E-letter: News Feed

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-10]  MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has received the initial payment due under its $254 million contract with the National Space Agency of Ukraine for the provision of […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-10]  GlobeCast has expanded and rebranded its fiber network, the company announced July 19.     GlobeCast renamed the network the GlobeCast Backbone Network and aims to offer broadcasters […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-10] Oil and gas company Chevron has named Hughes Network Systems its certified provider of secure managed broadband services for Chevron marketer and retailer stations nationwide, effective immediately, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-10]  The European Space Agency (ESA) has contracted Astrium to develop the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) for the International Space Station (ISS), the company announced July […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-10]  Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration program satellites built by Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have completed a U.S. Missile Defense Agency Terminal High Altitude Area Defense […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-10] Globalstar hailed the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) initiation of proceedings to make wireless spectrum available for mobile broadband networks using mobile satellite services (MSS) spectrum in […]

[Satellite News 07-20-10] Harbinger Capital’s eight-year, $7 billion contract with Nokia Siemens Networks to build and operate a 4G LTE satellite and mobile broadband network for wireless providers may be […]

[Satellite News 07-20-10] The global mobile value-added-service (VAS) industry, which produced revenues of $200 billion in 2009, will see revenues jump to $340 billion by 2014, according to a report […]

[Satellite News 07-20-10] Satellite telecommunications service provider SpeedCast may look to make an acquisition in Africa in 2011 to boost its business in the region, SpeedCast CEO Pierre-Jean Beylier told […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-10] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously to consider the mobile broadband spectrum proposal to ease restrictions on satellite spectrum utilization and free 90 megahertz of […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-10] Norwegian operator Kongsberg’s AISSat-1 nanosatellite entered service and began transmitting automatic identification system (AIS) messages from orbit via Kongsberg’s ground station at Svalbard, Norway, the operator announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-10] H2OLiteSpeed has extended its maritime VSAT solution to provide coverage over European waters ranging from the Mid-Mediterranean region to Turkey, the company announced July 16.     The […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-10] Skyline Communications has unveiled its DataMiner 6.5 update to its DataMiner network management system platform, the company announced July 16.     The upgrade includes packaging the solution […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-19-10] Moscow-based IPTV solutions provider NetUp has released version 1.6 of its NetUp IPTV complex with a renovated set of scalable IPTV software and hardware for both medium […]

[Satellite News 07-19-10] While the United States remains the global leader in space industry competitiveness, its position has diminished throughout past three years due to growing cooperation in the international […]

Winning the initial battle for young hearts and minds is key for the future of the space sector, and important work is being done with younger students. But that is […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-10] Eutelsat Communications and IctQatar, representing the state of Qatar, selected Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to build a high-performance satellite that the two companies will jointly own and operate […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-10] Astrium Services and Cisco have entered into a technology partnership agreement to study the applications of space-based IP routers, the companies announced July 15.     The partnership […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-10] NASA has contracted Millennium Engineering and Integration to provide support for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Rapid Response Space Works (RRSW) program, the agency announced July 15. […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-10] Globecomm Systems has been awarded an $8.7 million Ka-band infrastructure contract from an unnamed foreign government, company announced July 15.     Globecomm will design and install multiple […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-16-10] Sky Perfect JSat has installed Volicon’s Observer digital logging and monitoring solution to provide a continuous log of broadcast content across more than 100 Sky Perfect channels, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-15-10] The Australian National Broadband Network Co. (NBN), a public-private entity created to oversee the construction of Australia’s broadband network, will spend up to $1 billion Australian dollars […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-15-10] Avanti Communications has raised about 70 million British pounds ($106.8 million) through the sale of 16.28 million company shares, the satellite operator announced July 14.     Avanti […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-15-10] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) was awarded an order contract to provide satellite communication and mission analysis shelters to the U.S. Army, the company announced July 14.     TCS […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-15-10] Embedded wireless and global positioning semiconductor and module supplier U-blox has expanded its contract manufacturing capacity for its Leon GSM/GPRS module to the Brazilian region, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-15-10] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has contracted Summation Research Inc. (SRI) to provide advanced multi-functional demodulators in support of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-15-10] Lionsgate Films has signed a distribution agreement with satellite Web video delivery service XStreamHD which will allow customers to purchase or rent HD Lionsgate releases and access […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-14-10] Gilat Satellite Networks has been chosen to provide VSAT broadband satellite network applications for an unnamed Asian homeland security agency, the company announced July 13.     Gilat […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-14-10] CapRock Communications signed a two-year contract with Yahsat subsidiary Star Satellite Communications to provide custom voice, video and data communications services to clients in the Middle East […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-14-10] NASA has initiated a nanosatellite Centennial Challenge contest, offering a prize purse of $2 million for technological achievements by independent teams who work without government funding, the […]