E-letter: News Feed

[11-21-07 – Satellite Today] Lockheed Martin has delivered the core propulsion module for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system, the company announced Nov. 20.     AEHF, a military communications […]

[11-21-07 – Satellite Today] Communications regulator Ofcom outlined plans Nov. 21 for a significant upgrade of digial terrestrial television (DTT) services in the United Kingdom that offers potentially good news […]

[11-21-07 – Satellite Today] SatelliteTODAY.com, the Internet’s leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis for the global satellite enabled communications market, has created a Career Center providing […]

[11-21-07 – Satellite Today] Satellite Today will not be published on Friday, Nov. 23, due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. We will resume publication on Monday, Nov. […]

[11-21-07 – Satellite Today] Park Air Systems, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp., has developed and installed the ground-based elements of a global navigation system for Bronnoysund Airport, in Norway, […]

Satellite News is being delivered early this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. We will resume our normal publication schedule with the next issue.

[11-21-07 – Satellite News] Satellite pay-TV operators DirecTV and EchoStar continued to post subscriber gains in the 2007 third quarter, even as new competition from alternative pay-TV sources begins to […]

[11-21-07 – Satellite News] The GeoEye Foundation has donated nine high-quality satellite images to wildlife conservation groups including the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, to aid in gorilla preservation efforts. […]

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] Raytheon Co. has completed the final system acceptance test to augment standard GPS signals over India, the company announced Nov. 20. The test of the GPS […]

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] CVG Inc. has won $1.3 million in contracts to provide the Florida Army National Guard with satellite-based communications equipment, the company announced Nov. 20.     CVG […]

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] GlobeCast will originate and control a pair of Ion Media Networks channels, GlobeCast announced Nov. 20.     GlobeCast receives Ion’s Network feed at the Sunrise Broadcast […]

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] Arabsat signed a contract from Melody Entertainment  to distribute a series of channels across the Middle East, Arabsat announced Nov. 19.     Melody Entertainment will launch […]

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. has signed a reseller agreement with New Zealand-based Baycity Communications, C-Com announced Nov. 20.     Baycity, which provides two-way broadband Internet services, […]

[11-20-07 – Satellite Today] Northrup Grumman Corp. promoted Edward Alexander to corporate lead executive for business with the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), the company announced […]

[11-19-07 – Satellite Today] SatelliteTODAY.com, the Internet’s leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis for the global satellite enabled communications market, has created a Career Center providing […]

[11-19-07 – Satellite Today] SatelliteTODAY.com, the Internet’s leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis for the global satellite enabled communications market, has created a Career Center providing […]

Raytheon Gains $17 Million Contract To Build TOW Missiles For Canada The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $17 million contract to build 462 TOW (Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided) Bunker Buster […]

[11-19-07 – Satellite Today] A Russian Proton rocket placed the Sirius 4 satellite into orbit for SES Sirius Nov. 18, International Launch Services (ILS) announced. This is the first commercial […]

Ariane 5 Said To Boost Record Heavy Payload: U.K., Brazilian Satellites The Ariane 5 giant rocket set another heavy-lift record by placing a U.K. military relay platform and Brazil’s new […]

[11-19-07 – Satellite Today] ProtoStar Ltd. and Antrix, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), will jointly provide 216 megahertz of interim satellite capacity to support direct-to-home […]

A new report shows that Iran clearly is pressing ahead with a massive nuclear materials enrichment operation, and should be stopped, Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, ranking Republican on the […]

[11-19-07 – Satellite Today] Thuraya is counting down to the launch of its Thuraya-3 satellite, which is set for Nov. 19 following several days of delays due to unfavourable sea […]

As China wields hundreds of land-based missiles and builds two ballistic missile submarines, it is gaining the ability to tackle U.S. forces in combat, an American commission reported to Congress. […]

[11-19-07 – Satellite Today] DataPath Inc. has added baseband solutions for mobile satellite communications networks to their U.S. General Service Administration (GSA) contract, the company announced Nov. 19.         […]

Helium Valve Problem Still In Review; Space Station Crew Spacewalk Set Tomorrow Space Shuttle Atlantis is set to launch at 4:31 p.m. ET Dec. 6 from launch pad 39A at […]

[11-19-07 – Satellite Today] Memotech Inc., a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., received a $2.7 million order to provide an unnamed customer with telecommunications equipment and services to a mobile […]

Hamel Sees Six-Month Delay In AEHF Launch Budget Cut May Delay GPS III The United States needs to develop a new lower-cost satellite launcher, Lt. Gen. Michael A. Hamel, commander […]

[11-19-07 – Satellite Today] Stratos Global Corp.’s FleetBroadband service is commercially available, the company announced Nov. 19.     FleetBroadband, a maritime broadband satellite communications solution based on Inmarsat‘s FleetBroadband service, […]

Cost Of Flying Orion Manned Mission Two Years Earlier $2 Billion A House-Senate conference committee killed a $1 billion addition to the NASA budget to help the space agency recoup […]

[11-19-07 – Satellite Today]  UDcast has named David Richardson as vice president of corporate and business development, the company announced Nov. 16.     Richardson will contribute to the development of […]