E-letter: News Feed

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-11] Gilat Satellite Networks’ wholly owned subsidiary Spacenet was selected by Cumberland Farms to upgrade and manage its communications infrastructure for more than 600 stores across 11 U.S. […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-11] Non-profit satellite organization Global VSAT Forum (GVF) has re-elected iDirect CTO and Senior Vice President of Engineering David Bettinger to its board of directors for a second […]

[Satellite News 10-26-11] SpaceX CEO Elon Musk testified before the U.S. House Science, Space and Technology Committee on the progress of its $75 million NASA Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-26-11] Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for British communications industries, has filed a request with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to rescind its 2GHz spectrum […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-26-11] Eutelsat has activated commercial service on its Atlantic Bird 7 satellite at the 7 degrees West orbital position, the operator announced Oct. 24.    Sea Launch carried […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-25-11] Geospatial information service provider GeoEye has received two contract awards from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and Boeing, GeoEye announced Oct. 24.    The first […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-11] FSS operator SES’ new Astra 1N satellite has entered commercial service at the orbital position of 28.2 degrees East, the company confirmed Oct. 24.    The satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-11] Satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) shipped theAsiaSat 7 communications satellite it designed and built for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) one month ahead of schedule, SS/L […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-11] Iridium Communications’ complete suite of Iridium AxcessPoint products and services is now available to customers in commercial markets, the MSS operator announced Oct. 24.    The suite […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-25-11] Connectivity solutions provider Orbit Communication Systems is set to unveil its expanded tracking and telemetry portfolio of aeronautical antennas, the company announced Oct. 24.               The new […]

[Satellite News 10-24-11] As one Africa’s main economic hubs, South Africa is looking to develop its milsatcom capabilities by working alongside NATO and other African Union Defense Forces on missions […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-24-11] Arianespace has successfully launched its first Soyuz rocket from the European Spaceport and Guiana Space Center (CSG) in Kourou, the company confirmed Oct. 21.    The debut […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-24-11] U.S. Air Force Gen. Robert Kehler, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, warned satellite industry service providers in the government sector that the rising amount of […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-24-11] ETSI has published a new specification that explores the technical challenges for satellite networks to provide inter-working and interoperability with standard terrestrial label-switching routers, the organization announced […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-21-11] Orbital Sciences saw its overall third quarter 2011 revenues increase 9 percent to $342.2 million compared with the same period last year due to strong growth […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-11] SES CEO Romain Bausch plans to invest more than 3 billion euros ($4.1 billion) to expand its presence in Latin America and Asian markets, according to a […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-11] Arianespace has postponed its Soyuz flight VS01 carrying the Soyuz ST-B and Galileo IOV-1 spacecraft after an anomaly was detected during fueling of the Soyuz launcher’s third […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-11] Fixed-site remote communications solutions provider Stratos Global has introduced StratosMAX 2 Nomadic — a new version of its StratosMAX 2 broadband service offered via its microwave network, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-11] Libyan oil and gas communications provider Hermes Datacomms resumed full operational status in Libya after violence due to the country’s recent political unrest subsided, the company announced […]

[Satellite News 10-21-11] Arianespace has successfully launched its first Soyuz rocket from the European Spaceport and Guiana Space Center (CSG) in Kourou, the company confirmed Oct. 21.    The debut […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-20-11] Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has launched a new, low-cost maritime communications package to allow shipping companies to optimize operational costs and enhance welfare for their crew, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-11] Canadianbroadcaster Shaw Communications has struck a multi-year distribution agreement with Bell Media for the right to carry its channels, the Calgary-based company announced Oct. 19.     Shaw, […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-11] Hughes Network Systems has rolled out new network upgrades for its HughesNet satellite Internet service, the company announced Oct. 19.    Hughes began implementing the network upgrades […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-11] NASA has pushed the launch of its National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPOESS) back by one day, the agency confirmed Oct. 19.    The […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-11] Thuraya Telecommunications has appointed Patrick Chenel as its new CFO, the international mobile satellite services (MSS) operator announced Oct. 19.    In addition to leading Thuraya’s financial […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-20-11] The four-year-long effort to send ViaSat’s high-throughput, all Ka-band satellite ViaSat-1 into orbit ended successfully and on schedule as International Launch Services (ILS) launched the spacecraft Oct. […]

[Satellite News 10-20-11] It began in January 2008, when Eutelsat and ViaSat announced that the two companies had ordered a pair of all Ka-band satellites under collaboration to develop more […]

[Satellite News 10-20-11] Several analysis firms issued reports Oct. 19 forecasting a rapid deployment of hybrid set-top-boxes (STBs) by global pay-TV operators worldwide to help them deliver advanced services and […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-19-11] Financial analysis firm Zacks Investment Research has upgraded the share value of satellite technology solutions provider Gilat Satellite Networks from neutral to outperform after the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-19-11] Earth imagery provider GeoEye has signed a multi-year enterprise agreement with Internet search engine and development company Google to license access to its cloud-based map-publishing platform Google […]