Satellite News articles from May 2005

Satellite News archives from May 2005

EchoStar To Carry Voom HD Prgramming.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Rainbow Media Holdings LLC launched the Voom 21 HD Originals, a suite of 21 high-definition channels. Rainbow Media named EchoStar Communications Corp. as the first company that will carry the suite. Joshua Sapan, Rainbow Media president...

The Changing Face Of The Mobile Satellite Services Market.(TerreStar Networks Inc.)
May 2, 2005... While Globalstar and Iridium have managed to re-emerge from previous high-profile bankruptcies and build successful niche market-focused business, the Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) sector may be on the verge of experiencing a significant...

Making Satellite Broadband Profitable In Europe.
May 2, 2005... (Editor's note: This is the first article in a two-part series that examines the satellite broadband market in Europe. Part two of this feature will appear in the May 11 issue of Satellite News) Satellite broadband continues to be a hot...

Spotlight: Coordinating The Return Of A National Treasure.(the Axum Obelisk, a national treasure of Ethiopia, was returned to its homeland)
May 2, 2005... Following a 68-year stay in Italy, the Axum Obelisk, a national treasure of Ethiopia, was returned to its homeland with the help of Inmarsat's Regional Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service. The Axum Obelisk, standing 82 feet tall...

Teleport Industry Becoming 'A Market Of Niches'.(Interview)
May 2, 2005... A shift is emerging in the teleport business as operators are moving from just offering uplink services to offering more complete solutions to their customers. The shift is highlighted in a report from the World Teleport Association...

Digital+ Shows Subscriber Increase In Spain.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Spanish satellite pay-TV platform Digital+ is on course to have two million subscribers by the end of the year after closing the 2005 first quarter with 1.7 million subscribers, Digital+ owner Sogecable said April 27. The first quarter...

Orbiting Wall Street.(Panamsat's projections)
May 2, 2005... Panamsat Holdings Corp. capped off the two-week period leading up to press time for this issue of Satellite News closing at a two-week high of $17.50 per share. The stock has been inching up toward its IPO price of $18 per share in recent...

Spaceway F1 Satellite Successfully Launched.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Sea Launch LLC delivered DirecTV's Spaceway F1 satellite to orbit April 26, Sea Launch said. A Zenit-3SL delivered the satellite, the heaviest commercial satellite launched to date at 6,080 kg. into a geosynchronous transfer orbit after...

B-Sat Authorizes Lockheed Martin To Proceed With Satellite Construction.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-Sat) of Japan has authorized Lockheed Martin to begin construction of B-Sat's next geostationary telecommunications satellite, Lockheed Martin said The satellite, designated BSAT-3a, is based on...

WildBlue To Launch Satellite Internet Service In June.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... WildBlue Communications Inc. will introduce its satellite Internet service in June, providing high-speed connections to homes and small businesses in the continental United States, the company said. Initially, the service will be offered...

Panamsat To Distribute Azteca Internacional.
May 2, 2005... Panamsat de Mexico received a contract from TV Azteca to distribute the company's international channel to cable operators in Latin America and Europe, Panamsat said. Panamsat de Mexico, a joint venture of Panamsat Corp. and Grupo...

Loral Skynet, Global Crossing To Provide Communications Network.
May 2, 2005... Loral Skynet has teamed with Global Crossing to provide a communications network to the British Council, a not-for-profit organization sponsored by the British government's Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Loral Skynet announced. Loral...

Globalstar Certifies GPS Safety-Star Application.(global positioning system)
May 2, 2005... The Safety-Star system developed by Premier GPS has been approved for use on the Globalstar satellite telephone network, Globalstar said. Adding Safety-Star--which is used to monitor the status of workers--to the Globalstar system will...

ZTE Receives Vendor License From Qualcomm.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... ZTE Corp. has become the first Chinese company to receive a license to distribute Qualcomm Inc.'s gpsOne positioning system, ZTE said. Under the licensing and distribution agreement, ZTE can sell navigation systems based on gpsOne...

Philips Introduces Single Chip Solution For Satellite Set-Top Boxes.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Royal Philips Electronics has unveiled its Nexperia One Chip Set-Top Box (STB) Engine for satellite STBs, the company announced. The single chip combines MPEG-2 video decoding, satellite channel decoding, a silicon tuner and passive...

Loral Skynet Completes Sale Of Business Television Product Line.(Brief Article)
May 2, 2005... Loral Skynet completed the sale of its business television product line to dbsXmedia, part of the Ariel Way Inc. group of companies, for a combination of cash, stock in Ariel Way and ongoing contracts for infrastructure support from Loral...

