Archive for June, 2009
Broadband Satellite Services Predicted to Reach $6.4 Billion by 2015
TMC Net
By Jayashree Adkoli A recent report by Global Industry Analysts (GIA) indicated that worldwide market for broadband satellite services is expected to grow …
Topics: satellite, Australia, broadband
Sea Launch Bankruptcy Stokes Fears of Rising Launch Prices
Space.com
Eutelsat was the first operator to use the Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 and Boeing Delta 4 rockets, placing commercial telecommunications satellites on both …
Topics: launch, Lockheed Martin, satellite, telecommunications, telecom
IRIDIUM EYES CHEAP SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS FOR SHIPS IN JAPAN
TMCnet
operator of the Iridium constellation of communications satellites, will begin offering a new satellite communications service in Japan for ships that costs …
Topics: Japan, satellite
Boeing faces half-billion-dollar liability tied to Sea Launch
Chicago Tribune
Sea Launch’s prospects further dimmed after it became enmeshed in a legal battle with Hughes Network Systems after a rocket blew up on its ocean launch …
Topics: satellite, Chicago, Hughes, Intel, launch
Broadband Satellite Services Market to Exceed $6.4 Billion by 2015 …
PR Web
Key players dominating the global broadband satellite services market include Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited, Eutelsat Communications, …
Topics: Australia, broadband, satellite, Asia, telecom, telecommunications
Sea Launch Bankruptcy Gives Advantage to European Rivals
Wall Street Journal
Lockheed Martin’s Atlas V rocket, also used by the Pentagon, likewise is considered too expensive to compete effectively against Russia’s Proton launchers or the Ariane 5. And Lockheed, which for many years had a joint venture with the Russians to …
Topics: Europe, Intel, satellite, launch, Russia, Lockheed Martin
Spacenet Signs Multi-year Satellite Agreement with SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES
TMC Net, CT
Spacenet has its high-performance Connexstar satellite communications services supporting Star Race Cars and had teamed with Globecomm Services Maryland, a division of Globecomm Systems (News – Alert) Inc., to support its expansion of services to …
Topics: satellite
Lockheed to broadcast to troops via satellite
Forbes, NY
AP , 06.23.09, 03:09 PM EDT GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. said Tuesday it has received a $36 million Air Force contract for satellite broadcasting. The four-year global broadcast service satellite contract by the Air …
Topics: satellite, Lockheed Martin
Sea Launch satellite venture files for bankruptcy protection
Seattle Times, United States
It also suffered a malfunction during its 24th satellite launch in January 2007. That led to an indefinite delay in launching a Hughes Network Systems satellite, for which Hughes obtained a $52.3 million arbitration award against Sea Launch that could …
Topics: Hughes, United States, launch, satellite
Gilat in acquisition talks with Alvarion rival
Globes, Israel
Last week, private equity firm KCPS Satellite Communications, LP (KCPS) made a purchase offer to Gilat shareholders to buy 5% of Gilat’s shares. KCPS is a limited partnership headed by KCS Private Equity Partners 1, LP, an Israeli limited partnership …
Topics: satellite, VAR, Israel
Hughes CEO Reveals Economics Behind Next-Generation Satellite
Satellite Today (subscription), MD
[Satellite News 06-19-09] Hughes Network Systems’ recently announced next-generation, high throughput satellite, set to launch in the first quarter of 2012, is just another step in the company’s 24-year service industry history of evolving technologies …
Topics: satellite, launch, Hughes
Hughes CEO Reveals Details, Cost of New Satellite
Satellite Today (subscription), MD
[Satellite Today 06-19-09] A new high throughput broadband satellite by Hughes will cost about $400 million after insurance, Hughes CEO Pradman Kaul told Satellite Today, in an interview. Kaul said that the satellite, set to launch in the first quarter …
Topics: broadband, Hughes, satellite, launch
GPS Satellite Glitches Fuel Concerns
Wall Street Journal
The Air Force’s Southern California space acquisition center on Tuesday announced that a Global Positioning System satellite, manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corp. and launched in March, is experiencing performance problems in orbit. …
Topics: GPS, launch, orbit, Lockheed Martin, satellite
modot’s Emergency Communications System, Deployed by Spacenet and …
TMCnet
This innovative solution integrates terrestrial communications assets with satellite connectivity for full continuity of operations and first responder solution. “In the past, modot has faced challenges with implementing satellite communications …
Topics: satellite
Army boosts satellite communications in Afghanistan, Iraq
GCN.com, DC
By Kathleen Hickey, Special to GCN The Army is providing mobile satellite communication systems featuring wanscaler accelerator technology from Citrix Systems to soldiers in the field to optimize communications between combat teams in Iraq and …
Topics: satellite, Iraq
