Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-11] The SES-2 satellite has arrived to the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana after being shipped by its manufacturer Orbital Sciences, in preparation for its launch on...

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-11] Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems has completed a key compatibility test of its UHF hosted payload with the company’s 702MP-model IS-22 satellite, which is being built for...

[Satellite News 08-10-11] Australian satellite company NewSat signed a three-year Jabiru-1 satellite capacity contract with U.S.-based global communications provider TrustComm, NewSat announced Aug. 10.             Under the terms of the...

[Satellite TODAY 08-09-11] Manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has delivered SES’ QuetzSat-1 satellite to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to prepare for its launch onboard an ILS Proton Breeze M booster...

[Satellite TODAY 08-09-11] Inmarsat has rolled out a free voice distress service on FleetBroadband to help users in case of emergency, the mobile satellite operator announced Aug. 8.    Built...

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11]FSS satellite operator Intelsat has received multiple contracts from oil and gas managed communications provider RigNet to acquire new satellite capacity and renew its existing leases, Intelsat announced...

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11] The delayed launch of ViaSat’s ViaSat-1 satellite took a toll on the company’s 2011 first quarter net income, which dropped $3.26 million from the same period last...

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11] Mobile satellite operator Inmarsat saw its 2011 second quarter earnings increase 32 percent from the same period last year to $222.7 million, however, analysts were much more...

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11] LightSquared has entered into a multi-year wholesale agreement with integrated telecommunications services provider PowerNet Global, the companies announced Aug. 5.    PowerNet will become a wholesale customer...

[Satellite News 08-08-11] Satellite voice and data provider Globalstar increased its service revenues and narrowed its net losses in the 2011 second quarter, however, the company confirmed that a defective...