Focus: Telecom

[Satellite Today – 5-5-08] RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. completed its acquisition of the Hawley Teleport from Skynet Satellite Corp., RRSat announced May 2.     As part of the $4.3 million transaction, RRSat will acquire all the property, assets and licenses of the Hawley teleport, located in Pike County, from Skynet Satellite Corp. The teleport,...

[Satellite Today – 5-5-08] Com Dev USA LLC has been granted regulatory approval from the Committee for Foreign Investment in the United States to acquire L-3 Communications’ passive microwave devices line, Com Dev announced May 5.     The passive microwave devices product line has more than 35 years of experience designing and producing space qualified...

[Satellite Today – 5-5-08] SatelliteToday.com will feature the latest news from MilSpace beginning May 6.     Be sure to check out the live Blog at www.SatelliteToday.com/blog for updates on events in Paris May 6 and 7.

[Satellite Today – 5-2-08] A sensor for monitoring global climate has been restored to the first satellite scheduled to fly in the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), officials from, NASA, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Air Force announced May 1.     Members of the NPOESS executive committee  agreed to...

[Satellite Today – 5-2-08] EMS Technologies Inc. CFO Don Scartz is retiring and will be succeeded by Gary Shell, the company announced May 2.     Scartz, worked for EMS for 30 years, overseeing the company’s financial affairs, including strategic acquisitions and investor relations as well as arranging for capital to fund expansions and new technology...

[Satellite Today – 5-2-08]  Loral Space and Communications has regained compliance with the Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. and no longer is in danger of being delisted, Loral announced May 1.     Loral was not able to file its 2007 Form 10-K, which provides an overview of the company’s business and financial condition and includes audited...

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] The cameras aboard the Cartosat-2A and Indian Mimi Satellite-1 (IMS-1) satellites have been turned on and are transmitting images, the Indian Space Research Organization announced April 30.      The color camera onboard IMS-1 was switched on April 29, followed by the hyperspectral camera onboard IMS-1 and the black-and-white camera onboard Cartosat-2A...

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] India is setting up a satellite-based information system using Inmarsat’s maritime network to enable vessel tracking for maritime security and permit faster search and rescue of vessels along its coastline, Inmarsat announced May 1.     The new system will use Inmarsat C and Mini C to track all safety of life...

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] SES Astra has launched new high-definition (HD) bouquet of channels has launched in Holland and Belgium, the operator announced April 30.         Dutch satellite TV provider CanalDigitaal and Belgian sister company TV Vlaanderen are broadcasting their new HDTV package via Astra satellites at 23.5° East. The two transponders for the...

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] BSkyB has nearly  9 million subscribers in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the company announced April 30.     High-definition (HD) growth remains robust, with 465,000 subscribers accessing HD services at the end of March. BSkyB also has 1.4 million broadband customers and nearly 3.4 million people accessing its personal video recorder...