Investment Firm Analyzes European Satellite Companies
After a recent Morgan Stanley report that predicted difficult times ahead for the FSS sector, another European investment firm, Natixis Securities, has released a report giving its thoughts on the stocks it covers: Avanti, Eutelsat, SES and Inmarsat. Eric Beaudet, a satellite equity analyst said in the research… READ MORE »
US DoD Selects Iridium for Gateway Support and Maintenance
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded a contract to Iridium Communications to support the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Enhanced Mobile Satellite Service (EMSS) Gateway in Hawaii. The Gateway Maintenance and Support Service (GMSS) contract… READ MORE »
The November edition of Via Satellite magazine is here! In this issue, we learn the inside story behind Eutelsat's strategy for Latin America, examine how the oil and gas industry looks to the HTS market, but only at the right price, and see how the government approaches business with satcoms under the thumb of sequestration. Read it now!
SES Renews Contract With Sony Entertainment Television Asia
SES has signed a renewal of its contract with Sony Entertainment Television (SET) Asia. The new agreement will enable SET Asia to serve its subscribers in the United Kingdom and Ireland at SES’ prime orbital arc of 28.2/28.5 degrees east, as well as… READ MORE »
Hispasat’s Amazonas 4A Near Completion, Readies for Launch
Hispasat Group’s Amazonas 4A telecommunications satellite, scheduled for launch in December, has entered the final stage of its construction process at Orbital Sciences Corporation's facilities in Dulles, Virginia. In record time, just 18 months since the program commenced, the Amazonas 4A, Hispasat’s 11th satellite, has finished… READ MORE »
Pace to Acquire Aurora Networks for $310 Million
Pace plc, a global developer of technologies and products for PayTV and broadband service providers, has entered into a conditional agreement with Aurora Networks, to acquire Aurora for a headline consideration of $310 million in cash. Aurora is a developer and… READ MORE »
NASA Awards Astrotech Contract for DSCOVR Satellite Processing
NASA has awarded Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) a contract to provide facilities and pre-launch processing services for the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission to launch in late 2014 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. DSCOVR is the second mission awarded… READ MORE »
