E-letter: News Feed

Space not only can be but must be explored, with missions to the moon, Mars, and ultimately to planets circling other stars in the nearby universe, according to Stephen Hawking, […]

Israel aims to purchase the Raytheon Co. [RTN] Vulcan-Phalanx close-in air defense systems to kill rockets and mortars launched into Israel by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to […]

NOAA Roasted In House, Senate, On Satellite Oversight Woes Afflicting Costs, Schedules Of Both GOES-R, NPOESS Programs The GOES-R satellite program cost estimates jumped again, to $7.67 billion from an […]

The Airborne Laser missile defense system has begun flight tests with the entire weapon system integrated aboard the aircraft, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Boeing, the prime ABL contractor, contributed […]

Other Launches Also Are Juggled Space Shuttle Atlantis will lift off at 2:01 p.m. ET May 11 from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, a day earlier than planned, […]

China launched another of its COMPASS navigational satellites, in a constellation of birds that eventually will provide global-wide navigational signals much like the U.S. Global Positioning Satellites (GPS), Xinhua, the […]

Updated — April 24, 2009 – 3:30 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 5 Mission: STSS ATRR […]

The Air Force gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $23.5 million contract extension to perform additional risk-reduction activities for the next-generation Global Positioning System Operational Ground Control Segment, or GPS OCX. […]

[Satellite Today 04-24-09] Harris Corp. was awarded a 10-year (five-year base contract with five additional option years), $600 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide next-generation military satellite communications […]

[Satellite Today 04-27-09] Dumrong Kasemset will step down as executive chairman of Thaicom in mid-May, the company announced April 23.     Kasemset has been the director of Thaicom’s satellite broadband […]

[Satellite Today 04-27-09] International Datacasting Corp.‘s (IDC) wholly owned subsidiary, ProFline B.V., has been awarded a contract to provide a next-generation satellite distribution network to German public broadcaster Sud-West-Rundfunk (SWR), […]

[Satellite Today 04-27-09] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)  completed qualification testing of its Draco spacecraft thruster and Draco propulsion tank, the launch company announced April 24.     The Draco thruster test […]

[Satellite Today 04-27-09] Uplogix, a provider of secure remote management  solutions, has partnered with Parallel, the provider of SatManage network operations center software, to combine the two products to strengthen […]

[Satellite Today 04-27-09] Inmarsat has unveiled a speed upgrade to its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service, the company announced.     BGAN X-Stream service, which initially is available in the […]

[Satellite Today 04-27-09] Advantech Satellite Networks released its S5420 DVB-S2 VSAT modem, the company announced April 24.     The S5420 modem is capable of operating in either of two access […]

[Satellite Today 04-27-09] SES has shown solid increases in overall revenues and operating profits for 2009 first quarter, the company announced April 24.     The satellite operator reported revenues of […]

[Satellite News 04-24-09] Satellite industry analysts praised the strength and potential of the broadband sector in new research reports. According to NSR senior analyst Patrick French and IDATE satellite analyst […]

[Satellite Today 04-24-09] China has launched a new remote sensing satellite, ‘Yaogan VI’ from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in North Shanxi Province, according to a Xinhua News Agency report […]

[Satellite Today 04-24-09] German pay-TV operator Premiere has sold its 44 percent stake in Internet sports platform, Spox.com to the CRESCES Group, the company said April 22.     Premiere, a […]

[Satellite Today 04-24-09] Viasat Broadcasting, a Modern Times Group (MTG) subsidiary has 822,000 DTH subscribers, a across the Nordic region at the end of March, a loss of 10,000 customers […]

[Satellite Today 04-24-09] CapRock Communications changed the name of its federal government division, Arrowhead Global Solutions to CapRock Government Solutions, CapRock announced April 22.     According to CapRock, name the […]

[Satellite Today 04-24-09] Hughes Network Systems has signed a three-year satellite broadband deal in Brazil with the State of Santa Catarina Administration Department to provide broadband satellite service to the […]

[Satellite Today 04-24-09] SES Americom-New Skies has signed a new capacity deal with DRS Technologies, renewing an agreement for 160 megahertz of satellite capacity and connectivity to support the DRS […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] Dish Network has launched Dish Earth, a channel offering live views of Earth, passing views of the moon, Venus, and unidentified flying object, the company announced April […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] ViaSat received certification from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) for its High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor Interoperability Specification (HAIPE IS) for the ViaSat AltaSec KG-250 Inline […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] Lockheed Martin’s net earnings fell 9 percent to $666 million from $730 million in the same quarter last year according to its first quarter 2009 financial report, […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] SES Astra signed a second distribution agreement for the Spanish market with Internet service provider, Net2, SES announced April 22.    Net2 will market Astra2Connect all over […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] Norsat International Inc. acquired Ireland-based WiMAX provider, Bluemoon 4G Ltd., in an all-stock transaction, Norsat announced April 22.    “With the acquisition of Bluemoon, we accelerate our […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) has signed a capacity deal with SES Sirius to gain further capacity in the Nordic region, Telenor announced April 22.    The three-year […]

[Satellite Today 04-23-09] Thuraya signed a deal with Advanced Communications Solutions (ACS) to distribute its ThurayaIP and ThurayaMarine solutions within the Greek and Cypriot maritime sector, Thuraya announced April 22. […]