Tackling The Lucrative U.S. Ethnic Broadcasting Market.(Home2US Communications Inc.)
May 2, 2005... With ethnic populations in the United States growing, the need for television programming that addresses these markets also is on the rise. While the major cable and satellite providers offer programming to serve a variety of ethnic markets,...

DirecTV, EchoStar Challenge Satellite TV Taxes.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... DirecTV Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp. jointly filed lawsuits in Florida and Kentucky challenging the constitutionality of taxes levied against their direct-to-home satellite TV services, the companies announced. In separate...

Boeing, Lockheed Martin Unite For Government Launch Services.
May 9, 2005... Boeing and Lockheed Martin announced May 2 the formation of a joint venture that unites the production, engineering, test and launch operations associated with U.S. government launches of Boeing Delta 4 and Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 rockets....

Challenges Facing European Satellite Broadband Market.
May 9, 2005... (Editor's note: This is the second article in a two-part series that examines the satellite broadband market in Europe. Part one of the series appeared in the May 2 issue of Satellite News.) To turn a profit in the satellite broadband...

Spotlight: Spreading British Culture With Aid Of Satellites.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... The British Council, a not-for-profit organization sponsored by the British government's Foreign and Commonwealth Office, will be relying in part on satellite technology to help it achieve its mission of educating foreign countries on British...

DirecTV Latin America President Outlines Blueprint For Success.(Interview)
May 9, 2005... It is set to be a busy year for DirecTV Latin America as the company tries to get back on track in the pay-TV markets of Latin America. The operator filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2003 and is now in the process of looking to...

Orbiting Wall Street.
May 9, 2005... One of the stated goals of this column is to test the adage, "a rising tide lifts all ships." Last week, we had the first real opportunity since the inception of the column to do just that. The good news out of the satellite sector once...

EADS Astrium Completes On-Orbit Tests Of Inmarsat I-4 F1.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... The Inmarsat-4 F1 satellite completed its in-orbit tests and early operations are progressing as planned, satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium said. The spacecraft will be moved from its test location at 8 degrees East to its operational...

SES Americom Retires Satcom C1 Satellite.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... SES Americom conducted the last operations on the Satcom C1 satellite, safely de-orbiting the satellite more than 280 km beyond the geosynchronous orbital belt, the company announced May 2. The satellite, launched in November 1990,...

NSAB Taps ILS For Sirius 4 Launch.(Nordic Satellite SB)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Nordic Satellite SB (NSAB) awarded International Launch Services (ILS) a contract to launch the Sirius 4 satellite in the second quarter of 2007 on a Proton Breeze M rocket. Nordic Satellite said. Lockheed Martin is constructing the...

Lockheed Martin Completes Major Risk-Reduction Test Of SBIRS High Satellite.(Space-based Infrared System)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Lockheed Martin completed a "jitter" test of the Space-based Infrared System (SBIRS) High satellite, part of the U.S. military's next-generation missile warning system, the company said. The heart of the SBIRS satellite, which will be...

Dates Set For NOAA-N, POES-N Launch.(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)(Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite)(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to launch the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) on May 11 at 6:22 a.m. EDT from Vandenberg Air...

India Launches Pair of Satellites.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... The Indian Space Research Organization placed its latest remote sensing satellite into orbit May 5 aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, the agency announced. The Cartosat-1 spacecraft as well as the Hamsat microsatellite weight...

Alcatel Wins Saudi Broadband Deal.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Alcatel inked a key satellite broadband deal in Saudi Arabia, signing an agreement with the Almisehal Group to supply "DSL-in-the-Sky" broadband access satellite gateway and associated terminal equipment. The Almisehal Group will offer...

Mobile Satellite Ventures Awarded Patent For Hybrid Satellite/Terrestrial Service.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... Mobile Satellite Ventures was awarded its fifth hybrid satellite/terrestrial system patent, which covers 34 claims. The award of this patent brings the total number of award claims for MSV-originated ancillary terrestrial component (ATC)...

EchoStar Adds Italian Programming To International Line-Up.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... EchoStar Communications Corp. added two new Italian-language channels to its international programming line-up: Leonardo World and Video Italia. The new channels will be sold to subscribers of EchoStar's Dish Network direct-to-home satellite...

Keeping Satellites In Orbit Beyond Design Life.
May 9, 2005... With the influx of private equity investment in the commercial satellite business, questions have lingered as to whether private equity owners will make the necessary capital expenditures to replenish satellite constellations as needed or...

