Satellite News

The People’s Republic of China’s first large direct broadcasting satellite, Sinosat-2, was launched Oct. 29 aboard a Long March-3B rocket…

Alamo Rent-A-Car has introduced portable GPS units at 51 of its locations across the United States, the…

Rainbow Media continues to expand the global reach of its Voom high-definition (HD) channel, signing a distribution agreement with Zonemedia…

Porsche Cars of North America Inc. has signed a deal with XM Satellite Radio, while Bentley Motors Inc. has added Sirius Satellite Radio, in a pair of exclusive deals announced separately by Sirius and XM Oct. 30. XM…

Terrestar Networks Inc., a provider of 4G mobile communications networks, announced Oct. 30 a cooperative research and development agreement with the…

Iridium Satellite LLC announced Oct. 30 that it has launched products and service offerings in Brazil through an alliance with Omnilink. Anatel, the Brazilian telecommunications agency, has confirmed operational authority for the full suite of…

SES Global and Eutelsat plan to invest 130 million euros ($165.3 million) to develop a mobile broadcasting satellite service for Europe, the companies announced Oct. 30. The joint venture will develop and operate a commercial S-band payload that will be placed on the W2A satellite, being built by Alcatel…

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, “Latin America Geostationary Commercial Satellite Transponder Market,” reveals that the market earned revenues of US$708.5 billion in 2005 and estimates to reach US$1,038.6 billion in 2012.