Satellite News

Futron Corp. on Nov. 30 announced its appointment of Peggy Slye as director of its space and telecommunications division…

The Global VSAT Forum (GVF) and iDirect Technologies have entered into an agreement to produce…

A new report, “Deutschland Online 4,” from Deutsche Telekom (DT) and German media professors warns that Germany “runs the risk of losing touch with the U.S. and Asian rivals when it comes to innovative developments based on the broadband society.” Presented Nov. 29 in Berlin, the report…

XM Satellite Radio announced Nov. 30 that American Honda Motor Co. will factory-install XM in more than 650,000 of its 2007 model year vehicles. Honda was an original strategic partner in the launch of XM, and introduced its first factory-installed XM vehicles in 2003. Honda…

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract for the development of next-generation DVB-S2 satellite multicasting products to the International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) as part of ESA’s “Telecom Start-up Project…

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is scheduled to launch the Selenological and Engineering Explorer “SELENE” by an H-IIA Launch Vehicle in the summer of 2007. The satellite is also to carry messages from Earth to the Moon, and everybody can participate.

Futron Corporation announced the appointment of Peggy Slye as the Director of the Space and Telecommunications Division (S&T).

EchoStar Communications Corporation announced that its subsidiary, EchoStar Satellite Operating Corporation (ESOC), has entered into a controversial contract with National Programming Service, LLC (NPS) to provide domestic satellite capacity.