Satellite News

The Court of Appeal of Dusseldorf, Germany, confirmed SES Astra’s acquisition of TV playout Center Astra Platform Services (APS), rejecting a complaint filed by satellite operator Eutelsat, SES Astra announced Oct. 18…

Iridium Satellite is providing satellite data communications for an atmospheric data-reporting program that uses commercial aircraft to gather and transmit meteorological data, Iridium announced. Airdat LLC, an Iridium value-added reseller, developed the Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting…

Europe’s first polar orbiting satellite, Metop-A was placed into orbit Oct. 18 by a Russian Souyz rocket, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. The launch was delayed for two consecutive days prior to the successful flight. Metop-A was…

Raytheon Co. has been awarded a $36 million contract to supply the U.S. Army with 746 multi-band, multi-mission radios, the company announced Oct. 19…

Eutelsat awarded EADS Astrium the contract to build the Hot Bird 10 satellite, Eutelsat announced Oct. 19. Hot Bird 10 will be based on Astrium’s Eurostar E3000 platform and be positioned at Eutelsat’s 13 degrees East orbital slot, joining Hot Bird 8, which began service earlier this month, and Hot Bird 9, which…

The U.S. Air Force has named the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) Life Extension Team as a winner of the 2006 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award.

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force MILSATCOM Systems Wing have signed a US$1.067 billion contract for up to three more Wideband Gapfiller Satellites (WGS), if all options are exercised.

Eutelsat Communications announced that Astrium will build the Hotbird 10 broadcast satellite which will be launched in first quarter 2009 and positioned at the Group’s 13 degrees East location.