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Archive for August 25th, 2006

SAT Corp. Provides Interference Detection Unit To London Satellite Exchange

August 25th, 2006 by

SAT Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc., delivered a SAT-DSA spectrum analyzer to the London Satellite…

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Boeing Completes GOES-P Thermal Vacuum Testing

August 25th, 2006 by

Boeing Co. has announced that the third of three Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) built for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has completed testing designed to ensure the spacecraft’s operation. GOES-P underwent a battery of tests to examine…

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KVH Unveil New Satellite TV Antenna

August 25th, 2006 by

KVH Industries launched a new Tracvision A7 mobile satellite TV system that will allow passengers across the continental United States to gain in-motion reception of up to 185 channels of DirecTV…

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Comtech To Provide Equipement For Iraqi Army, Security Forces

August 25th, 2006 by

Comtech Telecommunications received a contract to supply satellite-based position and location equipment to the Iraqi Army and security forces, the company announced. Under the $1.7 million contract…

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ATK To Develop Composite Technologies For Expendable Launch Structures

August 25th, 2006 by

Alliant Techsystems received a five-year, $22 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop automated-composite technologies designed to…

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Asiasat Revenue Up On One-Time Gain

August 25th, 2006 by

Asiasat recorded revenues of HK $475 million ($61 million) in the first half of 2006, the company reported. The figure was up from revenues in the first half of 2005 but only because of a one-time gain of HK $46 million ($5.9 million) from the early termination of…

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SES Astra’s digital satellite infrastructure named entavio

August 25th, 2006 by me

SES Astra has named its new digital satellite infrastructure arm entavio.

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Mobile Satellite Ventures awarded new ATC patent

August 25th, 2006 by me

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced that the U.S. Patent Office awarded the company patent No. 7,092,708 (the “‘708 patent”). The ‘708 patent is the latest in a series of patents issued to MSV for its advanced Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) technology.

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