Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Orbital Sciences Corp. named Frank Culbertson Jr. senior vice president and deputy general manager of the advanced programs group, and Mark Pieczynski vice president of the company’s new Southern California Engineering Center, the company announced Aug. 27.         Culbertson will be responsible for the company’s human spaceflight programs, including commercial transportation services to...

[Satellite Today 08-27-08]  Harmonic has appointed Ian Graham vice president of sales and support for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the company announced Aug. 27.     Graham previously worked for the home & networks mobility division at Motorola, where he held senior positions in sales management, including vice president of sales & services...

[Satellite Today 08-27-08]  GeoEye Inc. has provided high-resolution images taken from its Ikonos satellite for integration into Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X video game from UbiSoft, GeoEye announced Aug. 26.     The H.A.W.X development team is working with GeoEye specialists to integrate realistic satellite images for each of the 16 international locations throughout the game, including Rio...

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] The RapidEye constellation is ready for launch from Baikonur Aug. 29, according to an announcement from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL).    All five satellites, designed and built by SSTL, have been integrated with the Dnepr launch vehicle. SSTL also provided the spacecraft control center and performed spacecraft assembly, integration and test....

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Avanti Communications has signed wholesale partnership agreement with a satellite telecommunications service provider in Albania, opening its first business in the country, Avanti said Aug. 26.     Under the agreement, Avanti and its partner will pursue contract opportunities for up to 1,000 installed sites with a potential contract value of 1.3 million...

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Hughes Network has made HughesNet Business Internet service plans available, the company announced Aug. 27. The plan aims to provide high-performance broadband access to small- and mid-sized businesses.     Customers can choose from seven plans with speeds up to 1 megabit per second (Mbps) on the uplink and up to 5 Mbps...

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Thales Alenia Space has begun production assembly, integration and testing of the first Globalstar second-generation flight model satellites, Globalstar, Thales Alenia Space and Arianespace announced on Aug. 27.     The new satellites, scheduled for delivery beginning in less than a year, will be used to provide Globalstar’s next-generation of advanced mobile satellite...

[Satellite Today 08-26-08] Thrane & Thrane, a manufacturer of equipment and systems for global mobile communication based on satellite and radio technology, reported a sharp increase in revenues and profits in its results issued Aug. 26.     For the three months that closed at the end of July, the company reported revenues of 296 million...

[Satellite Today 08-26-08] Pace is targeting three areas of its business to make its products more environmentally friendly, the company announced Aug. 26. Pack is “taking action to reduce our environmental impact across all aspects of our business — from products to our operations and supply chain,” Neil Gaydon, CEO of Pace, said in a...

[Satellite News 08-26-08] Stratos Global executives returned from a trip to Japan with a new joint venture, JSAT Mobile Communications, in hand. The entity, developed partnership with JSAT,  is set to bring  Stratos’ localized broadband services to the Japanese mobile satellite market, a region with a difficult licensing processes. “This is an extremely exciting time...