E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Boeing Co. has increased the communications capacity of an on-orbit U.S. Navy satellite, UFO 11, by 30 percent, the company announced Jan. 7.     The ultra-high frequency […]

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Comtech AeroAstro Inc. has delivered the first spacecraft bus for the U.S. Air Force’s Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) satellite program, Comtech announced Jan. 7. […]

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Tandberg Television won a content delivery deal with Starz Entertainment, the company announced Jan. 7.     Starz, which operates 16 movie channels including the Starz and Encore […]

[Satellite Today 01-08-09] Venezuela will make its first satellite radio and television transmission Jan. 10, Venezuelan Minister of Science and Technology Nuris Orihuela told Venezuelan press officials Jan. 6.     […]

[Satellite Today 01-07-08] Douglas Brandon has been appointed general counsel, secretary and senior vice president of TerreStar and its subsidiaries, TerreStar announced Jan. 6.     Brandon will manage all legal […]

[Satellite Today 01-07-08] The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) has signed licensing agreements with the government of Oman to access data from Eumetsat’s Indian Ocean Data […]

[Satellite Today 01-07-08] Arianespace signed a contract with Intelsat for the launch of one satellite with the option to launch four more satellites between 2011 and 2015, Arianespace announced Dec. […]

[Satellite Today 01-07-08] Satellite-based data communications provider Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. has received a $282 million supply order from the U.S. Army for the supply of upgraded ruggedized computers manufactured […]

[Satellite Today 01-07-08] DataPath Inc. has been awarded a $100 million contract from the U.S. Army to manufacture and integrate Ka-band conversion kits for about 800 deployed DataPath Satellite Transportable […]

[Satellite Today 01-06-09] Prime contractor Mitsubishi Electric has completed the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (Gosat), which will monitor carbon emissions from space in an effort to assist in the fight […]

[Satellite Today 01-06-09] Sky Perfect JSAT has acquired a number of its own shares, the company announced Jan. 5.     The company acquired more than 13,500 shares in December at […]

[Satellite Today 01-06-09] Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. has selected Quake Global and Korea Orbcomm to supply satellite communicators and airtime for its new Hi-Mate global communications heavy equipment tracking and […]

[Satellite Today 01-06-09] EMS Technologies expects its 2009 earnings to exceed $50 million, growing more than 40 percent compared with 2008, the company announced Jan. 5.     “The guidance for […]

[Satellite Today 01-06-09] The U.S. Air Force formally renewed the competition between Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. for the Transformational Communications Satellite (TSAT) program, the U.S. Air Force announced […]

[Satellite Today 01-05-09] Gilat Satellite Networks announced a new pact with the Colombian Ministry of Communications that will resolve standoff between the two parties, resulting in the release of about […]

[Satellite Today 01-05-09] President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team is considering a collaboration between the U.S. Defense Department and NASA to use the U.S. military Delta 4 and Atlas 5 launch […]

[Satellite Today 01-05-09] Satellite radio supplier Audiovox Corp. has reached an agreement in principle with Sirius XM Satellite Radio to become the principal supplier of Sirius XM radio products to […]

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[Satellite Today 12-31-08] Arabsat has signed a contract with Al-Jazeera to broadcast The Gulf Cup 2009 in HD, Arabsat announced Dec. 29.     The broadcast of the event, set to […]

[Satellite Today 12-31-08] SeaMobile, in collaboration with iDirect and Eutelsat, has deployed a 5IF iDirect hub in Turin, Italy, in an effort to expand its Geolink access network and increase […]

[Satellite Today 12-31-08] DMCii, a British satellite-imaging provider, will provide free DMC constellation satellite imagery for scientists to support global environmental monitoring projects, DMCii announced Dec. 26.     The company […]

[Satellite Today 12-31-08] Roscosmos will launch its Complex Orbital Near-Earth Observations of Solar Activity (Coronas) satellite from the Baikonur space center in January 2009, RIA Novosti reported on Dec. 25. […]

[Satellite Today 12-31-08] RRsat Global Communications Network has partnered with CB Networks to launch a free-to-air satellite television broadcast channel over the North American region for Office de la Radio […]

[Satellite Today 12-30-08] Russia launched a Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying three new satellites for Moscow’s Glonass navigation system, Russian officials reported to Interfax News Agency on Dec. […]

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[Satellite Today 12-30-08] Due to the uncertainty of capital markets, Norsat International has extended the term of 366,690 common share purchase warrants that were issued as part of an offering […]

[Satellite Today 12-30-08] Two new Thuraya location services have been launched, the operator announced Dec. 24.      Geonix, a U.K.-based location services and equipment provider, has launched ThurayaAssist and ThurayaRelay, […]

[Satellite Today 12-30-08] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) expects its customers’ platforms to deliver a record number of text messages this New Year’s Eve across its globally deployed Short Message Service Centers […]

[Satellite Today 12-29-08] Integral Systems has named John Monahan president of its subsidiary, RT Logic, a provider of products for ground-based applications for satellite test, Integral Systems announced Dec. 22. […]

[Satellite Today 12-29-08] Inmarsat will switch off its Regional Broadband Global Area Network (R-BGAN) services worldwide at 11:59 p.m. UTC Dec. 31, the company announced Dec. 19. The service has […]