Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-10] NASA has delayed the launch of its space imagery satellite, Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), due to technical issues discovered in its rocket booster steering engine, the...

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-10] Skyware Global appointed Michael Morgus CFO, the company announced Jan 8.     Skyware said that it hired Morgus to focus on the growing international Ka-band market. “We...

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Integral Systems’ elected Bonnie Wachtel to its board, the company announced Jan. 8.     Wachtel currently serves as a principal of Washington, D.C.-based investment firm Wachtel &...

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] In-flight broadband services are crucial for airlines in order to gain a competitive edge of over airlines and serve customer needs better, Bernhardt Seiter, director of Lufthansa’s...

[Satellite TODAY 01-11-10] TerreStar has informed the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that EchoStar President Dean Olmstead and EchoStar CFO David Rayner are leaving TerreStar’s board, effective Dec. 31, 2009....

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] DirecTV will launch three dedicated 3-D HD channels in 2010, DirecTV and Panasonic, its technology partner, announced in a Jan. 6 statement.     The service will be...

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] The European Commission (EC) and European Space Agency (ESA) issued three of six Galileo program contracts in its satellite tendering process that began in September 2008.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Loral Space & Communications entered into an agreement with Canadian broadband provider Barrett Xplore to deliver high-throughput satellite Ka-band capacity on ViaSat-1 for Barrett Xplore customers in...

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp.’s Blue Force Tracking-HC (BFT-HC) ground mobile and aviation transceiver and network solution has passed U.S. Army-sponsored field-testing, Comtech announced Jan. 7.     Comtech...

[Satellite TODAY 01-08-10] OmniGlobe has applied for an orbital slot to launch Canuk-1, a medium-sized spacecraft, in the third quarter of 2013, the company announced Jan. 7.     OmniGlobe said...