Satellite News

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

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.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the Air Force Space Command today were to announce new safety standards for unmanned commercial rocket launches.

Korean Air will ask Boeing to reimburse the airline about $12 million to cover the cost of installing equipment to provide Boeing’s Connnexion satellite Internet service, The Korea…

Orbital Sciences Corp. named Carl Marchetto as executive vice president and general manager of Space Systems…

Verso Technologies and Shiron Satellite Communications Ltd. announced the completion of interoperability tests between Verso and the Shiron Intersky 2-Way Satellite IP Broadband platform. The companies also announced their joint…

The first launch of a U.S. Air Force GPS Block 2F satellite has slipped from November to possibly January 2009, the U.S. Department of Defense said. The delay was revealed in a Selected Acquisition Report for the June 2006 reporting period submitted to Congress. The report summarizes the latest estimates of…

Telenor Satellite Services has purchased the satellite communications activities of Norse Technology AS and acquired the majority of stock in Norway-based Norse Electronics AS, Telenor announced Aug. 23. Norse Electronics will become part of Telenor’s Customized…