E-letter: Briefs

 [Satellite Today – 3-14-08] United Launch Alliance (ULA)’s Atlas 5 rocket has been launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base’s Space Launch Complex-3 East for the first time, ULA announced March […]

[Satellite Today – 3-14-08] German space technology company OHB Technology AG reported a 20 percent increase in revenues for 2007 but a 16 percent decrease in net income, the company […]

[Satellite Today – 3-14-08] Mitec Telecom reported increased sales and profit for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008, the company announced March 13.     Mitec had sales of 9.8 […]

[Satellite Today – 3-14-08] The Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) signed a contract with Khrunichev Center to build the Express-AM4 satellite, RSCC announced March 14.     The spacecraft will be […]

[Satellite Today – 3-14-08] The world manufacturing market for Earth observation satellites will grow by 14 percent over the next nine years to $16.9 billion, according to a new report […]

[Satellite Today – 3-14-08] Space Micro Inc. has been awarded a contract to develop a miniaturized space weather instrument for the U.S. Air Force, Space Micro announced March 13.     […]

[Satellite Today – 3-14-08] Sea Launch‘s Odyssey launch platform has arrived at the launch site on the equator and will initiate a 72-hour countdown in preparation for the launch of […]

[Satellite Today – 3-13-08] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) President Gregg Daffner is stepping down as president at the beginning of April, the company announced March 13.     Daffner, the co-founder […]

[Satellite Today – 3-13-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) has chosen Highdeal Inc.’s Transactive billing solution for its hybrid communications network, MSV announced March 13.     Transactive will serve as the […]

[Satellite Today – 3-13-08] Inmarsat President and COO Michael Butler will leave the company at the end of April 2009, the company announced March 13.     He will remain as […]

[Satellite Today – 3-13-08] GeoEye Inc. increased revenues by nearly 7 percent for the fourth quarter of 2007 and by 22 percent for the year, the company announced March 12. […]

[Satellite Today – 3-13-08] Lockheed Martin has submitted a bid to NASA to manufacture the next generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R), the company announced March 13.     Data from […]

[Satellite Today – 3-13-08] AsiaSat posted a double-digit increase in profits for 2007, the company announced March 12.     Profits for the year were 503 million Hong Kong dollars ($64.6 […]

[Satellite Today – 3-12-08] SpaceDev Inc. will provide the first commercial satellite for the U.S. Department of Defense‘s Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office Jumpstart Mission, SpaceDev announced March 10.     […]

[Satellite Today – 3-12-08] ViaSat Inc. has installed more than 1,000 satellite networking terminals throughout Russia, the company announced March 12.     Working through Russian service provider HeliosNet, ViaSat has […]

[Satellite Today – 3-12-08] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. signed an agreement to resell Airspan Networks Inc.‘s WiMax products, Airspan announced March 11. The agreement will enable Gilat’s customers to address […]

[Satellite Today – 3-12-08] Shareholders of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) approved the sale of the company’s Information Systems and Geospatial Services business to ATK, MDA announced March 12. […]

[Satellite Today – 3-11-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC has signed a deal that certifies MicroCorp Inc. to resell HughesNet broadband satellite business services in the United States, Hughes announced March […]

[Satellite Today – 3-11-08] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has announced that it has found ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd.’s application for use of an Ancillary Terrestrial Component to be […]

[Satellite Today – 3-11-08] Measat Satellite Systems is expanding its relationship with Celestial Movie Channel Limited with a new capacity deal, the company said March 11.     Measat has agreed […]

[Satellite Today – 3-11-08] The Kudelski Group has won a deal which will see it play a pivotal role in a new hybrid satellite broadband service in Portugal, the company […]

[Satellite Today – 3-11-08] Norsat International Inc. has signed a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) to supply NATO‘s Consultation, Command and Control Agency with its OmniLink and GlobeTrekker portable satellite terminals […]

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] International Launch Services (ILS) will launch its second mission this year, carrying SES Americom’s AMC-14 satellite, on March 15, ILS announced March 7.     The satellite, […]

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] OpenTV has appointed Ben Bennett as its CEO, the company confirmed March 10.     Bennett has been acting CEO and COO since August 2007. OpenTV is […]

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] Viaccess is the latest Conditional Access (CA) company to acquire a middleware company in order to widen its range of services for customers. The company said […]

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will provide Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) with a 500-site Gilat SkyEdge broadband network platform, Gilat announced March 10.     The platform will […]

[Satellite Today – 3-7-08] Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) signed a contract with Emerging Markets Communications Inc. for the lease of C-band transponders on Yahsat’s dual-satellite communications systems, the […]

[Satellite Today – 3-7-08] SpaceDev Inc. has been awarded a design and development subcontract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate, SpaceDev announced March 6.     The […]

[Satellite Today – 3-7-08] Com Dev International Ltd. posted a 14 percent increase in revenue in the 2008 first quarter, but net income fell more than 4 million Canadian dollars […]

[Satellite Today – 3-6-08] Sensor technology company Inprox Technology Corp. has entered into a Space Act Agreement with NASA‘s Glenn Research Center to develop advanced silicon carbide-based positron sensors, the […]