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Intelsat has appointed William Shernit as president of its subsidiary, Intelsat General, Intelsat announced Feb. 14. Intelsat General provides communications systems primarily to military and civilian government customers. Shernit has previous experience with the Central Intelligence Agency, where he was responsible for a broad range of technical systems and advanced technologies, and as president of...

Sirius Canada Inc. added more than 100,000 subscribers since Nov. 22, bringing its total subscriber base to more than 300,000, the company announced Feb. 13. The company launched service in December 2005. Nearly 8 out of 10 satellite radio shoppers in December chose Sirius, according to tracking research provided by NPD Group. Sirius also expects...

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has completed satellite support operations for U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) program, the company announced Feb. 13. SS/L manufactured the GOES I through M spacecraft under contract to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The satellites, launched between 1994 and 2001, have collectively outperformed their life expectancy...

Wesley Bush has been elected COO of Northrop Grumman Corp., the company announced Feb. 13. Bush, who also serves as Northrop Grumman’s president, joined the company in 2002 as part of the acquisition of TRW Inc. and previously served as president of its Space Technology sector. In 2005, he was elected corporate vice president and...

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Starsys Inc., a subsidiary of SpaceDev, has completed testing of part of the antenna-pointing gimbal for the GeoEye-1 imaging satellite, SpaceDev announced Feb. 12. The antenna-pointing gimbal reduces motion created by spacecraft operations and will allow GeoEye-1 to collect images and transmit data to ground stations simultaneously. Starsys is developing and qualifying the gimbal and...

SkyWave Mobile Communications has received Inmarsat type approval for its SureLinx 8100 D+/GPRS integrated wireless controller, allowing for its use throughout the global Inmarsat network, SkyWave announced.

Globecomm is introducing its SatCell managed network services to provide carriers with a mobile network for serving low-density markets and geographically isolated areas as well as provided satellite service for sudden, limited-duration demand, Globecomm announced Feb. 12. SatCell is designed to generate revenue opportunities by allowing carries to rapidly launch networks or extend existing ones...

Norwegian technology company T-VIPs will provide its TVG420 IP Video Gateway to the DLR, the German Aerospace Center, T-VIPs announced. The system will be used to send video from the International Space Station to the Russian Space Center in Moscow, where the video is monitored to ensure the safe docking of Soyuz, Progress and Automated...

Newtec is partnering with UDCast to present a mobile TV system for distribution of digital video broadcasting–handheld signals via satellite for commercial deployments beginning in the third quarter of 2007, UDCast announced. UDCast will provide equipment and software while Newtec focuses on DVB-S2 satellite equipment, integration of all remote functionality in a single unit, and...