E-letter: News Feed

[Satellite TODAY 05-26-11] Iridium is offering free calls from ships to naval forces, the company announced May 25.             This is a new component of Iridium’s program for combating piracy […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-26-11] Comtech EF Data and KNS, a Korean satellite antenna systems manufacturer, have completed the successful technology integration of the SuperTrack Series of marine stabilized antenna systems and […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-26-11] Canadian satellite operator Telesat’s new 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 satellite, in a worst-case scenario, may only operate at around 50 percent of its full capacity. Telesat […]

[Satellite News 05-26-11] Telesat’s new Telstar 14R/Estrela do Sul 2 satellite, which was only launched last week, has suffered an anomaly. Telesat said in a press statement issued May 25 […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-25-11] Com Dev has appointed Roberta Bondar to its board of directors, the company announced May 24.      Bondar was selected in 1983 as one of the original […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-25-11]  Detecon Al Saudia, a provider of telecommunication and IT services to Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, is launching a new geo-redundant satellite service in Saudi Arabia. […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-25-11] The launch of the first two operational satellites of the EU’s global navigation system, Galileo will take place on Oct. 20, the European Commission has confirmed. […]

[Satellite News 05-25-11] Earlier this year, Bigelow Aerospace signed a major deal with the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology, (EIAST) to initiate a new next-generation human spaceflight program. […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-25-11] SES Astra is increasing the speed of its broadband service being offered in Europe, the company announced May 25.      It will increase the download speed for Astra2Connectto […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-25-11]  Singapore’s first locally-built micro-satellite in space, X-Sat, has started to transmit images back to Singapore, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) confirmed May 24.             The images from […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-24-11]  Qualcomm has revealed details of a new smartphone using one of its chipsets, which supports both the Russian GLONASS and U.S. GPS satellite navigation systems, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-24-11] Both International Launch Services (ILS) and Arianespace completed successful launches May 20. Arianespace successfully launched ST-2 for ST-2 Satellite Ventures, a joint venture of SingTel and Chunghwa […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-24-11]  SES Astra has signed a new capacity deal for a 3-D TV channel, the company announced May 23.      The agreement is with Penthouse Digital Media Productions […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-24-11] Eutelsat has hooked up with one of Scandinavia’s biggest telcos to enable them to provide a satellite broadband service based on the Ka-Sat satellite, the operator announced May […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-24-11] Broadcasters see 3-D TV as a low priority. This is one of the key findings of new research released by U.K. research company, Ovum. In its […]

[Satellite News 05-24-11] MTN Satellite Communications’ new President and COO, Errol Olivier, says one of the main challenges he faces in this new role is to generate revenues in non-core […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-23-11] SES Astra signed a capacity agreement with Telekom Srbija for the DTH transmission of the public TV channels RTS Sat and Radio Beograd in Serbia, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-23-11]  MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed contract amendments with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for the design phase of the Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM), the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-23-11] Globalstar Europe Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Globalstar, has signed an authorized distribution agreement with Spanish company Equipos Navales Industriales. Equipos Navales will act as a national […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-23-11]  Broadcom has launched its next-generation 40nm HD satellite set-top box system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution. Broadcom says its new technology will enable low-cost HDTV and interactive services in emerging […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-23-11] Orbcomm’s Asia Pacific plans have been boosted by the signing of a new agreement in one of the region’s key markets. It has signed a MoU with Taiwan’s […]

[Satellite News 05-23-11]  Eric Béranger has been appointed as the new Chairman of the European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA). As CEO of Astrium Services, he has been the key architect […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-11]  Tesacom has been granted licenses in the Republic of Panama to provide and sell Iridium voice and data communications in the country, Iridium announced May 19.      […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-11] Hughes Europe announced details of a new initiative highlighting the benefits of satellite broadband to rural communities in the United Kingdom. The company announced May 19, that […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-11]  DirecTV has started field trial testing for its DirecTV Home Media Center, the company announced May 18. It will ultimately provide customers with a ‘receiver-less’ solution for […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-20-11]  Stratos Global has won a new communications contract with a major Indian shipping operator, the company announced May 18.             It has been selected by the Shipping […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 05-20-11] Intelsat General has won a contract to provide comprehensive satellite connectivity to the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS). The deal was announced May 18. […]

[Satellite News 05-20-11] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has reached another important milestone having secured another $215 million in financing that will fund most of its capital expenditure plans in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-11] Asia Broadcast Satellite has secured $215 million in new funding, the company announced May 18. It has closed a $215 million five-year senior bank loan from a […]

[Satellite TODAY 05-19-11]  Orbcomm has completed a deal to acquire substantially all of the assets of StarTrak Systems from Alanco Technologies, the company announced May 18.             StarTrak is a […]