Satellite News

“The $20 Billion Question: Can Satellite and Terrestrial Wireless Co-exist in C-Band?” is the topic of the Global V-Sat Forum’s Sept. 29 Satellite Summit at the University Club, 1135 16th St. NW in Washington, D.C…

International Communications Group (ICG) introduced its Aerocom 1100 cabin telecommunications unit, which provides…

Sirius Satellite Radio announced Sept. 26 the availability of its Stiletto 100, the company’s first portable live radio…

Boeing Co. completed thermal vacuum testing for the first of the Wideband Gapfiller Satellites. The tests, conducted throughout a…

Iridium Satellite reported that the number of ships using its maritime crew calling ship-to-shore service increased by 54 percent…

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced Sept. 27 that York Capital Management has exercised its option to convert all of its $70.4 million loan, plus accrued interest of about $1 million, into 10.6 million shares of Gilat. After the conversion…

SES Astra announced that it has signed a new transponder contract with the British commercial TV broadcaster Five.

Lockheed Martin has received a contract for approximately US$10 million to further develop advanced material technology and next-generation hull material for stratospheric airships under the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Integrated Sensor Is Structure (ISIS) programme.