Satellite News

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, plans to launch the MetOp-A satellite Oct. 7…

Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors has joined Harris Corp. as a teammate in the competition to develop the next-generation Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy…

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will supply Australia’s Optus with additional Skyedge hub infrastructure and several thousand VSATs for a…

Iridium Satellite LLC completed a $210 million debt offering, the company announced Aug. 6. Iridium will use net proceeds of the credit facilities to repay the…

A Proton Breeze M launch vehicle placed Eutelsat’s Hot Bird 8 satellite into orbit Aug…

SES Global reported a profit of 215.6 million euros in the first half of 2006, up from a profit of 167.7 million euros in the first six months of 2005, the company announced Aug. 7. Sales improved 17 percent throughout the same period from 609.2 million euros in 2005 to 710.5 million euros in 2006. SES…

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced an agreement to supply Optus with additional SkyEdge hub infrastructure and several thousand VSATs. The network will deliver broadband services to sites across rural and remote Australia and New Zealand.

Broadband cable manufacturer CommScope has launched a hostile takeover bid for communications solutions provider Andrew Corporation with an offer worth US$1.7 billion. Andrew last May agreed to a merger with ADC Communications.