Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] Lockheed Martin won a contract from the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) to build the Vinasat-2 satellite, with delivery due by the second quarter of 2012,...

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] Arianespace, Roscosmos, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the French space agency (CNES) have confirmed that the French Guiana Space Center’s inaugural launch of the Soyuz rocket...

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] Astrium has shipped the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) of the Johannes Kepler, the second European spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS), to Arianespace’s spaceport in French...

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] Inmarsat’s 2010 first quarter profits jumped 40 percent to $62.5 million compared to the same period in 2009, driven by growth in revenues and a solid performance...

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] Iridium Communications saw revenue, service and subscriber equipment growth across all of its business units in the 2010 first quarter, offset by costs related to its merge...

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-10] Marlink is introducing an entry-level VSAT service for the maritime sector, the company announced May 11.     The service, @SEAdirect, aims to provide multiple data rates of...

[Satellite TODAY 05-12-10] Globalstar reported an $8.7 million operating loss in the 2010 first quarter, an improvement over the $17.6 million loss the company reported in the same period in...

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-10] Gilat Satellite Networks has seen net profits rise but revenues fall in the first quarter, according to the company’s first quarter results issued May 11.     The...

[Satellite TODAY 05-11-10] EchoStar Corp. 2010 first quarter revenues increased 31 percent to $627 million, which enabled the company to produce a net income of $72 million during the quarter,...

[Satellite TODAY 05-10-10] Ericsson is confident that its 3-D TV partnership with ESPN will be a precursor to many more 3-D deals, as the two companies work to incorporate a...