanced set-top boxes, the company announced March 18.     EchoStar Europe said it aims […]

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] GeoEye Inc. has signed agreements with several international resellers to provide high-resolution satellite imagery and value-added products from GeoEye-1 to Beijing Earth Observation (BEO), Space Imaging Middle […]

[Satellite Today 03-19-09] GlobeCast has launched its second MCPC platform on the AsiaSat 3S satellite, GlobeCast announced March 18.     The C-band platform is located at 105.5 degrees East with […]

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] United Launch Alliance (ULA) won a contract valued at about  $600 million from NASA to launch four science and satellite communications missions beginning in 2011, the ULA […]

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Loral Space & Communications Inc. reported a net loss of $692.9 million in 2008, the company announced March 17. The losses were mainly attributed to non-cash charges […]

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] ViaSat  received an order from the U.S. Army for initial production of the next generation Blue Force Tracking (BFT-2) transceivers for the Force 21 Battle Command Brigade […]

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Globecomm Systems has selected Spectracom to supply network synchronization subsystems for Globecomm’s new satellite communications system, Spectracom announced March 17.    The contract, valued at $500,000, includes […]

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Symmetricom has been awarded a contract from ITT Corp. to provide components for the GPS 3 system, Symmetricom announced March 16.     Under the terms of the […]

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] TerreStar completed final satellite and reflector post dynamics performance testing of the TerreStar-1 mobile services satellite and has entered into the final phase of integration and testing […]

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] The SATELLITE 2009 conference and exhibition is reporting increased attendance projections this year as well as the addition of 50 new exhibiting companies on the show floor, […]

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] EMS Technologies named Gary Hebb vice president of innovation and strategy and Joanne Walker general manager, the company announced March 16.     Hebb will be responsible for […]

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] Sea Submarine Communication (Seacom) said the cable Internet service it plans to bring to Africa will compete with satellite Internet and that satellite, the dominant Internet Service […]