E-letter: News Feed

[Satellite TODAY 07-01-11] Lockheed Martin is two weeks ahead of its production schedule for the GeoEye-2 next-generation imaging satellite it is building for Dulles, Va.-based imagery provider GeoEye, Lockheed announced […]

 [Satellite TODAY Insider 06-30-11] Raytheon’s Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System team has successfully tripled the bandwidth on the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s (NOAA) Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN) enabling the […]

 [Satellite TODAY 06-30-11] Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (YahSat) has completed a demonstration for the space and ground segments of its YahSecure government Ka-band service and is now ready to […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-11] International MSS operator Thuraya signed a partnership agreement with Indonesian radio and satellite communications retailer PTSOG to form cooperative initiatives for the Asian market, the companies announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-11] U.K.-based satellite imagery provider DMC International Imaging (DMCii) signed a contract worth 110 million British pounds ($176.2 million) with Beijing-based company 21AT, to provide access to high-resolution […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-30-11] Satellite operator Eutelsat Communications will join the Space Data Association (SDA) board as an executive member, SDA announced June 29.    Eutelsat will join the existing executive […]

[Satellite News 06-30-11] In May, SES streamlined its management structure as part of a strategy that consolidates SES Astra and SES World Skies’ activities in order to meet the increasing […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-29-11] Satellite operator TerreStar has canceled its bankruptcy auction and declared Dish Network’s $1.375 billion acquisition offer the winning bid, according to bankruptcy court documents released June […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-11] Canadian information solutions provider MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed three contract amendments with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) totaling $10.5 million for the design phase […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-11] Hybrid satellite 4G-LTE network operator LightSquared has entered into a multi-year agreement with telecommunications and consumer electronics company NetTalk.com, which will make NetTalk a wholesale reseller of […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-11] Hermes Data Communications Middle East, a specialist providing WAN communications to the upstream oil and gas industry, has won a contract renewal to provide VSAT communications to […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-29-11] RRsat Global Communications Network has launched Fight Now TV, a 24-hour HD sports channel on EchoStar’s Ku-band payload on the Galaxy 23 satellite, RRsat announced June 28. […]

[Satellite News 06-28-11] EchoStar and Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen has spent the last six months leading an aggressive acquisition campaign to merge major U.S. broadband assets together to compete […]

[Satellite News 06-29-11] Earlier this year, SES CEO Romain Bausch said that it was “reaching crunch time” for its Solaris Mobile joint venture with Eutelsat, as its progress in gaining […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-11] Comtech EF Data received a contract from Bharti Airtel to supply satellite communications equipment to support Bharti’s network upgrade and service expansion across its operations in 16 […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-11] EchoStar Corp. has appointed Anders Johnson as president of EchoStar Satellite Services, effective immediately, the company announced June 27.     Johnson will report directly to EchoStar President […]

[Satellite News 06-28-11] ASC Signal has been developing communication products to sell to a wide variety of customers. That variety approach goes both vertically between markets and reaches out across […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-28-11] DTH revenues will skyrocket past the sector’s 2010 $71 billion mark to reach $86 billion in 2016 and command nearly half of global pay TV revenues, […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-11] Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a contract by the State of Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to provide primary business Internet and access continuity services, […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-28-11] Thales Alenia Space has issued a subcontract to MT Aerospace Satellite Products to manufacture 81 propellant tanks for the Iridium Next satellite constellation, MT announced June 27. […]

[Satellite News 06-24-11] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) will announce next week which company has won the contract to launch its new Thor 7 satellite, TSBc CEO Cato Halsaa, told Satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-27-11] The acquisition moves continue for Dish Network and its sister company Echostar as Dish Network won permission from a bankruptcy court to open up bidding for […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-27-11] The European Commission (EC) purchased six more satellites to add to the total Galileo global positioning satellite network and cut $717 million from the final bill, according […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-27-11] SES World Skies has signed a new capacity deal with ESPN Brazil to deliver HD sports content to homes across the region, the operator announced June 24. […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-27-11] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received $12.8 million in funding from the U.S. Army for equipment and field services to support of Secret IP Router and Non-secure IP […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-27-11] Hughes Network Systems introduced its new business-grade satellite Internet service plans for small- and mid-sized businesses, the company announced June 24.    HughesNet Business Internet aims to […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 06-24-11] The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Union (EU) awarded major ground segment contracts to Astrium and Thales Alenia Space for Galileo — Europe’s global […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-11] Inmarsat is set to launch IsatPhone Link — a new global fixed satellite phone service based on its IsatPhone Pro handheld satellite phone, the mobile satellite operator […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-11] Navigation technology developer DeLorme will release an Iridium-based personal communicator delivering global two-way satellite services in the fall of this year, DeLorme announced June 23.    The […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-24-11] Hughes Network Systems is offering a new, service package for the government market with plans that aim to enable government agencies in remote locations to purchase low-cost […]