http://satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2008 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 3:08:05 EDT [Satellite News 10-07-08] Tesacom, Stratos Global and Addvalue Communications delivered the largest single contract for the purchase of Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) services to Brazilian regional elections in remote areas.     Stratos Vice President Ian Canning told Satellite... http://satellitetoday.com/satn/features/24884.html Tue, 7 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 10-06-08] Serbia Broadband is the largest pay-TV operator in Serbia and one of a growing number of operators offerings services on multiple infrastructures. The operator started life as a cable provider and launched pay-TV services via satellite within the last year.    ... http://satellitetoday.com/satn/features/24861.html Mon, 6 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 10-03-08] The cost of the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has jumped nearly $6 billion due to faulty management of the program by the U.S. Department of Defense, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released Sept. 30.     The Pentagon... http://satellitetoday.com/satn/features/24835.html Fri, 3 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 10-02-08] According to ViaSat Senior Vice President Tom Moore, if you combine all of the satellite broadband capacity in the United States today, the total will not add up to the broadband capacity his company will provide with its first satellite, ViaSat-1.     The satellite... http://satellitetoday.com/satn/features/24826.html Thu, 2 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 09-30-08] The United Kingdom is paying the penalty for a cautious approach to major European space programs, John Auburn, chairman of Ukspace, told Satellite News.     “I think that one of the ways the [United Kingdom] can gain more influence is to have a more significant... http://satellitetoday.com/satn/features/24808.html Tue, 30 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 09-30-08] September was a rough month for the commercial satellite market. The overall market decline that followed the U.S. House of Representatives’ rejection of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Sept. 29 took several technology and satellite stocks down with it... http://satellitetoday.com/satn/features/24809.html Tue, 30 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 09-29-08] After six years and three failed attempts, Space Exploration Technology Corp. (SpaceX) launched the first privately funded, liquid-fuelled rocket into orbit Sept. 28, the company said.     The Falcon 1 rocket, which carried a dummy payload with a mass of about 165... http://satellitetoday.com/satn/features/24767.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 09-25-08] Two important moves have happened recently in the realm of satellite cellular communications – TerreStar Corp. sold its remaining shares in SkyTerra Communications to private equity firm Harbinger Capital Management and other parties on Sept. 19 and Mobile Satellite Ventures... http://satellitetoday.com/satn/features/24760.html Fri, 26 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 09-25-08] With demands for broadband services increasing in many regions around the globe, VSAT players see opportunities in markets such as Pakistan, Brazil and Africa, according to attendees at the Comsys VSAT 2008 show in London Sept. 24.     Heinrich Nothnagel, general... http://satellitetoday.com/satn/features/24759.html Thu, 25 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 09-23-08] Iridium signed an agreement with GHL Acquisition Corp. Sept. 23 that will eliminate Iridium’s debt of about $131 million and allow the mobile satellite service provider to develop its next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium Next.      As part of... http://satellitetoday.com/satn/features/24736.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT