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Satellite Industry News Bits November 6, 2009
GlobeCast will provide its Content Exchange solution to
the French multihull yacht Crepes Whaou for the 9th annnual Transat Jacques
Vabre transatlantic sailing competition.
[SatNews -
11/06/2009]
Microsoft Corp. selects partners Akamai Technologies and
iStreamPlanet to work with Midrosoft to provide integrated end-to-end solution
to deliver live and on-demand video of Vancouver Olympic Winter Games.
[SatNews -
11/06/2009]
Avanti's HYLAS arrives at ISRO facility in India where it
will be integrated into the platform and prepared for launch, on schedule for 2Q
launch in 2010.
SatNews -
11/05/2009]
Globalstar opens new gateway expanding coverage into oil
rich Nigeria and Western Africa.
[CNNMoney - 11/05/2009]
ViaSat announces new contract awards of $225.7M in second
quarter, and discusses plans to utilize compelling capacity on upcoming ViaSat-1
satellite for recently acquired WildBlue's resources and distribution.
[SatNews -
11/05/2009]
DirecTV's third-quarter profit up slightly, although
customer cancellation rate may signal a coming end to the insulation from the
competitive fray DirecTV has enjoyed the past several quarters.
[Wall Street Journal - 11/05/2009]
RapidEye announces frame contract with European Space
Agency to provide satellite imagery for monitoring and change detection in areas
prone to natural disasters.
[SatNews -
11/05/2009]
Eutelsat reports record revenue growth of 11.6% in first
quarter 2009-2010.
[Reuters - 11/05/2009]
Sirius XM announces positive adjusted income for fourth
quarter in a row, with increased subscribers and reduced satellite costs.
[Reuters - 11/05/2009]
Harris Corp will build satellite broadband system for U.S.
Navy.
[Orlando Business Journal - 11/04/2009]
SES WORLD SKIES announces agreement with Solomon Telekom
for satellite capacity on NSS-9 to provide satellite broadband across the
Solomon Islands.
[SatNews -
11/04/2009]
Cypress state-of-the-art CMOS image sensors specially
designed for high accuracy star tracking used on European Space Agency's Proba-2
satellite launched on November 2.
[Reuters - 11/04/2009]
Hughes Communications reports record subscriber growth for
its satellite broadband business, with broadband services revenue up 16% and
total revenue up 12%.
[Reuters - 11/04/2009]
Vizada receives award from Inmarsat for highest revenue
growth of all Inmarsat mobile satellite distribution partners, with 9% growth
since 2008.
[Reuters - 11/04/2009]
Globecomm Systems revenue for first quarter increases 12.6%
based on a 52.0% increase in revenues from services, offsetting decreasing
revenues from infrastructure solutions.
[Reuters - 11/04/2009]
Orbital super-sensor launched by U.S. Air Force Weather
Agency October 18 can analyze molecules and ions over wide slice of upper
atmosphere - up to 700 km deep.
[R&D Magazine - 11/04/2009]
Pentagon reports that the U.S. military is now tracking 800
maneuverable satellites for possible collisions and expects to add 500
non-maneuverable satellites by year's end.
[Reuters - 11/03/2009]
CapRock Government Solutions signs agreement with UK based
Paradigm Secure Communications allowing Caprock to offer X-band capacity and
network services to U.S. military and intelligence communities.
[SatNews -
11/03/2009]
Comtech receives $1M order for frequency converters from
U.S. military.
[Reuters - 11/03/2009]
Telstar 18 to be used by HBO Asia to deliver HDTV to
millions of subscribers in Asia under agreement with Telesat.
[SatNews -
11/03/2009]
L-3 contracts with Lockheed Martin to supply command,
control, communications, and monitor system used in factory testing for GPS III
satellite manufacturing program.
[Test & Measurement World - 11/03/2009]
Eutelsat W7 satellite in Baikonour and on track for Proton
launch on November 23.
[Reuters - 11/03/2009]
SES WORLD SKIES announces multi-year agreement with
MediaScape for additional capacity on NSS-11 to deliver HDTV in the Phillipines.
[SatNews -
11/03/2009]
Eutelsat reaches 100 HD channels.
[Satellite Today - 11/03/2009]
Integral Systems opens facility in UK to provide turnkey
Earth Station System Integration capability.
[Reuters - 11/03/2009]
Telstar 18 capacity will be used by HBO Asia to deliver
HDTV to millions of subscribers in Asia under agreement with Telesat.
[SatNews -
11/03/2009]
European Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite
launched aboard modified Russian ballistic missile.
[Spaceflight
Now - 11/02/2009]
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