Satellite News

The People’s Republic of China plans to launch its first direct-broadcasting satellite by the end of October and is planning to launch its second geosynchronous meteorological satellite before the end of the year, according to state-sponsored reports. Sinosat 2, capable of carrying radio…

Satamatics, a provider of asset-tracking and monitoring services, announced Oct. 23 that it connected its 100,000th subscriber through its…

Vernon Irvin will serve as chief marketing officer for XM Satellite Radio, the company announced Oct. 23. His appointment will take effect Nov. 14, and…

Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Oct. 23 that it has inked a $5.3 million contract for 50 Auto-Explorer…

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems is presenting details of a new mobile office product, the next generation of its Highly Mobile Office (HMO) line. Swe-Dish introduced…

Kudelski Group signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire control of OpenTV Corp., which manufactures middleware and other technology solutions for direct-to-home operators, from Liberty Media Corp., Kudelski announced Oct. 19. OpenTV manufactures set-top box middleware for…

On 22 October 2001, Proba was launched as a technology demonstrator on a two-year mission within ESA’s General Support Technology Programme. Its nominal lifetime was meanwhile extended to serve as an Earth Observation mission.

Mobile Satellite Ventures announced that two new patents have been awarded to the company by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patents bring to fifteen the number of patents directed to Ancillary Terrestrial Component (”ATC”) technology.