DirecTV 8 Launch Details Revealed.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2005... International Launch Services (ILS) said the window for its May 21 launching of the DirecTV 8 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will open at 1:59 p.m. EDT. The satellite will be delivered to orbit on a Proton M/Breeze M...

New Skies Becomes Second FSS Operator To Go Public This Year.
May 16, 2005... New Skies Satellite BV became the second Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) operator acquired by private equity owners in recent years to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of stock. New Skies began trading May 10 on the New York Stock...

Telespazio CEO Looking Outside Of Italy.(Giuseppe Veredice)
May 16, 2005... The future is looking bright for Telespazio. The Italian joint venture, one of two companies formed when Alcatel and Finmeccanica merged their respective space activities, (SN, Jan. 31) concentrating on operations and services for satellite...

Spotlight: Soldiers Using Satellites To Send Mother's Day Wishes.(Segovia)
May 16, 2005... Managed network satellite services provider Segovia is doing its part to help keep soldiers in Iraq in contact with their families in the United States and other parts of the world by providing satellite-enabled Voice over Internet Protocol...

Television To Mobile Phones Gaining More Momentum.
May 16, 2005... Satellite operators that broadcast television content soon could see a new market for their services--facilitating the delivery of broadcast content to mobile phones and other portable devices. Already, TU Media Corp. in South Korea has...

Sanswire Completes Test Of Newly Designed Stratellite.(Sanswire Networks LLC)
May 16, 2005... With the satellite industry just starting to get back on its feet in the public eye--as evidenced by the recent performance of satellite industry stocks- - the industry may need to brace itself for competition from an emerging technology that...

Orbiting Wall Street.
May 16, 2005... The big news last week for Wall Street observers was the May 10 initial public offering (IPO) of common stock for New Skies Satellite BV. If the performance of that stock in its first three days of trading leading up to this issue's...

Raytheon Showcases Prototype For Satellite Communications Architecture.
May 16, 2005... In anticipation of an upcoming competition, Raytheon unveiled its prototype of the network architecture for the Air Force's planned Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT), the next-generation constellation of satellites that...

Xtar Completes Field Trials, Nabs First U.S. Government Contract.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2005... Xtar LLC completed the first field trials of the Space Systems/Loral- built Xtar-Eur satellite, placed on orbit at 29? East in February, Xtar announced. The demonstration for the U.S. Army's 7th Signal Brigade, based in Mannheim,...

Inmarsat Posts Profits in 2005 First Quarter.(Inmarsat Group Ltd.)(Brief Article)
May 16, 2005... Inmarsat Group Ltd. earned $6.3 million in the 2005 first quarter, rebounding from a loss of $10 million in the same period one year ago, Inmarsat reported May 9. Revenue improved 8 percent from $118.3 million in the 2004 first quarter...

Cartosat-1 Cameras Tested, Hamsat Functioning Well.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2005... The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said the National Remote Sensing Agency's Data Reception Station at Shadnagar, India, received imagery from the recently launched Cartosat-1. The satellite has been undergoing a series of tests...

Iridium Taps Firm For Next-Gen Equipment Development.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2005... Iridium Satellite LLC selected Cambridge Consultants as a strategic wireless technology development consultant. In this role, Cambridge will help Iridium evolve the design of its ground-based terminal equipment. Cambridge is developing...

SES Global Revenue, Profit Rise.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2005... Profits at SES Global grew 9 million euros ($11.6 million) in the 2005 first quarter despite revenue remaining flat, the company reported May 9. SES earned 84 million euros ($108.8 million) in the 2005 first quarter, up from a profit of...

Terrestar Networks Closes $200 Million Equity Financing.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2005... Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) closed a $200 million private placement in its former subsidiary Terrestar Networks Inc., which was spun off to MSV's shareholders as a stand-alone company. Terrestar, in partnership with TMI...

ViaSat To Supply Telesat With Consumer Ka-Band Terminals.(Brief Article)
May 16, 2005... Telesat signed a multiyear agreement with ViaSat Inc. to purchase DOCSIS- for-satellite Ka-band consumer terminals. The terminals, which use a networking technology that utilizes satellite bandwidth more efficiently to lower the cost of...

Former Eutelsat Executive Leads Anti-Piracy Charge.(European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works)(Jean Grenier)
May 16, 2005... While satellite pay-TV operators have performed strongly in recent years in terms subscriber gains, many continue to deal with the effects of smart card piracy. The illegal watching of content costs pay-TV operators in Europe millions of...

At Press Time: NOAA-N Finally Launched.(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... As this issue of Satellite News was going to press, Boeing announced it successfully launched the NOAA-N satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration May 20. The launch was originally scheduled for May 11, but a series...

