Satellite News

Spacenet Inc. introduced StarBand Nova satellite broadband Internet services for small-office and residential users, according to a Sept. 19 release. StarBand Nova is aimed at independent users looking for reliable, professional-grade…

Eutelsat intends to maintain development of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in France. The operator has announced that, following the first series of tests of reception of HDTV through…

Telesat Holding Inc. and its shareholder BCE Inc. announced that a preliminary prospectus and registration statement have been filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of non-voting shares of Telesat Holding Inc., in Canada and the United States. The Sept. 18 move came one week after Daniel…

Satellite operators have found a way to offer video-on-demand in competition with cable and telecom operators, according to a new study from ABI Research.

NASA’s Earth Observing System Program, according to the agency the world’s most advanced and comprehensive capability to measure global climate change, will receive the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space Systems Award.

BCE has filed a preliminary prospectus and a registration statement with securities regulators for a US$400 million offering of non-voting shares in satellite operator Telesat.

Italian and U.S. space centres have received the first signals from the Italian-built SHARAD (SHAllow RADar) aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).

With the launch of MetOp now set for 7 October at 1628 UTC, the MetOp-A satellite is out of storage and preparations for launch are well underway at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.