Satellite News

C2Sat announced Nov. 7 that it will equip a GG505 Polar vessel with a C2Sat stabilized VSAT antenna. “It is a revolution having…

In a move designed to signal an aggressive, new strategy to generate more national ad sales and revenue, DirecTV announced Nov. 7 it is streamlining its advertising sales division by…

Norsat International Inc., a provider of compact portable satellite terminals, and TC…

Microsoft Corp. announced Nov. 6 the launch of Virtual Earth 3D, a new online mapping interface providing consumers with a three-dimensional (3-D) experience to search, browse and explore the real world online. Using hybridized satellite and aerial imagery, visitors to Live Search (http://live.com) can post…

Raytheon Co. announced having reached two technological milestones: Its Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) is the first advanced, next-generation satellite communications (satcom) system to successfully log onto and communicate with the U.S. government’s Milstar Satcom system using low and medium data rate waveforms…

Research and Markets announced the release of its “State of the Space Industry 2005″ report on Nov. 7. Designed to provide industry, government, and financiers with an independent assessment of the trends and issues affecting the industry, “State of the Space Industry 2005″ offers quantitative and…

Echostar Communications Corp. posted a profit of $140 million on revenues of $2.5 billion in the 2006 third quarter, the company announced Nov. 7. In…

Galileo Industries and German Aerospace Center (DLR) have broken ground for one of two planned Galileo navigation satellite control centres in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich.