Satellite News articles from January 2008

Satellite News archives from January 2008

MSS Operators Preparing For 2008.
January 2, 2008... [12-27-07 - Satellite News] Mobile satellite services (MSS) market spent most of 2007 focusing on the future, as many companies continued to work on their next-generation satellites and business plans. Both Iridium Satellite LLC and...

Arianespace Takes Advantage Of Opportunities In 2007.
January 2, 2008... [12-28-07 - Satellite News] The year started with a bang and ended in disappointment for launch services provider Sea Launch, which was unable to recover from a January failure in time to perform any mission in 2007. International Launch...

New Face Of FSS Sector Continues To Take Shape In 2007.
January 2, 2008... [12-26-07 - Satellite News] From changes of ownership to new operators, the fixed satellite services sector landscape continued to undergo significant changes throughout 2007. Intelsat and SES Global remain the largest operators by a...

Satellite News Now Delivered On Wednesdays.
January 2, 2008... Satellite News, the Internet's leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis on the global satellite communications industry, will begin publishing Wednesdays effective today, Jan. 2. Each issue of Satellite...

SkyDSL Saved From Closure.
January 9, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-8-08] Investment firm Mountain Super Angel is confident that it can turn around the SkyDSL satellite broadband business, which the current owner, Teles, considered shutting down. Mountain Super Angel AG signed an...

Hughes Acquires Helius To Expand IP Video Base.
January 9, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-7-08] Hughes Communications Inc. has agreed to acquire business IPTV solutions provider Helius Inc. for $30.5 million, Hughes announced Jan. 4. Hughes and Helius have had an original equipment manufacturing...

Wild Blue, Google Partner For Portals.(Google Inc google provides service to it's partner Wildblue Communications Inc.)
January 9, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-4-08] A partnership signed with Google in December will provide WildBlue with an invaluable way of getting its name out to the public while at the same time helping Google to further relationships with satellite...

Thales Working To Fix Rascom Satellite.
January 9, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-4-08] The Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (Rascom) is facing the prospect that its Rascom-QAF1 satellite will have a much shorter commercial lifetime than expected, The satellite, placed into...

Satellite News Redesign Goes Live.
January 9, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-8-08] You might have noticed a change in Satellite News. Not only have we changed the publication date to Wednesday, we have redesigned the e-mail so it looks more like the hardcopy version of the newsletter. This new...

Eutelsat, ViaSat Expand Broadband Plans.
January 16, 2008... [Satellite News 1-15-07] Eutelsat's satellite broadband plans have gained momentum last week, as the company announced plans to procure a dedicated Ka- band satellite in conjunction with ViaSat Inc., which is also ordering a Ka-band...

EIASAT Sets Lofty Goals For DubaiSat Project.(Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology)(interview of Ahmed Obaid Al Mansoori)(Interview)(Company overview)
January 16, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-11-08] The Middle East has seen many interesting satellite projects unveiled in the past year, and while communications satellites dominate the headlines, a technology project could be the most interesting. The...

MSV, Inmarsat Spectrum Deal Clears Way For ATC Networks.
January 16, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-9-08] SkyTerra Communications Inc., Inmarsat plc, Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) and MSV Canada Inc. have reached an agreement to re-band and efficiently use their L-Band spectrum across North America. The agreement,...

Satellite Imaging Business Robust, Growing.(WorldView-1 imaging satellit has increased operating capability of DigitalGlobe Inc.)
January 16, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-15-08] With the announcement that the WorldView-1 imaging satellite has reached full operating capability, DigitalGlobe's capacity has been increased five fold, and the company's biggest problem with its previous...

Sea Launch Back On Track.
January 16, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-15-08] Sea Launch returned to flight with the launch of the Thuraya-3 mobile communications satellite Jan. 15, the first mission since the January 2007 failure of the Zenit-3SL vehicle carrying a satellite for SES New...

ViaSat CEO Expands On Broadband Service.
January 23, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-18-08] When ViaSat Inc., primarily an equipment manufacturer, announced that it was partnering with Loral Space and Communications to build and launch what it claims will be the world's highest capacity broadband satellite,...

Demonstration Moves ICO Mobile Service Forward.
January 23, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-16-08] ICO Global Communications Ltd. debuted its new digital video broadcasting-satellite services to handhelds (DVB-SH) service at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. Alcatel- Lucent is...

DirecTV Has High Hopes For Broadband After Dallas Launch.
January 23, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-18-08] DirecTV, which has nearly 17 million subscribers to its satellite broadband service, hopes to improve that number greatly within the next few months as the company's deal with Current Group takes effect. ...

Irdeto CEO Sees Growth Opportunities In Asia.(Irdeto Access)(chief executive officer)
January 23, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-22-08] Irdeto Access believes Asia will be a strong market for its conditional access and middleware services. Such is its determination to drive revenues from Asia, CEO Graham Kill relocated to the company's Beijing...

Sea Launch Has Record Year Planned.
January 30, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-29-08] Sea Launch has recovered from its launch failure a year ago and is planning a record-setting year that includes the inauguration of its new Land Launch service, Sea Launch President and General Manager Rob Peckham,...

While Getting Telesat Up And Running, Goldberg Looking For Next Move.
January 30, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-25-08] The acquisition of Telesat Canada by Loral Space and Communications, completed in October, instantly created the fourth largest fixed satellite services operator in the world. The company's 12- satellite fleet is...

SES Global Makes Offer For Israel's Spacecom.
January 30, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-24-08] SES Global, the world's second largest communications satellite operator, has made a bid to acquire Israel's Space- Communication Ltd. (Spacecom), both SES and Spacecom have confirmed to Satellite News. Spacecom...

White House Releases Export Control Directives.
January 30, 2008... [Satellite News - 1-23-08] U.S. President George W. Bush signed a package of directives to reform U.S. defense trade policies and practices, the White House announced Jan. 22. According to a fact sheet released by the U.S. Department of...