E-letter: News Feed

[10-22-07 – Satellite Today]  Four Globalstar Inc. satellites were launched Oct. 21 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, using the Soyuz-Fregat version of the Soyuz launch vehicle, Globalstar announced Oct. […]

[10-22-07 – Satellite Today]  Northrop Grumman Corp. has added a new product that combines National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) products with commercial software, the company announced Oct. 22. The Commercial Joint […]

[10-22-07 – Satellite Today]  DataPath Inc. has been awarded a $3.2 million contract to update Deployable Ku-band Earth Terminals (DKET) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, including adding […]

[10-22-07 – Satellite Today] Nortel has integrated Widevine Technologies’content security solution into their IPTV solution. The partnership will help protect telecommunications operators’revenue streams and enable premium content licensing, Nortel announced […]

[10-22-07 – Satellite Today] Thuraya, the Middle-East-based MSS operator, has announced deals with four satellite application developers, which it hopes will lead to innovative new products and services. Thuraya said […]

[10-19-07 – Satellite News] The future of mobile satellite services can be seen in the terrestrial wireless market, John Mattingly, president of Mobile Satellite Ventures told about 100 space industry […]

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today]  GeoEye Inc. awarded a contract to ITT Corp. to begin work on the camera for the GeoEye-2 imaging satellite, GeoEye announced Oct. 18. GeoEye expects to […]

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today] Iridium Satellite formed a strategic partnership with Brazilian telecommunications company Tesacom do Brasil, Iridium announced Oct. 19. Tesacom provides the maritime, oil and gas, utilities, agriculture, […]

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today]  AeroAstro, a business unit of the Radyne Corp., will supply Globalstar with network upgrades to increase satellite messaging capacity, Radyne announced Oct. 18. AeroAstro will supply […]

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today]  Com Dev International Ltd. will demonstrate an advanced automatic identification system (AIS) detection capability from space, the company announced Oct. 17. The VHF broadcast system will […]

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today] NASA terminated its agreement with Rocketplane Kistler under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Project (COTS) and is reopening bidding for the rest of funding, NASA announced […]

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today]  The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected nine proposals to compete for a pair of launch slots for scientific satellites,  ESA announced Oct. 19. The agency’s […]

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today] C2Sat Communications signed a deal with Trac ID Systems, covering a new radio link application for the oil and gas industry, C2Sat announced Oct. 19. Under […]

[10-19-07 – Satellite Today] GlobeCast signed a new deal with FG Sport to renew a long-term partnership for the worldwide distribution of the Superbike World Championship through 2009, GlobeCast announced […]

[10-18-07 – Satellite Today] Digital+, the Spanish direct-to-home platform owned by Sogecable, lost 10,000 subscribers in the quarter that closed Sept. 30, the company announced Oct. 17. At the end […]

[10-18-07 – Satellite News] Intelsat’s deal to acquire 10 transponders on Telenor Satellite Broadcasting‘s Thor 6 satellite, to be launched in 2009, is an indication that Intelsat expects strong growth […]

[10-18-07 – Satellite Today]  Orbital Sciences Corp. posted a profit of $15.7 million in the 2007 third quarter, an increase of 84 percent compared to a profit of $15.7 million […]

[10-18-07 – Satellite Today] TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) and Glowlink Communications Technology Inc. won an three-year, $8 million U.S. Department of Defense contract to support the spectrum management of the […]

[10-18-07 – Satellite Today] Eumetsat, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, reached a deal to have closer ties with Canada, Eumetsat announced Oct. 18. The agreement, which […]

[10-18-07 – Satellite Today]  Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has completed the first Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) critical design review for the U.S. Air Force, the company […]

[10-17-07 – Satellite Today] Pacific Century Matrix, a provider of satellite-based television broadcast solutions, has signed agreements with the Indus Media Group to use the Measat-3 satellite for the distribution […]

[10-17-07 – Satellite Today] The final four spacecraft in Globalstar Inc.‘s first generation of satellites are scheduled for launch Oct. 21 aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket, satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral […]

[10-17-07 – Satellite Today] Verso Technologies Inc. and Hughes Network Systems LLC have concluded interoperability testing of the Verso NetPerformer solution over the Hughes broadband satellite platform, the companies announced […]

[10-17-07 – Satellite Today]  The fourth GPS Block 2R, built by Lockheed Martin, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 launch vehicle, […]

[10-17-07 – Satellite Today]  Microspace Communications Corp. distributed DreamWorks Pictures’film, "The Heartbreak Kid”digitally via satellite to theaters throughout the United States, Microspace announced Oct. 17. The movie was delivered to […]

[10-17-07 – Satellite Today] Digital television switchover officially began in the United Kingdom Oct. 17, as thousands of homes the north of England received digital channels for the first time. […]

[10-16-07 – Satellite Today]  ViaSat Inc. has been awarded an $8.7 million contract to modernize the U.S. Air Force Cryptographic Support Group’s telemetry, tracking and control cryptographic unit, ViaSat announced […]

[10-16-07 – Satellite Today] DigitalGlobe has revealed the first images from WorldView-1, the company announced Oct. 15. WorldView-1’s images include half-meter shots of Houston, Yokohama, Japan and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, […]

[10-16-07 – Satellite Today]  Benham Companies LLC, a subsidiary of Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), has been awarded a $51.4 million contract by NASA to design, engineer and build two […]

[10-16-07 – Satellite Today] The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has deployed 25 satellite terminals to help restore vital communication links in the aftermath of severe floods that have affected regions […]