Focus: Telecom

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-09] Arianespace has postponed the launch of the French Space Agency’s (CNES) Helios 2B military observation satellite due to an anomaly in the launcher’s subsystem, Arianespace announced Dec....

[Satellite News 12-08-09] After hitting 50,000 connections for Astra2Connect in October, SES Astra now is looking outside of Europe, particularly to the Middle East and Africa, to expand the service,...

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-09] Spanish service provider Satconxion signed a 663,000 euro ($984,000) deal with Avanti Communications to purchase additional Hylas 1 broadband capacity, the company announced Dec. 7.     Satconxion,...

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-09] SES World Skies and SatLink Communications have launched a new DS3 fiber link to connect their teleport facilities, the two companies announced Dec. 7. The new link...

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-09] Orange Business Services has expanded its satellite network to include a DVB-S2 broadband service based on iDirect’s Evolution platform, iDirect announced Dec. 7. Orange has integrated the...

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-09] German telecommunications provider Atrexx has introduced a point-to-point and point-to-multipoint connectivity service via satellite through single channel per carrier (SCPC) technology, the company announced Dec. 7.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-09] Iridium Communications has activated its 1,000th Iridium OpenPort marine satellite terminal, the company announced Dec. 7.     The company reached the milestone with the activation of an...

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-09] SkyWave Mobile Communications (SkyWave) introduced a Glonass navigation capability to its DMR-800L satellite data communication terminal, targeted to its shipping customers in Russia, the company announced Dec....

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-09] Vizada renewed their agreement with Météo-France to provide professional digital weather information and software to the maritime community, Vizada announced Dec. 4.      The partnership renewal will...

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-09] Sea Launch received final approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on its motion to secure up to $12.5 million in debtor-in-possession financing from Space Launch...