Satellite News

The People’s Republic of China has upgraded the facilities at its the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Xinhua reported Dec. 30. New technologies such as remote control, a 3-dimensional display system and…

In the aftermath of the Dec. 26 earthquake in Southeast Asia, regional and international telcos turned to satellite technology to ameliorate the loss of connectivity through submarine cables. Intelsat busied itself to fill in service gaps, Nick…

British satellite TV broadcast provider BSkyB announced Jan. 2 that it has reached the 2 million customer mark following a year in which its number of Sky+ boxes had grown by more than 50 percent. The company reported that 2006 box…

Shin Satellite Public Company Ltd. announced Dec. 26 the completion of construction of IPStar gateways in the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Guangzhou. They join a previously completed gateway inaugurated in Beijing in May that will allow IPStar to launch its satellite Internet service…

Boeing received a $50 million contract for additional system design review work on the GPS 3 program from the U.S. Air Force, the company announced Jan. 2. The award…