Satellite News articles from December 2007

Satellite News archives from December 2007

Raytheon, Northrop Grumman Win GPS OCX Contracts.
December 3, 2007... [11-29-07 - Satellite News] The competition to develop the ground segment for the U.S. Air Force's next-generation GPS constellation has entered its second phase, as Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Co. received contracts to continue work on...

Alphasat Tests Public-Private Partnership Model.
December 3, 2007... [11-29-07 - Satellite News] Satellite executives are looking to the European Space Agency's (ESA) Alphasat program to see if public-private partnerships can be effective means of developing new services and technology in the European space...

Farming Comes To Galileo's Rescue.
December 3, 2007... [11-28-07 - Satellite News] The Galileo satellite navigation program, one of the flagship programs of the European Commission, has been boosted by the news that European Union (EU) budget ministers have agreed a proposal to find another 2.4...

FAA Official: Private Sector Key To Commercial Space Growth.(Patricia Grace Smith)
December 10, 2007... [12-06-07 - Satellite News] The business of space is heating up, particularly in the area commercial private human spaceflight, Patricia Grace Smith, associate administrator in the Office of Commercial Space Transportation for the U.S....

Tandberg CEO Expects Strong Growth from Satellite.
December 10, 2007... [12-05-07 - Satellite News] While looking to tap more into IPTV markets, Tandberg Television still will derive the majority of its revenues from the satellite space, Tandberg Television CEO Eric Cooney said. The company, acquired by...

Satellite Radio Sector In Europe.
December 10, 2007... [12-07-07 - Satellite News] While most of the satellite industry focused on C-band at the World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-07), a pair of companies planning to launch satellite radio services in Europe were focused on an entirely...

Globecomm Partners With Christian Ministry To Help Wildfire Victims.
December 10, 2007... [12-3-07 - Satellite News] Globecomm Systems Inc. donated thousands of dollars worth of satellite equipment and services to help victims of the California wildfires, which destroyed more than 1,400 homes and burned more than 500,000 acres in...

Thuraya CEO Expects Thuraya-3 Launch by January.
December 17, 2007... By Mark Holmes [12-14-07 - Satellite News] Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company (Thuraya) now hopes to see its Thuraya-3 satellite launched before the end of January. The launch of the satellite had been scheduled to take place...

Ofcom Plans Multiple Spectrum Auctions.
December 17, 2007... [12-13-07 - Satellite News] Satellite players targeting the United Kingdom likely will get the opportunity to participate in a variety of spectrum auctions in 2008, as the U.K. communications regulator steps up plans to release spectrum. ...

Ukraine: "Huge Opportunity" For Satellite.
December 17, 2007... [12-10-07 - Satellite News] Vision TV will launch commercial direct-to- home (DTH) services in Ukraine in the first quarter of 2008, as it looks to tap into one of Eastern Europe's biggest markets for pay-TV services. "The growth...

Ball Releases Opticks To Open Source Community.
December 17, 2007... [12-14-07 - Satellite News] Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has taken their Opticks remote sensing data software and released it as an open source project, the company announced Dec. 10. Scientists and analysts within the Department...

Alcatel-Lucent Exec Talks Up Satellite for Mobile Television.
December 24, 2007... [12-20-07 - Satellite News] The role of satellites in mobile television in Europe has been bought into sharper focus as Alcatel-Lucent has teamed up with mobile operator 3 Italia and Italian public broadcaster RAI to launch the first trial...

Satellite Pay-TV Goes Through Five Euros Barrier.
December 24, 2007... [12-19-07 - Satellite News] French broadcaster AB Groupe has launched a new satellite pay-TV platform, BIS, hoping to exploit the demand for low-cost pay-TV in France. The basic package consists of 25 channels for a price of 4.90 euros...

Saab Exec Says Sale Is Not The Only Option.
December 24, 2007... [12-17-07 - Satellite News] Saab, the Swedish industrial company, is likely to exit the space industry early next year. The company, which less than two years ago acquired Ericsson's 40 percent share in the then Saab Ericsson Space at a cost...