WBMSAT News Bits 02/13/09

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Satellite Industry News Bits February 13, 2009

Eutelsat's Hot Bird-10 and SES New Skies' NSS-9 successfully launched by Arianespace.
[SatNews - 02/13/2009]

Satellite collision detailed - February 10 impact between operational Iridium 33 and inoperative 16 year old Russian Cosmos 2251 communications satellites described.
[agi - 02/12/2009]

Crash of Iridium and Russian satellites create a threat in space.
[AP - 02/12/2009]

Telstar-11N shipped to Baikonur Space Center where it will be launched on the Land Launch system in March; satellite footprint to cover three continents.
[SatNews - 02/12/2009]

Sirius XM short of cash to cover debt payment; considers bankruptcy.
[The Washington Post - 02/12/2009]

Charlie Ergen of Dish Network moves for control of Sirius XM Radio as that company considers bankruptcy, by offering to re-structure the company's debt and invest money in return for control.
[CED Magazine - 02/12/2009]

SES S.A. contracts with Space Systems/Loral for QuetzSat-1 to launch in 2011, to be leased to EchoStar subsidiary for DTH in Mexico, North America, and South America.
[SatNews - 02/12/2009]

DirecTV sees impressive subscriber takeup in U.S. and Latin American with 5% increase to 17.62 million subscribers in fourth quarter.
[Satellite Today - 02/12/2009]

An operational Iridium satellite and a non-operational Russian communications satellite collide at an altitude of 790km over northern Siberia in a first of its kind orbital accident.
[Spaceflight Now - 02/11/2009]

Eutelsat sees nearly 8% increase in overall revenues for six months ended in December 2008.
[Satellite Today - 02/11/2009]

Global Satellite partners with Global Rescue to provide 24 hour emergency rescue, response, and evacuation services by satellite around the globe.
[SatNews - 02/11/2009]

Russian communications satellites Express-AM44 and Express-MD1 successfully launched aboard Proton-M rocket and control handed off to RSCC satellite mission control center.
[SatNews - 02/11/2009]

Lockheed Martin confirms second Advanced Extremely High Frequency military communications satelllite undergoes thermal vacuum testing in Sunnyvale.
[Satellite Today - 02/11/2009]

Globecomm Systems launches global broadband satellite maritime solution in partnership with Mach6.
[Satellite Today - 02/11/2009]

Southwest Airlines tests satellite-based WiFi service.
[BusinessJournal - 02/10/2009]

Boeing wins 2 arbitration cases brought by Thuraya and Space Communications Corp over satellite performance issues.
[Business Week - 02/10/2009]

British satellite operator Avanti rejects unsolicited preliminary offer to purchase the company.
[Reuters - 02/10/2009]

Australian Satellite Communications will use iDirect to launch DVB-S2 network covering Australia and New Zealand.
[PRNewswire - 02/10/2009]

Religious Broadcasters select ATCi's Altair family of very low cost satellite broadcasting systems for their needs.
[PRNewswire - 02/09/2009]

DCC Satellite & Networkds Ltd. chooses Gilat SkyEdge II broadband satellite network to serve Nigerian banking sector.
[MarketWatch - 02/09/2009]

NSR report "Pragmatism in Satellite IPTV" discusses need of content owners to utilize multiple distribution channels to reach distributed audience, and the play for satellite IPTV wholesalers such as Avail Media and Echostar.
[NSR Report - February 2009]

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