Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 04-10-09] Arianespace has scheduled the launch of the European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Herschel and Planck payloads for May 6, the launch company announced April 9.     The launch...

[Satellite Today 04-10-09] Russian operator Gazprom Space Systems may need to lease capacity from other operators while it waits for the launch of a slew of new satellites throughout the...

[Satellite News 04-10-09] Russia’s Gazprom Space Systems could need to lease capacity from other operators while it waits for the launch of a slew of new satellites, according to a...

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] RapidEye reached an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) for MDA to be the sole supplier of direct downlink solutions for RapidEye’s international ground station customers,...

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] A major earthquake that struck L’Aquila, Italy, has closed a Thales Alenia Space plant, the company announced April 8.     “We have taken all necessary measures to...

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] ND SatCom, in cooperation with SES Astra, received a two-year frame contract from African VSAT service provider Q-Kon for SkyWAN VSAT units, ND SatCom announced April 8....

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] Arianespace reported total sales of 955.7 million euros ($1.3 billion) with net income of 2.5 million euros ($3.3 million) in its 2008 year-end results released April 8....

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) saw yearly revenues increase by 18 percent at $29.1 million in its 2009 year-end financial reports released April 7.     The company also...

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] CET Teleport, a teleport operator based in Germany, has purchased a universal satellite hub from iDirect, in efforts to launch a pan-African DVB-S2/ACM satellite network, iDirect announced...

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] C-Com Satellite Systems unveiled a portable solar power system for its flyaway antennas, the company announced April 7.      The iNetVu SolarPack has been designed to operate...