E-letter: News Feed

[Satellite Today 09-16-08]  The Texas National Guard has contracted with SkyPort Global Communications to provide expanded satellite communications solutions throughout the state for ongoing operations, training exercises and in emergencies, […]

Harmonic provides next-generation video delivery solutions to pay-TV operators, and the company is seeing its business jump as customers make the move to high-definition (HD) content and on-demand services. Harmonic […]

[Satellite News 09-16-08] While there was not much of a satellite presence in the largely warfighter-dominated showroom of the 2008 AFA Air & Space Conference and Technology Expo, Satcom exhibits […]

[Satellite Today 09-16-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC (HughesNet) has introduced a new equipment leasing option that reduces upfront start-up fees by more than seventy-five percent.     The company said the […]

 [Satellite Today 09-16-08] Orbit has received Anatel type approval, the third after it received Intelsat and Eutelsat type approvals, for its OrSat Ku-band maritime stabilized antenna system, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today 09-16-08] Orbital Sciences Corp. has completed the full-scale pathfinder ground operations of the Minotaur 4 space launch vehicle in preparation for its inaugural flight, the company announced Sept. […]

 [Satellite Today 09-16-08] Northrop Grumman Corp. has completed integrating all electronic units of the payload module for its third advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite, the company announced […]

Chinese Space Advances Come As NASA Faces Serious Woes China is wrapping up preparations for liftoff as early as next week of its third manned space flight that will include […]

Russia Lambasted For Continued Occupation Of Georgian Provinces; Asian Nations Provide $40 Million Low-Interest Loan To Georgia But Some U.S. Lawmakers Still Are Cool To Providing Funds Required To Build […]

New North Korean Missile Launching Facility Taking Shape North Korea, which with great fanfare demolished a portion of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor that produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, now is […]

Engineers finished testing a small solid rocket motor that will help to separate the second stage of the next-generation Ares I rocket from the first stage, NASA announced. That small […]

Energomash Science and Production Association has developed a rocket engine with reusable liquid propellant engines that can markedly lower the cost per launch, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. […]

A new report finds that seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the United States still hasn’t mounted an effective effort to prevent the spread of nuclear and other catastrophic […]

  The Air Force has asked the Department of Defense (DOD) expedite the review process triggered by massive cost growth of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite communications system […]

Progress Docking At Space Station Delayed As Hurricane Ike Closes Johnson Russia launched a Progress freighter spaceship as scheduled, but then found it couldn’t dock the Progress with the International […]

[Satellite Today 09-15-08] Mega Hertz, a cable industry distributor, has placed an order with Wegener Corp. for Unity 4600 professional satellite receivers totaling over $800,000, Wegener announced Sept. 15.     […]

NASA has increased its use of temporary hirings, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to Congress stated. Since NASA was given the power to appoint employees to positions for limited […]

[Satellite Today 09-15-08] A.P. Moller / Maersk, a Danish shipping group, has signed a contract with Marlink for a retrofit of Inmarsat FleetBroadband across its supply service and tanker fleet, […]

[Satellite News 09-15-08] Northrop Grumman kicked off a three-day event on Monday, Sept. 15 in Washington D.C. The “2008 AFA Air & Space Conference and Technology Expo” unveiled new projects […]

[Satellite Today 09-15-08] Talia has acquired a large amount of capacity on Telesat‘s Telstar 12 satellite, Telesat announced Sept. 15.     According to Telesat, Talia will use the capacity to […]

 [Satellite Today 09-15-08] ViaSat received an order for 5,000 SurfBeam Ka-band broadband terminals from OpenSky for the launch of Eutelsat Tooway consumer broadband service in Italy, ViaSat announced Sept. 15. […]

 [Satellite Today 09-15-08] Integral Systems Europe delivered and installed a fully-integrated carrier signal monitoring, transponder planning, and network management system for the Vinasat satellite program, Integral said Sept. 15.     […]

 [Satellite Today 09-15-08] Cybernet has implemented a satellite-based IP network built on iDirect’s Evolution DVB-S2 product line with adaptive coding and modulation, iDirect announced Sept. 14.    According to Cybernet, […]

[Satellite Today 09-15-08] Tam Tam TV, an entertainment channel in the Ivory Coast, has chosen GlobeCast to provide a broadcast solution that combines remote broadcast delivery via internet with satellite […]

Providing a European focus to news, the popular euronews can be found on pay-TV platforms around the world. However, the rules of the broadcast landscape have changed, raising a number […]

Thomson is one of the key technology vendors to satellite pay-TV operators world-wide, and its technology will be key in helping satellite pay-TV operators stay ahead of cable and IPTV […]

[Satellite Today 09-12-08] SES Astra has created a new company, Astra Broadband Services (ABBS), a wholly-owned subsidiary set to further promote and enhance SES Astra’s portfolio of products, the company […]

[Satellite Today 09-12-08] DataPath Inc. has formed a strategic partnership with Metracom to provide sales and integration support for the MaxView network management system in Europe, Datapath announced Sept. 12. […]

[Satellite Today 09-12-08] Telesat Holdings Inc. named Michel Cayouette as its CFO, the company announced Sept. 12. Cayouette will join Telesat on Sept. 17, succeeding longtime CFO Ted Ignacy, who […]

[Satellite Today 09-12-08] Sea Launch reported that its vessels have departed Sea Launch Home Port and are now on their way to the Equator for the launch of Intelsat’s Galaxy […]