Satellite News

Intelsat has appointed Vicki Warker as senior vice president of marketing, the company announced Oct. 25. Warker will be responsible for the company’s growth…

DirecTV has added a new Arabic-language programming package to its international programming platform, the company announced Oct. 23. The Arabicdirect…

Having declared its second modernized GPS Block 2R-15(M) satellite operational Oct. 12, Lockheed…

Verso Technologies Inc. announced Oct. 26 a formal partnership with ViaSat Inc. to jointly develop and market global satellite-based Voice over…

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to conduct investigations into the operations of each Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, the NAB announced. In separate Oct. 23 letters to the FCC, the NAB called for the FCC to investigate the…

Intelsat announced the recent appointment of Vicki Warker as the company’s new Senior Vice President of Marketing.

Telenor has entered into a definitive agreement with Apax Partners France for the sale of Telenor Satellite Services (TSS) to funds managed by Apax Partners for a cash consideration of US$400 million (NOK2,640 million, EUR315 million).

Lockheed Martin said it shipped the second Pointing & Control Assembly (PCA) for the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) satellite in the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) programme to Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems.