E-letter: Briefs

[10-04-07 – Satellite Today] The  U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a request by  TerreStar Networks Inc. for an extension of the launch milestone for its TerreStar-1 satellite from November […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Advent Communications has signed two new agreements with Chinese broadcast companies, Advent announced Oct. 2. Advent signed an agency agreement with Beijing Century Sage Scientific System […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  SpaceDev received a contract from U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract for work on the High Delta-V satellite program, the company announced Oct. 2. […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Stratos Global Corp. is making Inmarsat’s Satellite Phone Services available commercially, the company announced Oct. 1. The new services, available in mobile, fixed-land and fixed-maritime packages, […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Spacenet Inc. is working with Verizon Business to deploy a satellite network for the U.S. Postal Service, Spacenet parent Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced Oct. 1. […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Orbital Sciences Corp. has been selected by the California Institute of Technology and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to design, manufacture, integrate and test the Nuclear […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  BSkyB may have to sell its stake in leading U.K public broadcaster ITV, after U.K. Competition Commission said the deal "restricts competition.” BSkyB acquired a nearly […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Maxwell Technologies Inc. received a contract to produce single board computers for the European Space Agency’s Gaia astronomy mission, the company announced Oct. 1. Maxwell will […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Wegener Corp. has renewed its $1.8 million distributor agreement with Mega Hertz, Wegener announced Oct. 1. The long-standing agreement grants Mega Hertz exclusive distributor status for […]

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Newtec has appointed Jean-Robert Barallon vice president of sales, the company announced Oct. 1. Barallon has more than 30 years in the global satellite communications and […]

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today] The BSat-3A broadcasting satellite is operational following on-orbit deployment and checkout,     Lockheed Martin announced Oct. 1. The spacecraft, owned by Japan’s Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-Sat), […]

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Raytheon Co. will be allowed to continue with development of the Navy Multiband Terminal, the Navy has directed following a review of the original decision. The […]

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today]  BSkyB plans to offer broadband, telephone and digital terrestrial television (DTT) services in a single package as the satellite operator looks to tap into the strong […]

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Shin Satellite will launch a high-definition TV service in Thailand, the company announced Sept. 28. Shin subsidiary Shin Broadband Internet will launch the HD Cinema offering, […]

 [10-01-07 – Satellite Today]  Qualcomm Inc. has received a contract from the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide the United States and Mexico with near a satellite-based vehicle tracking system, […]

 [10-01-07 – Satellite Today] The  European Space Agency approved the transition to Phase 2 of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES), ESA announced Sept. 28. The approval of […]

 [10-01-07 – Satellite Today]  The flight software for the  European Space Agency’s (ESA) Automatic Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is compatible with the rest of the International Space Station’s flight software, ESA […]

[09-28-07 – Satellite Today]  Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed the precision coating process for the Kepler Mission’s primary mirror and the integration of the detector array assembly, the […]

[09-28-07 – Satellite Today] Video networking company   VBrick Systems Inc. has formed a partnership with CapRock Communications, a provider of secure satellite communications, to offer video service for business with […]

[09-28-07 – Satellite Today]  Globecomm Systems Inc has been awarded a pair of contracts to provide U.S. government agencies with Auto-Explorer portable satellite terminals, the company announced Sept. 25. Under […]

[09-26-07 – Satellite Today] Radyne Corp. will supply equipment to upgrade Globalstar’s Simplex data service, the companies announced Sept. 25. Under a $1.6 million contract, Radyne’s AeroAstro business unit will […]

[09-26-07 – Satellite Today] Integral Systems Inc. named William Bambarger Jr. the company’s new CEO, Integral announced Sept. 25. Bambarger replaces William Lewis, who is resigning from his position as […]

[09-26-07 – Satellite Today] Links Broadcast is expanding its satellite newsgathering fleet with the deployment of a high-definition vehicle, the company announced Sept. 26. The trucks carry a fully redundant […]

[09-26-07 – Satellite Today] The Egyptian Radio & Television Union (ERTU) has purchased three Ross Synergy 2 standard-definition (SD) production switchers to upgrade three mobile trucks, Ross Video announced Sept. […]

[09-26-07 – Satellite Today] The board of EchoStar Communications Corp. has directed the company’s management to look at separating its businesses into two distinct publicly traded companies, EchoStar announced Sept. […]

[09-26-07 – Satellite Today] Iridium Satellite has signed contracts with four North American air ambulance and medical transportation fleets to provide mobile satellite communications services, the company announced Sept. 25. […]

[09-26-07 – Satellite Today]  News channel France 24 has begun broadcasting throughout Africa via the NSS-7 satellite, SES New Skies announced Sept. 25. France 24, owned by TF1 and France […]

[09-26-07 – Satellite Today] Harris Corp. has been selected for a potential five-year, $10.7 million follow-on contract to provide technical engineering and support for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), […]

[09-25-07 – Satellite Today]  Comtech EF Data Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., received a contract to provide satellite communications equipment to support an unnamed U.S. government agency’s satellite-based […]