E-letter: News Feed

Spectrum Signal Processing (USA) Inc. announced Oct. 5 it received a $1 million contract from Globalstar LLC to provide the Mobile Satellite Services provider with enhanced asset tracking functionality. The […]

Mexico’s Communications Ministry has appointed a mediator to oversee the restructuring of satellite operator Satmex, White & Case announced Oct. 6. White & Case partner Thomas Heather has been appointed […]

Saft announced Oct. 4 that Orbital Sciences Corp. ordered lithium-ion batteries for the Panamsat PAS-11 satellite, and the Horizons-2 satellite being built for the Panamsat/JSAT Corp. joint venture. The rechargeable […]

The U.S. Government Account-ability Office (GAO) informed the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that work remains in reforming how the government procures commercial satellite bandwidth and services. The GAO’s latest […]

L-3 Communications captured a pair of contracts to provide components for military satellite communications programs, the company announced. L-3 Communication Systems-East received a contract from Lockheed Martin to design and […]

Subsidizing its personal video recorder offering could help BSkyB blunt a potential threat in the pay-TV market created by the merger of the United Kingdom’s two cable operators. NTL agreed […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) signed a contract to support research at the Canadian Department of National Defence intended to derive military information from Radarsat-1 imagery, MDA announced Oct. […]

For most people who live in areas susceptible to frequent tornado strikes, information provided by The Weather Channel can be invaluable when deciding whether or not to run for cover. […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced Oct. 3 it received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office relevant to future multi-spotbeam satellite systems, particularly broadband multi-spotbeam satellite systems supporting […]

After nearly six years of operations, Worldspace Inc. became the fourth satellite operator to go public in 2005 and perform an initial public offering on the NASDAQ market in August. […]

African DTH operator Multichoice expects its DStv personal video recorder (PVR) to be available in retail stores in the fourth quarter, the company announced. The PVR decoder is the latest […]

The Senate approved a $445 billion military spending bill Oct. 7 that cuts the funding request for several major space-related programs. Senate appropriators cut $7 billion in defense discretionary spending […]

Echostar Communications Corp. and its Dish Network satellite TV service announced Oct. 4 an agreement to gain access to data provided by Nielsen Media Research. Nielsen, a provider of television […]

Starsem announces Oct. 5 it received a contract from Globalstar LLC to launch a replacement spacecraft for the global satellite telephone operator. The contract call for Starsem to launch a […]

SIRI Sirius Satellite Radio announced Oct. 4 it added more than 359,000 new net subscribers to its subscription satellite radio service in the third quarter 2005, bringing its total subscribers […]

Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems received a contract from JSAT Corp. to build JCSAT-11, Lockheed Martin announced Oct. 3. The hybrid spacecraft will be based on Lockheed Martin’s A2100AX platform […]

Inmarsat’s September filing with the U.S. government seeking authorization to provide mobile satellite services (MSS) in the 2-gigahertz (GHz) band has brought accusations that the satellite operator is looking to […]

Telesat announced Oct. 3 that is began commercial service on its Anik F1R satellite. The satellite, which carries 32 Ku-band transponders, 24 C-band transponders and two navigation transponders, provides broadcasting […]

People Astrotech Spacehab Subsidiary Announces Management Changes Spacehab Inc. said that John Satrom, senior vice president and general manager of its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary, decided to leave the company […]

The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communica-tions plans to establish a full-service, international satellite communications network, the organization announced Sept. 26. Working with regional partners, Intersputnik will offer corporate users […]

Inmarsat plc announced Sept. 27 it filed a petition with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission seeking authorization to provide mobile satellite services (MSS) by 2010 using a spacecraft that will […]

Echostar Communications Corp. announced Sept. 23 that its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service is enhancing its 24-hour hurricane channel to provide information on Hurricane Rita, in addition to the […]

In looking at the written testimony submitted by Satellite Industry Association Chairman Tony Trujillo for a Sept. 29 Congressional hearing on the lessons learned in the aftermath of Katrina, the […]

Iridium Satellite LLC named Tallahassee Technologies Inc. as a value-added manufacturer and Global Marine Networks and Global Technology Ltd. as value-added developers, Iridium announced Sept. 26. Iridium value-added manufacturers provide […]

Satellite pay-TV operators are facing more pressure than ever before in digital television markets across the world. While cable operators may still be seen as the natural enemy, other platforms […]

According to press reports in the Middle East, Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications is investigating the possibility of going public, with a decision likely to be made in 2006. The reports cite […]

One of the major causes of congestion on roadways is cars stopping to pay tolls. While services such as EZPass in the United States, which employs RFID technology, helps to […]

EMS Technologies Inc. received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to design and manufacture components for NASA’s next-generation space telescope, EMS and the CSA announced Sept. 26. Under […]

New television services delivered via broadband will be a key part of BSkyB‘s strategy throughout the next year, as the operator looks to add other services to complement its existing […]

XMSR & DTV Two bits of news came from the XM Satellite Radio camp this week. The company passed 5 million subscribers and unveiled a deal to have its music, […]