Intelsat General Names President and CEO
William Shernit has been named president and CEO of Intelsat General Corp., the company announced March 29. Shernit joins the wholly owned subsidiary of Intelsat Ltd. after serving more than...
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GeoEye Establishes Foundation To Promote Humanitarian Causes, Research
GeoEye has formed the GeoEye Foundation to promote teaching of geospatial information technologies, humanitarian and environmental/climate change research, and innovation and growth of the next-generation of geospatial technology professionals, the...
ViaSat To Supply Antennas To Kongsberg Satellite Services
ViaSat Inc. will provide two 7.3-meter antenna systems to Norway’s Kongsberg Satellite Services, ViaSat announced March 28. ViaSat Antenna Systems will install a 7.3-meter X-band receive antenna and a 7.3...
USGS, NASA Define Roles For Landsat Continuity
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA have defined their roles on the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite, which is expected to be launched in 2011, the USGS announced March...
Optus Orders A Third Satellite
Optus, an Australian operator owned by SingTel, is planning to invest in a third D-series satellite, which will increase the operator’s fleet capacity by more than 30 percent, Optus announced...
MDA Receives Space Station Support Contract Extension
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) signed a contract amendment valued at $8.7 million Canadian ($7.5 million) with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to support ongoing operations of the Mobile...
Boeing Announces Teams For Ares 1 Upper Stage Bid
The Boeing team that will compete for the upper stage production contract for NASA’s Ares 1 crew launch vehicle includes Hamilton Sundstrand (a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.), Moog Inc.,...
GlobeCast Gets Internet TV Boost
GlobeCast signed a deal to distribute content from more than 60 of its WorldTV channels over an Internet TV network operated by Sivoo, GlobeCast announced March 28. GlobeCast WorldTV will...
WildBlue Enterprise Solutions Partners With Broadcast International
WildBlue Enterprise Solutions has added Broadcast International as a value-added reseller of its products and services, WildBlue announced March 28. Broadcast International provides video-powered business systems including IP and digital...
WorldSpace Revenues, Subscribers, Losses Each Mount
WorldSpace Satellite Radio lost $128.6 million in 2006 on revenues of $15.6 million, compared to losses of $79.9 million on revenues of $11.7 million in 2005, the company announced March...