Satellite News

KVH Industries Inc.’s has added Lazydays RV SuperCenter, a recreational vehicle (RV) dealership, to KVH’s…

NASA officials signed a memorandum of understanding with Virgin Galactic LLC Feb. 20 to explore potential space technology development cooperation, NASA announced. NASA Ames Research Center and Virgin Galactic LLC, a U.S. subsidiary of…

International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) will provide a next generation DVB-S2 broadband satellite communications system to Telesat Canada. IDC and U.S.-based Efficient Channel…

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.