Satellite News

Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. has signed a joint technology development agreement with Thrane & Thrane A/S to develop next-generation mobile satellite solutions…

China Mobile Broadcasting Satellite Ltd., a Hong Kong-based affiliate of EchoStar Communications Corp. will provide S-band…

Arianespace will launch the AMC-21 satellite for SES Americom in the 2008 second quarter aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, the companies announced Feb. 21. The satellite previously had been scheduled to be placed into orbit by Sea Launch’s planned…

International Datacasting Corporation said it has been selected to provide a next generation DVB-S2 broadband satellite communications system to Telesat Canada.

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) announced that it has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,181,161 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This is the nineteenth patent issued to MSV protecting the company’s hybrid satellite-terrestrial system including Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) technology.

Mexico’s telecommunications regulator Cofetel has approved bidding rules for a second attempt to auction a license to operate a Ka-band satellite at 109.2 degrees West, the regulator said in a statement.

NASA officials signed a memorandum of understanding with a U.S. company, Virgin Galactic, LLC, to explore the potential for collaborations on the development of space suits, heat shields for spaceships, hybrid rocket motors and hypersonic vehicles capable of travelling five or more times the speed of sound.

ISS Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin retracted a stuck antenna on a cargo spacecraft during a 6-hour, 18-minute spacewalk.