WildBlue Readies Satellite Broadband Service For Rollout.(Wildblue Communications Inc.)
May 23, 2005... Neil Armstrong's historic statement, stepping onto the Moon for the first time, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" still has meaning today. The satellite broadband industry, and WildBlue Communications Inc. in...

Companies Recommend Changes To Satellite Broadband Regulation.
May 23, 2005... Liberalized regulations and uniform technologies will be key to spreading deployment of satellite broadband services, particularly in developing countries, according to recommendations offered from the Global Broadband Satellite...

Spotlight: Tracking More Than Just Sex Offenders With GPS.(global positioning system)
May 23, 2005... A quick scan of recent headlines in the U.S. consumer newspapers reveals a heightened interest in using GPS technology to keep track of paroled sex offenders. Most recently, Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed the Jennifer Lunsford Act, named...

SES Global CEO Talks Of Company Transformation.(Interview)
May 23, 2005... SES Global CEO Romain Bausch is confident the company will achieve double-digit revenue growth in 2005 as the operator looks to have a strong year. There are many positive aspects to the SES story at present. With strong potential growth...

Orbiting Wall Street.(Fixed Satellite Services, Panamsat Holdings Corp. earnings)
May 23, 2005... Panamsat Holdings Corp. survived its first reporting of quarterly financial numbers last week, with its stock price fluctuating between $18.02 and $18.45 per share for the last five full trading days before this issue went to press. The...

B-Sat Formally Awards Satellite Contract To Lockheed Martin.(Broadcasting Satellite System Corp)(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... Although it won the authorization to proceed with the satellite design and construction on April 27, Lockheed Martin said it formally signed the contract with Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. of Japan to build the company's next...

Boeing Team Submits Bid for Next-Generation Weather And Environmental System.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... A team led by Boeing, including Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Harris Corp., Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. and Carr Astronautics, submitted a proposal for the program definition and risk reduction phase of the...

Connexion By Boeing Broadens Service Offering.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... Connexion by Boeing celebrated its one-year anniversary on May 17 by announcing the latest evolution of its service offering. Beginning this summer, four television channels will be delivered directly to Connexion by Boeing customers aboard...

XM Passes 4 Million Subscriber Mark.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... XM Satellite Radio said May 16 that it surpassed 4 million subscribers. "By adding one million new subscribers in less than five months, XM clearly is the fastest growing satellite radio company," XM President and CEO Hugh Panero said in...

Calipso Climatology Satellite En Route To Launch Site.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... The climatology satellite Calipso (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) left Alcatel Space's wallson May 18 for transport to the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Launch is scheduled for this summer on a...

MSV Receives Sixth ATC Patent.(Mobile Satellite Ventures )(Ancillary Terrestrial Component )(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... Mobile Satellite Ventures said it received a sixth patent related to its ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) technology for its Mobile Satellite Services. The patent covers systems and methods for coordinating space-based and terrestrial...

Premiere Posts Strong Numbers.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... German pay-TV operator Premiere reported double-digit increases in overall revenues and subscriber numbers. These were two of the highlighted results for the quarter ended March 31. In terms of subscriber numbers the operator now has more...

EMS Technologies Announces Two Contract Wins.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... EMS Technologies Inc. announced that it won a contract from LiveTV to provide Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) antenna systems for Virgin Blue Airlines of Australia. The contract is estimated at $6.8 million. This service will bring 24...

Comtech Receives $1.0 Million Government Award.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced today that its Tempe, Ariz.- based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a $1.0 million award from the U.S. Government for the deployment of satellite modems and transceivers. The award...

XM Satellite Radio Opens Studio At Lincoln Center.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... XM Satellite Radio announced a multi-year agreement for XM to broadcast live daily from its new studios at New York's Lincoln Center. With this studio addition, XM will expand its presence in New York City starting in June. The XM music...

U.S. Customs And Border Protection Tests EMS Satcom For Satellite Services.(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... EMS Satcom, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., said that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Branch of the Department of Homeland Security successfully flight-tested the company's eNfusion broadband communications solution earlier this...

HNS Certifies Arel Solution For Its Direcway Service.(Hughes Network Systems LLC )(Brief Article)
May 23, 2005... Arel Communications and Software said May 17 that Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) certified its Spotlight conferencing solution to operate over HNS' Direcway broadband satellite service. Spotlight is a full-featured e-learning conferencing...

Move Into Retail Pays Dividends For Globalstar.
May 23, 2005... A little more than one year ago, Globalstar LLC was emerging from bankruptcy, a financial state similar to other Mobile Satellite Service providers of the late 1990s. But with new owner, Thermo Capital Partners LLC, and a shift in focus from...

