OLSM Fits Fleet With Iridium Terminals
Österreichischer Lloyd Ship Management (ÖLSM) is fitting its fleet of ships with Iridium satellite terminals, Iridium announced March 15. One Net Ltd. is supplying and installing the Sailor SC 4000...
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Hughes Introduces High-Speed BGAN Mobile Satellite Terminal
Hughes Network Systems LLC latest generation Hughes 9250 mobile satellite terminal has been approved to operate over Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN), Hughes announced March 15. The unit is...
GeoEye Acquires Aerial Imagery Provider
Imagery satellite operator GeoEye has acquired M.J. Harden Associates Inc., a Mission, Kansas-based provider of digital aerial imagery and geospatial information products, GeoEye announced March 15. M.J. Harden, acquired from...
SES New Skies To Provide Internet Trunking To French Polynesia
SES New Skies received a contract from the Office des Postes et Telecommunications of French Polynesia (OPT) to provide Internet trunking services to the 118 islands constituting French Polynesia, SES...
TBS Taps Eutelsat For European Cable Reach
Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS) has selected Eutelsat Communications to supply capacity and services for delivering three entertainment channels to cable networks in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg, Eutelsat announced...
Intelsat Enlisted For South African Mobile Broadcast TV Trial
MultiChoice, a South Africa-based, direct-to-home (DTH) television provider, has selected Intelsat to support its mobile broadcast TV trial in the metropolitan areas of Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria and Cape Town, Intelsat...
Pakistan Signs Telesat For Paksat-1R Satellite
Telesat has been signed by the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Pakistan’s national space agency, to assist in the procurement and 2010 launch of the Paksat-1R satellite...
Wegener Corp. Reviewing Strategic Alternatives
Wegener Corp.’s board of directors has formed a committee of independent directors to consider strategic and financial alternatives to boost shareholder value, the company announced March 13. The company has...
Premiere Sky To Launch In September
Premiere Sky, a new subsidiary of German pay-TV operator Premiere, will launch an eponymous programming package in September, the company announced March 14 in Munich. Sold as an inexpensive package,...
Sea Launch Explosion Deemed An Engine Failure
The Jan. 30 catastrophic failure of Sea Launch’s Zenit-3SL booster carrying the NSS-8 commercial communications satellite was caused by an engine failure, according to a commission of independent Ukrainian and...