Satellite News

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will supply its SkyAbis CDMA2000 to provide satellite backhaul for an…

Sea Launch has set the launch of the NSS-8 communications satellite for SES New Skies for Jan. 27, Sea Launch announced. The 37-minute launch window remains as previously planned, opening at…

Northrop Grumman Corporation reported results for the fourth quarter and the year 2006.

Lockheed Martin Corporation reported financial results for the fourth quarter and the year 2006.

ESA and its partners have demonstrated a prototype of what the agency called “the multimedia car radio of the future,” a system that (unlike U.S. satellite radio) uses existing Ku-band satellites and requires no terrestrial repeaters.

Eutelsat said it was investigating the source of a mystery signal which temporarily jammed broadcasts by several television channels.

Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd announced that Measat-3 has completed commissioning and entered commercial service with Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) as the satellite’s first customer.

NASA’s twin STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) spacecraft completed a series of complex manoeuvres on 21 January to position the spacecraft in their mission orbits. The spacecraft will be in position to produce the first 3-D images of the Sun by April.