E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 02-11-09] Solaris Mobile is getting ready to launch live mobile video demonstrations in Europe, the company said Feb. 9. The company, a joint venture between SES Astra and […]

[Satellite Today 02-11-09] Austar, the Australian satellite pay-TV operator, is ready to support relief efforts in Australia after fires tore through parts of the country. The operator, said Feb. 10, […]

[Satellite Today 02-11-09] Avanti Communications has received an unsolicited approach for the company, it said Feb. 10. The European based satellite operator, which is getting set to launch its high-powered […]

[Satellite Today 02-11-09] Globecomm Systems is launching a global broadband satellite maritime solution in combination with Mach6, the company announced Feb. 9. The two companies have already received an order […]

[Satellite Today 02-11-09] The first successful Soyuz launch in 2009 has taken place today. Arianespace said, Feb. 10, that the Progress cargo spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit […]

[Satellite Today 02-10-09] BSkyB is the big winner in the latest U.K. Premier League soccer rights auction, which concluded Feb. 6. The satellite pay-TV operator won five out of the […]

[Satellite Today 02-10-09] Spacenet has announced details of a collaboration with a leading NASCAR racing team. Spacenet said, Feb. 9. that its Connexstar satellite communications services have been deployed to […]

[Satellite Today 02-10-09] Gilat Satellite Networks has signed a new deal to boost communications to Nigeria’s financial community. The company said, Feb. 9, that long-time customer DCC Satellite & Networks […]

[Satellite Today 02-10-09] AsiaSat has signed a C-Band capacity deal with Fashion TV (FTV), the company announced Feb. 9. The deal is for C-band capacity on AsiaSat 2 to launch […]

[Satellite Today 02-10-09] Globecomm Systems has seen a decrease in revenues and profits for the second half of 2008. This was one of the highlights of second quarter and half […]

[Satellite Today 02-09-09] Premiere, the German pay-TV operator, has appointed Hans Seiler to its supervisory board, the company announced Feb. 5. Premiere, is the leading satellite pay-TV operator in Germany. […]

[Satellite Today 02-09-09] Newtec CEO Serge Van Herck expects the company to perform strongly in the Middle East. The company, a satellite solutions vendor, could generate around 20 percent of […]

[Satellite Today 02-09-09] Sky Italia added just over 320,000 subscribers in the year to the end of December. This was one of the highlights of parent company’s News Corp’s latest […]

[Satellite Today 02-09-09] Two key organizations in Asia have teamed up to resolve broadcasting frequency spectrum issues in the region. The regional body of the national frequency spectrum regulators in […]

[Satellite Today 02-09-09] Raytheon Company is hoping to win a lucrative ground segment contract from The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The company, announced Feb. 6, that it had […]

[Satellite Today 02-09-09] Arianespace has won the contract to launch two new satellites for Gazprom Space Systems, the company announced Feb. 6. Arianespace will now launch Gazprom’s two new communications […]

[Satellite Today 02-06-09] The Ciel-2 satellite has entered commercial service, Ciel Satellite Group announced Feb. 5.     The satellite, located at 129 degrees West, carries 32 Ku-band transponders and features […]

[Satellite Today 02-06-09] Gazprom Space Systems signed a contract for Thales Alenia Space to design, manufacture, test and deliver the Yamal-401 and Yamal-402 satellites, Thales announced Feb. 5. The deal […]

[Satellite Today 02-06-09] Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) Vice President, Space Systems, J.P. Stevens told Satellite Today, that he does not believe that a change in the ruling party of the […]

[Satellite Today 02-06-09] NDS, a supplier of conditional access and middleware solutions to satellite pay-TV operators, is now a fully private company, NDS announced Feb. 5.     Under the new […]

[Satellite Today 02-06-09] GeoEye Inc. initiated commercial operations for the GeoEye-1 Earth-imaging satellite and submitted imagery from the satellite to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for certification, GeoEye announced […]

[Satellite Today 04-05-09] SingTel’s vice president of satellite, Titus Yong, told Satellite Today that the operator, one of the biggest telcos in the region, sees satellite as a vital component […]

[Satellite Today 02-05-09] The RapidEye constellation is ready to begin operations, RapidEye AG announced Feb. 4.     The constellation was launched in August, and prime contractor MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates […]

[Satellite Today 04-05-09] Boeing shipped the second Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite, WGS-2, from its El Segundo, Calif., facility to Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida, where it will be […]

[Satellite Today 04-05-09] Japan’s Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-SAT) selected Integral Systems to deliver a turnkey satellite control system for the BSAT-3b and BSAT-3c satellites, Integral Systems announced Feb. 4. […]

[Satellite Today 02-04-09] Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) sold and installed its first Iridium-based compliant Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system to a French flag ship, CLS announced Feb. 3. […]

[Satellite Today 02-04-09] Integral Systems reported increases in revenue and gross profit despite unusually high legal and auditing costs in its first quarter 2009 financial report released Feb. 3.      […]

[Satellite Today 02-04-09] Xicom Technology unveiled a new line of lightweight high-power traveling wave tube amplifiers for domestic and international satellite communications, the company announced Feb. 3. The amplifiers operate […]

[Satellite Today 02-04-09] Thaicom signed a deal with Real Metro Co. to distribute seven channels across Thailand, the company announced Feb. 3. The channels are operated and run by Real […]

[Satellite Today 02-04-09] Iran launched Omid, its first domestically made satellite, Feb. 2, Iranian state radio reported.     The satellite, designated to monitor natural disasters and earthquakes, was taken into […]