E-letter: News Feed

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] The Measat-3a commercial satellite has arrived at its launch site at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and is in final preparations for a late June liftoff, Orbital Sciences announced June […]

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] Egyptian commercial airline Egyptair will equip its new fleet of Airbus 330-300 with OnAir in-flight passenger communications supported by Inmarsat SwiftBroadband, Inmarsat announced June 2.     Mobile […]

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] President Obama has nominated Rob McDowell to serve another term on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the FCC announced June 2.      McDowell, appointed by former […]

[Satellite News 06-03-09] BSkyB’s decision to team up with Microsoft to offer satellite-provided Sky Player TV content through its Xbox 360 gaming consoles in the United Kingdom and Ireland is […]

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Telesat Canada signed an agreement to relinquish its leasehold interest and customer contracts for the Telstar 10 satellite to owner APT Satellite Co. Ltd., Telesat announced June […]

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] SkyVision signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat for a transponder on the W2A satellite to supplement SkyVision’s pan-African space segment and private networks inventory, Eutelsat announced June […]

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Telefonica del Peru signed a three-year deal with SES Americom-New Skies for nearly a full transponder of capacity aboard the NSS-10 satellite, the companies announced June 1 […]

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Afcom Satellite Networks completed construction of its next-generation C-band satellite gateway ground station in Lagos, Nigeria, the company announced June 2.     The C-band gateway, which is […]

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Swiss aerospace, defense and security technology group, Ruag has purchased Oerlikon Space AG, the space division of Swiss technology developer Oerlikon for an undisclosed amount of cash, […]

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Global Satellite USA launched its new Inmarsat FleetBroadband 150 service, developed for the leisure, fishing, coastal merchant and small defense vessel markets, the company announced June 2. […]

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Newtec has shipped 50,000 of its Sat3Play terminals in Europe, the company announced June 2.     The Sat3Play broadband terminal implements technologies such as DVB-S2 modulation and […]

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] AsiaSat and EchoStar have formed a partnership to deliver direct-to-home (DTH) services throughout Asia, the companies announced June 2.      The operators aim to deliver a digital […]

[Satellite Today 06-02-09] Lockheed Martin won a $1.5 billion contract to build the third Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite, the U.S. Air Force announced May 29.     […]

[Satellite News 06-02-09] Lockheed Martin won a $1.5 billion contract to build the third Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS-GEO) satellite after three years of testing and development […]

[Satellite Today 06-02-09] Pay-TV offerings will continue to see the strongest growth in Asia throughout the next three years, according to a study from U.S. research firm ABI Research issued […]

[Satellite Today 06-02-09] Mobile TV remains an under exploited sector with stakeholders still exploring ways of revenue generation and subsequent revenue sharing, according to a summary released June 1 by […]

[Satellite Today 06-02-09] EMS Sky Connect‘s in-flight phone and e-mail access solution, Forte, has received a supplemental type certificate from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), EMS announced June 1. […]

[Satellite Today 06-02-09] L-3 Linkabit completed the integration and testing of a Wide Band-Beyond Line of Sight (WB-BLOS) capability for U.S. Army combat vehicles, the company announced June 1.     […]

[Satellite Today 06-02-09] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Astronautic Technology Sdn Bhd (ATSB) of Malaysia set a new launch window for liftoff of Falcon 1 Flight 5, which will carry […]

[Satellite Today 06-02-09] Stratos Global Corp. has been selected by MISC Berhad to provide a customized crew-communications solution for MISC’s fleet of more than 100 merchant vessels, Stratos announced June […]

[Satellite Today 06-02-09] Harris Corp. will spin-off about 56 percent of its outstanding shares in subsidiary Harris Stratex Networks as part of a company-wide cost-reduction initiative that includes up to […]

First Meeting Scheduled; Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle On Agenda NASA today announced the members of the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee that will review NASA programs, including […]

NASA gave three companies contracts for liquid nitrogen, or LN2, and liquid oxygen, or LOX. The firms will supply six NASA facilities supporting activities for the Space Operations Mission Directorate […]

Bolden Commands Wide Support In Congress, But Conflicts Issue Remains How Will Bolden As Administrator Work With Norm Augustine Panel? Support voiced by leading members of Congress and influential outsiders […]

NASA gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $29 million follow-on contract to help design air traffic management and other items in the Airspace Concept Evaluation System (ACES). This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee […]

[Satellite Today 06-01-09] Hughes Network Systems certified Encore Network’s line of rugged and commercial-grade Bandit satellite routers for use with the Hughes suite of utility solutions, Hughes Network Systems announced […]

The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] up to $30 million for Surface Launched Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) long-lead purchases. They will facilitate later low rate initial production. SLAMRAAM is […]

[Satellite Today 06-01-09] SES Sirius reported that out of a total 2.81 million TV homes in the Baltic countries, it now serves 230,000 satellite households and 1.4 million cable households […]

A sensor on the Aqua satellite measures the health of phytoplankton in the oceans by checking the amount of florescent red light they emit, NASA reported. The Moderate Resolution Imaging […]

[Satellite Today 06-01-09] Virginia News Network has upgraded its broadcast infrastructure to use the X-Digital satellite receiver system, parent company Clear Channel Communication announced May 29.     The X-Digital XDS-PRO4 […]