At Press Time: Orbital Under Investigation.(Brief Article)
May 30, 2005... Orbital Sciences Corp. announced May 27 as this issue of Satellite News was going to press that U.S. government agents executed search warrants at its Dulles, Va., and Chandler, Ariz., facilities. Although it did not explicitly state why...

Connexion By Boeing Celebrates One-Year Anniversary.
May 30, 2005... Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of Boeing Co. that offers satellite broadband connectivity distributed through a Wi-Fi connection to laptops of airline passengers, learned a valuable lesson during the first year of operations, a Boeing...

WildBlue CEO Confident About Company Prospects.
May 30, 2005... With the official commercial launch of WildBlue's two-way satellite Internet slated for this week, company CEO Tom Moore is confident that the delays in getting to this point ultimately will result in a successful service launch. "It...

Spotlight: Keeping Field News Reporters Connected.(Brief Article)
May 30, 2005... Panamsat's QuickSpot service, a bandwidth on demand service that was developed to meet the growing need for flexibility in provisioning satellite services requiring a mobile "pay-as-you-go" model, has expanded. Initially, QuickSpot was...

Quarterly European DTH Operator Update.(Direct to home television)(Industry Overview)
May 30, 2005... Satellite pay-TV operators in Europe reported mixed results for the first quarter of 2005. In the post-holiday market, the rate of growth is traditionally slower and the numbers reflect that shift. Some operators, however, can be pleased...

Orbiting Wall Street.
May 30, 2005... Panamsat Holding Corp. continues to rise, ending the 10 trading days leading to our May 26 publication deadline for this issue at a historic high of $19.70 per share since returning to the public market earlier this year. Not too shabby for...

ILS Launches DirecTV 8.(Brief Article)
May 30, 2005... International Launch Services (ILS) placed the DirecTV 8 satellite into orbit May 22 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Proton Breeze M rocket. Satellite controllers confirmed that the spacecraft is functioning properly. ...

FCC Grants MSV Authority For Next Gen L-Band Satellite.(Brief Article)
May 30, 2005... Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) said the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized the launch and operation of a next-generation L-band satellite at 101 degrees West. This follows the April 5 Industry Canada authorization...

ESA Hails African Air Navigation Success.(Brief Article)
May 30, 2005... The European Space Agency (ESA) completed an aircraft flight from Dakar to Mombassa using the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), the European satellite navigation system. The mission could play a key role in boosting...

Telesat Launches Satellite Broadband Internet Service.(Brief Article)
May 30, 2005... Satellite operator Telesat announced the launch of its two-way satellite broadband service. The service, operating on Anik F2's Ka-band payload, delivers high-speed Internet connectivity throughout Canada. "By delivering superior...

EMS Satcom Delivers $1.2 Million Turnkey Search-and-Rescue System to Turkey.(Brief Article)
May 30, 2005... EMS Satcom, a division of EMS Technologies Inc. announced that Turkey selected the company's system for its search-and-rescue (SAR) operations. The contract is valued at approximately $1.2 million. The SAR system purchased by Turkey...

Spacenet Unveils New Satellite Broadband Service.(Brief Article)
May 30, 2005... Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.'s Spacenet Inc. subsidiary introduced Connexstar SE, a new product that uses the Gilat SkyEdge very small aperture terminal (VSAT) platform to provide next-generation speed, security and services for satellite...

Burlington Resources Taps Globalstar For Satphones.(Brief Article)
May 30, 2005... Globalstar announced that Burlington Resources Canada Ltd., a division of Burlington Resources Inc. and an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, purchased and activated 120 GSP-1600 handheld phones. This purchase,...

50,000 Euros For Innovative Satellite Navigation Ideas.(Brief Article)
May 30, 2005... European entrepreneurs, small businesses, academia and research institutes are invited to participate in a competition to develop innovative uses of the planned Galileo global navigation satellite system. The best idea could receive business...

Digitalglobe Provides Imagery For Floodplain Mapping.(Brief Article)
May 30, 2005... Digitalglobe will provide imagery collected by its Quickbird satellite for use in mapping floodplains in Kauai County, Hawaii. The Digital Ortho Quarter Quad product, which offers two-foot resolution, will allow local, state and federal...

Major Military Customer Chooses Norsat.(Brief Article)
May 30, 2005... Norsat International Inc. shipped portable satellite terminals for use by a military organization in Asia, the company announced. The terminals will enable high data-rate communications among bases. The size of the order is approximately...