E-letter: Briefs

Spacenet Inc. announced that Alan Kittson has joined the company as its vice president of government services sales. Kittson will oversee the direction and sales efforts of Spacenet’s expanded government […]

DirecTV has promoted Derek Chang to executive vice president of content strategy and development; Dan Hartman to senior vice president of programming acquisition; and Eric Shanks to executive vice president […]

The U. S. Geological Survey (USGS), in collaboration with NASA and the British Antarctic Survey, is developing the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica, a map of Antarctica using satellite imagery. […]

Representatives of Telenor Satellite Services and Inmarsat are in Hanoi to give a March 9 demonstration of how businesses and government can use satellite communications. Executives from both companies will […]

Arianespace is set for a March 10 mission to place the India’s Insat-4B TV/telecommunications satellite and the U.K.’s Skynet-5A communications spacecraft into orbit, Arianespace announced. Insat-4B will carry 12 Ku-band […]

Spirent Communications has developed its GSS7900 GPS/Galileo Simulation System, which will support testing of free-to-use signals from both GPS and Galileo systems, the company announced March 5. The simulator is […]

The U.S. Army is seeking more cooperation with international partners, Col. Patrick Rayermann, chief of the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Division, said March 7.   "We do want to […]

SES satellites AMC-12/ASTRA-4A and AAP-1 have been transferred to SES New Skies and renamed NSS-10 and NSS-11, the company announced March 5. NSS-10 is located at 322.5° East with NSS-11 […]

Harris Corp. has delivered the first 12 of 39 Large Aperture Multiband Deployable Antenna terminals to be used by the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force for multiband, mobile […]

ND SatCom has teamed with Studio Hamburg Media Consult International to provide an Internet protocol (IP)-based radio contribution and distribution network for Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI), ND SatCom announced March […]

Spacenet Inc. has been selected by the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Telemedicine Center to provide satellite network services for its new mobile telemedicine clinic, Spacenet announced March […]

Starsys Inc., a subsidiary of SpaceDev, has been awarded a follow-on order for the DigitalGlobe WorldView-2 satellite program from Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp., SpaceDev announced March 6. A $1.25 […]

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. has introduced a new class of satellite-based Internet service for its commercial/enterprise clients, the company announced March 6. The service offers broadband airtime with flexibility for […]

XM Satellite Radio has signed with the Southeastern Conference (SEC) for a five-year broadcast and marketing agreement by which XM will become the official satellite radio provider of the SEC, […]

Telenor Satellite Services is expanding a multi-year contract with Intelsat to include transmission services on three different spacecraft in C- and Ku-band, Intelsat announced March 6. Telenor renewed its contract […]

Trace Systems LLC, a McLean, Va.-based, wireless-communications provider, has been selected by D&S Consultants Inc. of Freehold, N.J., to support delivery of information technology and tactical edge network services to […]

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has been awarded a 33-month contract extension to deliver SwiftLink VSATs, satellite space segment, iDirect hub services and other services to unspecified government customers, the company […]

U.K.-based ViewAfrica Network and ViewAsia Network have launched a pair of regional platforms using the Intelsat 7 and Intelsat 10 satellites, Intelsat announced March 5. ViewAfrica is distributing a free-to-air […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC will provide a broadband satellite solution for Islamabad, Pakistan-based Orocom Ltd., a technology systems provider, Hughes announced March 5. The system will enable Orocom to deliver […]

GlobeCast signed a deal with U.K-based Baby Network to deliver the Baby TV on the BSkyB direct-to-home platform via capacity on the Eurobird satellite. Launched as part of Sky’s Kids […]

JSAT and direct-to-home operator Sky Perfect will join forces in the Japanese pay-TV market, the companies announced March 2. The two companies have formed a holding company, Sky Perfect JSAT, […]

Nearly two weeks after XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio announced their plans for a merger, XM sought to assure existing subscribers and future consumers that its service would […]

The U.S. Air Force Feb. 28 awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. for launch services. Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $108 million contract under the Evolved […]

The European Space Agency has released the technical details of the signals transmitted by the first Galileo test satellite, allowing receiver manufacturers and research institutions to use a real signal […]

SES Americom deorbited the Satcom C-4 satellite, the company announced March 2. The spacecraft, built by GE Astro Space (now Lockheed Martin) and was placed into orbit in August 1992 […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. reported revenue of $9.8 billion in 2006, up from $8.5 billion in 2005, the company announced March 1. Profits slipped from $1.5 billion in 2005 to $608 […]

Boeing Co. completed a critical design review of its family of advanced beyond-line-of-sight terminals (FAB-T) program, the company announced March 1. The review — attended by senior U.S. Air Force, […]

GIT Satellite and Iridium Satellite will provide communications for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, which begins March 4. GIT Satellite will donate a complete complement of Iridium equipment, airtime, and […]

Ascent Media Network Services has appointed Wee Way Kiat managing director of its Asian business, the company announced March 1. Wee, who will be based in Singapore, will have operational, […]

Boeing GPS Ground Station Test Validates Ability to Command Satellite Fleet Boeing completed a live demonstration of the GPS ground station, which when fully operational will control the GPS constellation, […]