E-letter: News Feed

[10-10-07 – Satellite Today]  Measat, the satellite operator based out of Malaysia, has signed new agreements, which signal its entrance into the south Asia video distribution markets, the company announced […]

[10-10-07 – Satellite Today]  ND SatCom hopes of increasing its revenues in the broadcast markets in the Middle East have been boosted by the announcement that SES Astra has acquired […]

[10-10-07 – Satellite Today]  C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. has increased revenues and profits compared to the same quarter last year, the company announced Oct. 10. The company said it had […]

[10-10-07 – Satellite Today]  WildBlue Enterprise Solutions is introducing a new, larger satellite dish for the exclusive use of their business customers, the company announced Oct. 10. The .98 meter […]

[10-10-07 – Satellite Today] The second satellite for the Ariane 5 mission scheduled for a Nov. 9 launch has been delivered to the Spaceport in French Guiana,        Arianespace announced Oct. […]

[10-10-07 – Satellite Today]  OmniBus Systems, a provider of comprehensive broadcast automation and content management solutions,  is expanding operations in the Asia-Pacific region following significant installations at broadcasters including NDTV, […]

[10-10-07 – Satellite News] Hughes Network Systems LLC is reaching out to rural broadband internet users by partnering with a familiar company. Hughes will begin selling its HughesNet satellite broadband […]

[10-09-07 – Satellite Today] The  European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Transcore and Novacom Services, a subsidiary of Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS), to lead the development of an asset-tracking prototype […]

[10-09-07 – Satellite Today]  ViaSat Inc. and Smart Digital Communications Bhd. recently collected real-time data to validate Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) tsunami predictions, ViaSat announced Oct 9. Telemetry and […]

[10-09-07 – Satellite Today]  The Modern Times Group (MTG), owners of the Viasat direct-to-home (DTH) platform, and Canal Digital have reached a deal that will enable all DTH subscribers to […]

[10-09-07 – Satellite Today]  Northrop Grumman Corp. has successfully completed the System Acceptance Test of a Common Command and Telemetry System between the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the […]

[10-09-07 – Satellite Today]  Antenna Technology Communications Inc. has won a $1.2 million bid to provide the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with an Intermediate Frequency (IF) matrix […]

[10-09-07 – Satellite Today] The American Red Cross has selected   Global Relief Technologies LLC (GRT) to equip disaster relief professionals with equipment to augment disaster response communications, GRT announced Oct. […]

[10-09-07 – Satellite Today]  WildBlue Enterprise Solutions has formed partnerships with UDcast, Xiplink and Trispen to provide expanded VPN networks for small to medium businesses, WildBlue announced Oct 9. The […]

[10-09-07 – Satellite Today]  Hughes Network Systems will distribute its HughesNet satellite Internet access service in 2,800 Wal-Mart stores throughout the United States, Hughes announced Oct. 9. "Wal-Mart is perhaps […]

‘N’, the Polish direct-to-home (DTH) platform, owned by ITI Neovision, a subsidiary of the ITI Group, one of Poland’s leading media and entertainment groups, is one of a wave of […]

[10-09-07 – Satellite Today]  MicroSat Systems is using Dassault Systèmes’Simulia software to accelerate satellite time-to-launch, Dassault announced Oct. 9. MicroSat Systems is using Abaqus Unified FEA software to analyze the […]

[10-08-07 – Satellite Today]  Hexagon AB has agreed to acquire Novatel Inc. and all their outstanding shares for $50 per share, Novatel announced Oct. 8. The total purchase price of […]

[10-08-07 – Satellite Today] Middle East consultancy   Arab Advisors says there has been huge growth in the number of Free-To-Air (FTA) satellite channels in the Middle East. The company said […]

[10-08-07 – Satellite Today]  Intelsat Ltd and Telenor Satellite Broadcasting have completed an agreement for Intelsat to purchase 10 transponders on Telenor’s Thor 6 satellite, the companies announced Oct. 8. […]

[10-08-07 – Satellite Today]  DataPath Inc. has been awarded a $56 million contract to reset, repair and upgrade DataPath Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs) and Unit Hub Satcom trucks used in […]

[10-08-07 – Satellite Today]  Arianespace has confirmed the successful launch of the Intelsat 11 and Optus D2 satellites. The launch took place late on Oct. 5 from Kourou, French Guiana. […]

[10-08-07 – Satellite Today]  Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. will be launching two new Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) satellites in the fourth quarter 2008, the company announced Oct. 8. The satellites, […]

Bush Threatens Veto Of Spending Measure The Senate added $1 billion to the roughly $17.5 billion NASA portion of a funding bill for fiscal year 2008 that began a week […]

Moves in Congress to cut $85 million in funding won’t greatly delay a planned Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) program that would be installed in Europe, Lt. Gen. Henry "Trey" […]

NASA is shaving weight on the next-generation U.S. spaceship, the Orion crew exploration vehicle (CEV), by cutting back on backup systems, according to Skip Hatfield, project manager for the CEV […]

Ariane 5 Orbits Intelsat II And Optus D2 Satellites; Further Launches Set An Ariane 5 launched two satellites, Intelsat 11 and Optus D2, marking the fourth dual-payload launch this year […]

2007 Oct. 23 + STS-120 STS-120 will be the twenty-third mission to the International Space Station and will deliver the U.S. Node 2 Harmony module expanding the space station’s capability […]

Australia Buys Into U.S. WGS System; Boeing May Build An Extra Satellite Australia will buy into the U.S. Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) system instead of producing an Aussie-built satellite, meaning […]

[10-05-07 – Satellite Today]  Ofcom, the U.K. communications regulator, said Oct. 4 that it wanted to look closer into BSkyB’s plans to offer pay-TV services via the Digital Terrestrial Television […]