E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite News 02-26-09] Newtec signed a deal with Horizon Satellite Services of the United Arab Emirates to provide a FlexACM solution to deliver an increased IP throughput, Newtec announced Feb. […]

[Satellite News 02-26-09] Orbital Sciences is in the initial stages of an investigation, in coordination with NASA, to determine the cause of Taurus launch failure that destroyed the agency’s Orbiting […]

[Satellite News 02-26-09] DigitalGlobe‘s WorldView 2 remote sensing instrument, provided by ITT Corp., has been integrated by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. into the WorldView 2 spacecraft, DigitalGlobe announced Feb. […]

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Australian telco Optus has launched the Thuraya GSM/satellite dual mode handset in Australia, the company announced Feb. 24.     The handset allows customers to use the same […]

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Nagravision won a contract to provide a conditional access (CA) system for Tivu Sat, a new digital satellite platform in Italy, Nagravision announced Feb. 23.     Tivu […]

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Integral Systems has purchased the intellectual property rights and other assets relating to the SatID product line from U.K.-based Qinetiq Group, Integral announced Feb. 24.     The […]

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] The launch of a Taurus XL rocket carrying NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellite failed Feb. 24 when the rocket’s payload fairing failed to separate properly, satellite […]

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Elbit Systems has completed the acquisition of Shiron Satellite from Polar Communications for $16 million, Elbit announced Feb. 24.     Polar Communications, which owned 47.4 percent of […]

[Satellite Today 02-25-09] Intelsat selected NetCracker Technology software and services to improve the automation of Intelsat’s service delivery processes, the satellite operator announced Feb. 24.     The contract expands NetCracker’s […]

[Satellite Today 02-24-09] The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has certified imagery from the GeoEye-1 as meeting NGA’s requirements for quality, accuracy and resolution, GeoEye announced Feb. 22.     The […]

[Satellite Today 02-24-09] Thuraya has appointed Fonenet as a new distributor for its ThurayaIP service, Thuraya announced Feb. 22.     Fonenet, a telecom solution provider based in the United Kingdom, […]

[Satellite Today 02-24-09] Stratos Global Corp. expanded its Asia-Pacific customer-support infrastructure with the opening of a Hong Kong customer support center, the company announced Feb. 23. The center offers local-language […]

[Satellite Today 02-24-09] Skycasters, a broadband satellite Internet solutions provider, is making a push to capitalize on President Obama’s broadband stimulus bill included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, […]

[Satellite Today 02-24-09] Al Yah Satellite Communications (Yahsat) is launching YahSecure, a secure satellite communications service to military, government agencies and mission-critical commercial applications, the company announced Feb. 22.     […]

[Satellite Today 02-24-09] Outerlink Corp., a satellite-based mobile asset management solutions provider, has teamed with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide satellite-tracking data from all commercial satellite […]

[Satellite Today 02-23-09] SES Astra has moved its Astra 1G satellite from 19.2 degrees East to 23.5 degrees East, the company announced Feb.19.     The satellite joins Astra 3A and […]

[Satellite Today 02-23-09] RapidEye reached an agreement with Bufete de Ingeniería en Telecomunicaciones y Sistemas (BITS), to be its sole distributor of satellite imagery in Mexico and Central America, RapidEye […]

[Satellite Today 02-23-09] Thaicom increased its revenues in 2008 by 9 percent, fuelled by a strong performance in its satellite-related businesses, the company announced Feb. 20.     Thaicom reported total […]

Heat shield material for the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) passed a test, the company announced. The PICA-X heat shield material, which will be used in the Dragon spacecraft, underwent […]

[Satellite Today 02-23-09] Two UCLA geography professors say their work with satellite tracking software might help the United States get closer to capturing Osama Bin Laden, according to a Feb. […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] Numerex Corp. has established a technology partnership with Savi, a Lockheed Martin company, to co-develop the first asset and shipment-monitoring device that combines global satellite positioning, active […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] Intorel has rolled out Visionic version 4.2, a monitoring and control solution for the broadcast and satellite industry, the company announced Feb. 19.     The latest version […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] Nasdaq has granted Sirius XM Radio’s request to issue new preferred stock without shareholder approval in connection with its agreements with Liberty Media Corp., Sirius XM announced […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] NSSL and Telemar have joined forces in the maritime broadband service arena, as NSSL’s Cruise IP and Telemar’s Seacall services will use the same DVB-S2-RCS broadband platform, […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] Thales Alenia Space has delivered the Herschel and Planck scientific satellites to the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, the company announced Feb. 19.     The […]

 [Satellite Today 02-20-09] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) received an additional $5.6 million of funding from the U.S. Army to provide additional system to support ongoing U.S. military operations, TCS announced Feb. […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] The Secure World Foundation (SWF) has proposed a series of space traffic control solutions to the United Nations in response to the recent collision of an Iridium […]

[Satellite Today 02-19-09] GlobeCast is set to launch its new African DTH satellite platform in March, the company announced Feb. 18.      The content management and delivery company said it […]

[Satellite Today 02-19-09] Northrop Grumman awarded EMS $35.7 million for continued development work on the new extremely high frequency (EHF) satellite communications system for the B-2 stealth bomber, EMS announced […]

[Satellite Today 02-19-09] Eutelsat’s How Bird 9 satellite has entered into commercial service, the company announced Feb. 17.     The 64 Ku-band transponder satellite was built by EADS Astrium and […]