Satellite News

Siemens Communications announced Sept. 22 that Croatian TV viewers with a broadband connection and set-top box can enjoy MaxTV offered by Croatian T-com, a Deutsche Telekom subsidiary. For the country’s new IPTV, Siemens claims to have set up the turnkey technology and integrated it into the carrier’s…

Eagle Broadband, provider of broadband, Internet protocol (IP) and communications technology and services, announced Sept. 22 that it began construction of its headend and…

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced Sept. 22 that it has been selected by Empresa Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones (Enitel) to provide a Skyedge broadband satellite hub station and…

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS), a newly formed satellite operator, announced Sept. 20 the acquisition of Lockheed Martin Space Communications Ventures Ltd. (LMSCV) and Lockheed Martin Intersputnik Ltd…

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) sounded off against signal bleed from satellite radios. On Sept. 21, NAB President and CEO David Rehr urged the heads of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio to “voluntarily withdraw and replace all noncompliant satellite radio devices in circulation.”…

Intelsat Ltd. announced that its IS-802 satellite, located at 33 degrees East, experienced a sudden and unexpected anomaly Sept. 21 at about 8:27 p.m. EDT. The Intelsat satellite control center has remained in control of the satellite, the company said. The satellite, built by…

Space Weather Activity

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Rocket: M-V; Payload: Solar-B (Hinode); Date: 22 September 2006, 2136 UTC; Launch Site: Uchinoura Space Center, Japan. The solar observation satellite was successfully put in orbit 8.5 minutes after lift-off.