E-letter: Briefs

[11-09-07 – Satellite Today] Inmarsat has launched its new maritime satellite communications service, FleetPhone, the company announced Nov. 9.      FleetPhone is the maritime version of Inmarsat’s IsatPhone and LandPhone […]

[11-09-07 – Satellite Today] The Kudelski Group, a supplier of middleware and conditional access services to direct-to-home players, said Nov. 8 that profits for 2007 were likely to be lower […]

[11-09-07 – Satellite Today] International Datacasting Corp. has received $460,000 in research funding for a next-generation Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) product line, the company announced Nov. 8.     The funding, […]

[11-09-07 – Satellite Today] Andrew Corp. will sell its Satellite Communications business to Resilience Capital Partners, Andrew announced Nov. 6.     Andrew will receive up to $39 million in total […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] Inmarsat-sponsored aid agency Télécoms San Frontières (TSF) is ready to use satellite technology to help in flood hit Mexico, the agency announced Nov. 7. With more […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. and Mexican reseller Jaba Networks are deploying a number of its iNetVu Mobile satellite antennas to assist medical authorities with the flood […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today]  Inmarsat Global Ltd., a subsidiary of Inmarsat plc., has signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to become the commercial operator for the Alphasat […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] L-3 Communications division Telemetry-West’s I4S satellite command and control software is now operational in Astrium’s Skynet 4 and Skynet 5 Satellite Control Centers (SCC), L-3 announced […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] SkyPort Global Communications will provide satellite connectivity for Cisco Systems Inc.’s Emergency Response Networks (ERN) service, SkyPort announced Nov. 7.     Cisco’s ERN service provides emergency […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] Modern Times Group (MTG), which runs DTH platforms in the Nordics and Eastern Europe, has made a number of new executive appointments, the company announced Nov. […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] Norsat International Inc. posted a strong gain in satellite systems gross margin, from 5 percent of revenue in the third quarter of 2006 to 51 percent […]

[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] Loral Space and Communications Inc. has increased total revenue by four percent for the third quarter of 2007, the company announced Nov. 8.     Loral reported […]

[11-07-07 – Satellite Today] Norsat International Inc. has introduced a new X-band terminal, the company announced Nov. 6.     The GlobeTrekker X-Band terminal is available as a highly integrated system, […]

[11-07-07 – Satellite Today] QinetiQ and other members of a consortium of British firms have agreed to provide satellite images to relief agencies around the world for free, QinetiQ announced […]

[11-07-07 – Satellite Today] NSSL, an independent service provider for satellite communications solutions, is opening a new Middle East office, the company announced Nov. 6. The service provider is looking […]

[11-07-07 – Satellite Today]  DirecTV Group Inc. has increased third quarter revenues 18 percent compared to the third quarter of 2006, the company announced Nov. 7.     The company reported […]

[11-07-07 – Satellite Today] Premiere, the German pay-TV operator, saw strong subscriber growth in the three months to the end of September. This was one of the highlights of its […]

[11-07-07 – Satellite Today]  Northrup Grumman Corp. has named John R. Landon its new vice president of missiles, technology and space programs, the company announced Nov. 7.     Landon joined […]

[11-06-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has demonstrated its "one button” start-up U.S. ground station, which will be an essential element of its Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) offering, the […]

[11-06-07 – Satellite Today] CVG Inc. will provide a satellite-based broadband communications solution for the U.S. Coast Guard, CVG announced Nov. 6.     CVG will install a pair of Ku-band […]

[11-06-07 – Satellite Today] Five Northrop Grumman engineers received a patent for a payload positioning boom, the company announced Nov. 6.     The boom, which attaches the payload to the […]

11-06-07 – Satellite Today]  The Skynet 5B and Star One C1 spacecraft have been fitted to their Ariane 5 launch vehicle in advance of a scheduled Nov. 9 mission, Arianespace […]

[11-5-07 – Satellite Today] The GPS Block 2R satellite launched Oct. 17 has been declared fully operational following checkout by the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin, the company announced […]

[11-5-07 – Satellite Today]  Space Micro Inc. and DR Technologies Inc. have formed a partnership to develop radiation-hardened structures for the military and space market, Space Micro announced Nov. 2. […]

[11-5-07 – Satellite Today]  DataPath Inc. has been awarded $2.9 million to upgrade DataPath terminals used in the U.S. Marine Corps Support Wide Area Network (SWAN) program, the company announced […]

[11-5-07 – Satellite Today] Xtar LLC., a joint venture between Loral Space and Communication and Hisdesat, has received a contract from the U.S. General Services Administration to provide information technology […]

[11-5-07 – Satellite Today]  Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has officially broken ground to expand Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), which will serve as the primary launch site for SpaceX’s […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today]  SSC has signed a contract to provide the China Meteorological Administration with a meteorological satellite, SSC announced Nov. 1.     The satellite, called FY-3A, will be […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today]  ViaSat Inc. has increased revenue by 11.5 percent  for the second quarter of 2008, the company announced Nov. 1.     ViaSat reported revenue of $146.6 million […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Alliant Techsystems (ATK) reported Launch Systems Group sales increased by 21.3 percent for the third quarter, the company announced Nov. 1.     ATK reported sales of […]