Satellite News

Joslyn Read has joined SES New Skies as vice president for regulatory affairs in the company’s…

Hughes Network Systems LLC added 325,000 residential subscribers to…

SkyTerra Communications Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of BCE Inc.’s stake in Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), SkyTerra announced Jan. 8. SkyTerra issued about 22.5…

EchoStar Communications Corp. introduced a mobile TV package Jan. 8. The MobileDish in-car satellite service uses a roof…

DigitalGlobe has acquired GlobeXplorer, a geographic data integration and publishing company, from Stewart REI Group, DigitalGlobe announced Jan. 8. The combination will make it easier for DigitalGlobe to…

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force Milsatcom Systems Wing have exercised an $8.4 million contract option to activate Phase 2 of the Enhanced Polar System (EPS) payload study, Boeing announced Jan. 9. Phase 1 began in July with a $1.5 million award for Boeing to define the next-generation communications payload for…

Arianespace received a contract from Asian direct-to-home (DTH) operator ProtoStar to place the ProtoStar 1 satellite into orbit in the first half of 2008, Arianespace announced Jan. 8. The…

EMS Satcom, a division of EMS Technologies, Inc., said that Transport Canada has selected the EMS Satcom eNfusion Broadband high-speed data system to enhance marine pollution surveillance and detection on Transport Canada’s National Aerial Surveillance Program (NASP) Dash 8 aircraft.