E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite Today 12-02-08] Link Research, a manufacturer within the Vislink Group, is expanding its operations in Singapore to accommodate growing sales and distribution for the Asia-Pacific region, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today 12-02-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has added two DragonLab missions to its manifest, the company announced Dec. 2.     The additions came as a result of demand […]

[Satellite Today 12-02-08] Ambient Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) testing was completed on the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Sensor (VIIRS) for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), Raytheon Co. announced […]

[Satellite Today 12-02-08] SNG Broadcast Services has chosen Genesis Networks to provide global connectivity for customers of SNG’s live transmission services from London, SNG Broadcast announced Dec. 2.     Via […]

[Satellite Today 12-02-08] Grupo Abril launched MTV Brasil, its main TV channel for cable distribution in Brazil, on the NSS-806 satellite, SES New Skies said Dec. 2.     MTV Brasil […]

[Satellite Today 12-02-08] NASA, in coordination with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Space Systems to build the satellites for NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental […]

[Satellite Today 12-01-08] SES Astra has signed a long-term capacity deal with MTV Networks to broadcast its HD channel in France, the company announced Dec. 1.     MTVNHD is one […]

[Satellite Today 12-01-08] U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Robert Sturgell has approved nationwide deployment of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system, the FAA announced Dec. 1.     The […]

TECHNOLOGY ATCi Releases CentralCast Solution Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) has introduced its CentralCast solution.     CentralCast enables broadcasters relying on microwave transmissions and fiber networks to send signals to […]

[Satellite Today 11-28-08] A European Space Agency (ESA) Center based in the U.K. moved a step closer to reality with the news that ESA director general Jean-Jacques Dordain and the […]

[Satellite Today 11-28-08] Greek satellite operator, Hellas SAT has signed a new capacity deal with Gateway Communications, Hellas announced Nov. 27.      The deal marks the first time the two […]

[Satellite Today 11-28-08] Arianespace said the launch of the two Eutelsat Communications satellites will be delayed, Arianespace announced Nov. 28. The company said that the delay in the launch of […]

[Satellite Today 11-28-08] O3b Networks has signed a multi-year backhaul deal with Nigerian based wireless company, Galaxy Wireless Communications (Galaxy), the company announced Nov. 28. O3B Networks said it will […]

[Satellite Today 12-01-08] European space ministers have concluded a two-day meeting where they made agreements on four key resolutions to undertake new initiatives in several fields and endorsing the next […]

[Satellite Today 12-01-08] China has launched the Yaogan-4 remote sensing satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Dec. 1, the Chinese state media announced.     The Yaogan-4 satellite, developed […]

 [Satellite Today 12-01-08] Premiere, a German satellite pay-TV operator, has secured exclusive rights to a German professional soccer league, Premiere announced Nov. 28.     The deal has secured live pay-TV […]

[Satellite Today 12-01-08] AAE Systems, a satellite-based equipment manufacturer and turnkey communication solutions provider, has been awarded an expansion of an already-existing government contract to add terminals to a banking […]

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] Wegener Corp. reported a slight decrease in revenues in its fourth quarter 2008 fiscal report released Nov. 26. Sales slipped from $5.7 million a year ago to […]

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] Pace has delivered a next-generation hybrid satellite/IP set-top box to Canal+ Group in France, Pace announced Nov. 26.     The set-top box, dubbed +Le Cube, is the […]

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] A second South African satellite is scheduled to be launched in March, according to a Nov. 25 statement from the South African Foreign Affairs Ministry.     The […]

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] L-3 Communications was awarded a $28 million option placement to provide its Prophet signals intelligence platforms for the U.S. Army, L-3 announced Nov. 26.     Under this […]

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] Goodrich Corp. received a contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to produce the first operational satellite system in support of Operationally Responsive Space (ORS), the company […]

 [Satellite Today 11-26-08] Gilat Satellite Networks unveiled its modular VSAT platform, SkyEdge 2 Access, enabling converged services such as broadband IP, voice, video and multicasting, the company announced Nov. 26.  […]

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, Satellite Today will not publish its Daily News Feed Friday, Nov. 28. We will return to our regular publishing schedule Monday, […]

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] T-Home SatTV, Hungary’s newest DTH service, has commenced operations using the Amos-3 satellite, operator Spacecom announced Nov. 25.     Magyar Telecom, the largest telco in Hungary, is […]

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] Gilat Satellite Networks reported revenue of $65.3 million in its third quarter 2008 financial report, compared to $71.5 million for the same period in 2007. In the […]

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] AtlanTecRF launched a new series of Ka-band loop test translators in support of the next generation of ground based transmit and receive stations, the company announced Nov. […]

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has finished the instrument critical design review for the Operational Land Imager instrument for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] Integral Systems Europe signed a yearly renewable contract to support the Polar Mission Control System (MCS) over the next 15 years with the European Organisation for the […]

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted a full mission-length firing of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle’s first stage at its McGregor Test Facility in Texas, SpaceX announced […]