Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 10-30-10] Eutelsat Communications has lost the W3B satellite due to a satellite propulsion subsystem anomaly that occurred after its launch on an Ariane 5 rocket, the operator announced...

[Satellite TODAY 11-01-10] Lockheed Martin’s BSat-3b broadcasting satellite, designed and built for Broadcasting Satellite System (B-Sat) of Japan, was launched by Arianespace on an Ariane 5-ECA launch vehicle, the manufacturer...

Participants at a workshop held in Wroclaw, Poland, in mid-September discussed efficient use of spectrum and orbit resources. They agreed that ensuring this efficiency is getting “more and more difficult,”...

The National Bureau of Economic Research, a private, non-profit research organization that calls the beginning and end of recessions, declared in September that the recession that gripped the globe throughout...

There have been important developments in Mexico but not the kind you would expect to hear on the evening news. Mexico has kept step with a telecom liberalization plan 15...

Discovery prides itself on being a pioneer in HD and is approaching 3-D in the same manner, says John Honeycutt, executive vice president and head of international business operations for...

Canada’s Parliament enacted legislation July 12 to remove restrictions on foreign ownership of Canadian-licensed satellite carriers. Prior to the legislation, Canada limited foreign ownership of telecommunications carriers, including satellite carriers,...

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Increased activity in communication satellite and UAV surveillance sectors has pushed MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates’ (MDA) backlog up to $1.19 billion in the third quarter of 2010...

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Measat Satellite Systems will distribute the Sky News HD channel across the Asia-Pacific region via C-band transponders on the Measat-3a satellite, the operator announced Oct. 28.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 10-29-10] Iridium Communications has closed the $1.8 billion financing facility for its next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium Next, the company announced Oct. 27. The closing of the financing puts...