E-letter: News Feed

[Satellite TODAY 03-19-10] WorldSpace has ended talks with Sirius XM major stakeholder Liberty Media over an unkown transaction that has been in the works for a year, WorldSpace announced March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-19-10] GMV was selected by Putrajaya Corp. to supply a GSM/GPRS/UMTS-powered urban transportation fleet control system for the city of Putrajaya, Malaysia, the company announced March 17.    […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-19-10] Northrop Grumman technicians have begun installing the first set of hardware for a U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bomber extremely high frequency (EHF) satellite communications program, Northrop […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-19-10] Orbit Technology Group is expanding its service centers, bolstering its spare parts stocks, and is increasing its overall end-to-end service capacity, the company announced March 17. The […]

[Satellite News 03-19-10] Leaders from the five largest MSS companies debated the form and function of the mobile industry and praised the U.S. Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) recent broadband plan […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-19-10] Astrium has delivered the Astra 3B and Comsat Bw-2 satellites, along with an Ariane 5 rocket, to Arianespace launch facilities in Korou, French Guiana, Astrium announced March […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-18-10] Gilat Satellite Networks has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Raysat Antenna Systems for $25 million in cash, Gilat announced March 17.     Upon completion of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-18-10] EchoStar Satellite has terminated its stock purchase
agreement to acquire
 Satmex, according to documents EchoStar filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) March 16. 

     EchoStar […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-18-10] Telesat signed a contract with International Launch Services (ILS) to launch Telesat’s Nimiq 6 satellite on a Proton rocket in mid-2012, the companies announced March 17.      […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-18-10] Former President and CEO Ron Clifton has resigned from International Datacasting Corp.’s (IDC) board of directors, effective immediately, the company announced March. 17.    IDC’s board now […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-18-10] Intelsat General was awarded a $10.7 million contract by DRS Technical Services to provide X-band satellite connectivity in Southwest Asia on two X-band satellites owned and operated […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-18-10] Integral Systems has selected XS-104 series products from XipLink to include in its mobile satellite military fly-away kits, which have all been deployed by the U.S. Department […]

[Satellite News 03-18-10] Launch service providers said there are plenty of launch services in the market, despite FSS operator concerns about the lack of competition in this arena expressed in […]

[Satellite News 03-18-10] Hosted payloads increasingly should be seen as an attractive option for governments looking to provide advanced communications and observation capabilities in a more cost-effective manner. This was […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-17-10] The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) awarded MTN Government Services a contract worth more than $50 million to provide global broadband satellite services for five years, […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-17-10] Telespazio and Italian Space Agency subsidiary e-GEOS signed a four-year, 5.4 million euro ($7.4 million) framework supply contract with the European Union (EU) through the Joint Research […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-17-10] ViaSat awarded a contract to Skyware Global to help deliver high-speed satellite broadband to millions of customers throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Skyware […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-17-10] Comtech Xicom Technology has released the XTD-750DBSP, a 750-watt antenna-mount, traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) targeted at DTH broadcasters, the company announced March 15.     The TWTAs […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-17-10] Despite reporting strong subscriber and EBITDA growth, Iridium Communications posted a $4.7 million net loss in the 2009 fourth quarter, compared to a $1.5 million profit in […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-17-10] Hughes Network Systems is now delivering its 9350 BGAN mobile satellite terminals to JSAT Mobile Communications to support the National Police Agency of Japan, Hughes announced March […]

[Satellite News 03-16-10] Engineers who develop satellite-based comms-on-the-move (COTM) systems face efficiency and bandwidth management challenges with physics that prevent 100 percent signal efficiency, according to a panel of engineers […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-16-10] ViaSat was awarded a $47 million contract from O3b Networks to supply the fiber-satellite hybrid network developer with Ka-band infrastructure, O3b announced March 15.     The ViaSat […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-16-10] SpaceX received a contract to launch a Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket as early as 2012, SpaceX announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-16-10] Orbital Sciences and Aerojet have conducted a series of AJ26/NK-33 rocket engine tests in support of the development of Orbital’s Taurus 2 space launch vehicle, the companies […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-16-10] Euroconsult and Irwin Communications are in discussions to merge and transform Irwin Communications into the Washington D.C.-based subsidiary of Euroconsult, the companies announced March. 16.      Euroconsult […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-16-10] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has been awarded $7 million to provide managed bandwidth services and terminal maintenance support for fixed satellite terminal sites supporting U.S. government personnel in […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-16-10] Loral Space & Communications reported total 2009 year-end revenues at $993 million, a $124 million increase from its performance in 2008, the company announced in its fourth […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-16-10] Sirius XM Radio is attempting to raise $800 million through a debt sale that carries 8.75 percent interest per year over five years, the company announced March […]

[Satellite News 03-15-10] Talia has been preparing for the launch of its VSAT, consumer-focused Internet and telephone communications service for nearly 12 months, and the time now is right to […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-15-10] SpaceX has determined that the first static fire test of its Falcon 9 rocket was shutdown due to the failure of a ground support system valve, the […]