E-letter: Briefs

[09-17-07 – Satellite Today] Catherine Guillouard has joined   Eutelsat as CFO and a member of the group executive committee. Guillouard joined Air France in 1997 and served most recently at […]

[09-17-07 – Satellite Today]  RT Logic won a contract to demonstrate its high data rate receiver and test modulator for Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc., the company announced Sept. 17. The […]

[09-17-07 – Satellite Today] Irish National broadcaster   RTE is increasing its satellite communication fleet by two antennas, Advent Communications announced Sept. 17. RTE is purchasing a pair of Newswift 1.2-meter […]

[09-17-07 – Satellite Today] The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) revealed a series of draft recommendations Sept. 17 designed to boost broadband growth in India. The “Growth in Broadband” […]

[09-17-07 – Satellite Today]  DigitalGlobe‘s WorldView-1 imagery satellite is scheduled to be placed into the orbit Sept. 18 by a Boeing Delta 2 rocket. WorldView-1 was manufactured by Ball Aerospace […]

[09-14-07 – Satellite Today]  SES Astra has signed a capacity deal with one of Germany’s top channel providers, the company announced Sept. 14. The extra capacity will enable the German […]

[09-14-07 – Satellite Today]  AeroAstro has won two contracts to provide communications equipment to NASA and another unnamed U.S. government agency, the company announced Sept. 12. AeroAstro, a business unit […]

[09-14-07 – Satellite Today] Lunar Orbit Explorer Kaguya was launched successfully at 10:31 a.m. Japan Standard Time,      Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced Sept. […]

[09-14-07 – Satellite Today] NSSL has become the sole provider of commercial satellite communications for the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD), the company announced Sept. 13. The contract, an extension […]

[Satellite Today – 09-13-07]  The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) announced Sept. 12, the winners of a new set of individual licences for commercial satellite and cable subscription […]

[Satellite Today – 09-13-07]  SES Global South America Holdings has signed a five-year agreement with AR-SAT for five transponders on the AMC-6 satellite, the company announced Sept. 13. Empresa Argentina […]

[Satellite Today – 09-13-07] Avanti Communications Group’s Hylas satellite will be launched in 2009 using a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) rocket, the company announced Sept. 13. Hylas, a Ka-band […]

[Satellite Today – 09-13-07]  Spacenet Inc. has introduced a new mobile Emergency Communications Vehicle (ECV) for disaster recovery and first-responder organizations, the company announced Sept. 13. The ECV is based […]

[09/12/07 – Satellite Today]  Integral Systems Inc. repurchased more than a million shares of its common stock at $27.00 per share, for a total of $49.95 million, the company announced […]

[09/12/07 – Satellite Today] The Boeing Company has successfully assembled and integrated all flight hardware onto the first Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite, the company announced Sept. 12. The […]

[09/12/07 – Satellite Today]  Entavio will be broadcasting German handball, basketball and volleyball league games thanks to an agreement with Sportdigital.tv, the company announced Sept. 12. Entavio is a fully […]

[09/12/07 – Satellite Today] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has been awarded a five-year, $25 million contract to supply the Department of Defense with communications and services, the company announced Sept. 12. […]

[09/12/07 – Satellite Today]  Iridium is going to provide the Swedish Armed Forces with critical communications service, the company announced Sept. 12. The Iridium satellite services are being supplied under […]

[09/12/07 – Satellite Today]  Shin Satellite has signed a key deal to bring its state-of-the-art satellite broadband services to Malaysia, the company announced Sept. 11. The company has signed a […]

[09-11-07 – Satellite Today] SES Astra is bringing its interactive TV service Blucom to the Middle East, the company announced September 11. SES has signed a contract with MBC, a […]

[09-11-07 – Satellite Today] QinetiQ has developed a secure tracking system based on Iridium satellites, the company announced Sept. 11. The Mobile Asset Information Acquisition (MAIA) system provides a secure, […]

[09-11-07 – Satellite Today] Spacenet Inc. has signed a sales agent agreement with Tessco Inc., the company announced Sept. 11. Tessco,  a wholly owned subsidiary of Tessco Technologies Inc., will […]

[09-11-07 – Satellite Today]  DirecTV and Thomson are launching a satellite television service for multi-family dwellings like apartment complexes, the company announced Sept. 11. The DirecTV MFH3 (Multi-Family Housing version […]

[09-11-07 – Satellite Today]  Globecast and Arabsat will be extending their partnership until 2014, the companies announced Sept. 11. The two companies have expanded the worldwide distribution of the Arabsat/ASBU […]

[09-10-07 – Satellite Today] MTV is coming to Ukraine, thanks to a deal between Spacecom and MTV Network’s Central and Eastern European subsidiaries, the company announced Sept. 9. MTV Ukraine […]

[09-10-07 – Satellite Today] Radyne Corp. has revealed the new SkyWire MDX420 satellite network gateway, the company announced Sept. 5. The MDX420 applies Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) technology to […]

[09-10-07 – Satellite Today] SkyWave Mobile Communication’s new IsatM2M service and DMR-800D terminals are available for commercial sale, the company announced Sept. 10. The IsatM2M, which enhances the SkyWave D+ […]

[09-10-07 – Satellite Today] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has been selected to deploy a satellite communications network that will provide unlimited Internet access for Russian schools, the company announced Sept. […]

[09-10-07 – Satellite Today]  The Comcast Media Center’s Hits Quantum service has added six more HDTV channels to its lineup, the company announced Sept. 10. The service, which is aboard […]

[09-10-07 – Satellite Today] DirecTV will be using Tandberg Television’s workflow automation solutions to enable its new multi-platform on-demand service, the company announced Sept. 10. The Tandberg WatchPoint Workflow System […]