Satellite News

The Experiment Logistics Module Pressurised Section for the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) recently arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.

Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded two contracts valued at US$5.0 million to design, install and commission direct-to-home (DTH) video infrastructure in Asia.

South African direct-to-home (DTH) television provider MultiChoice has selected Intelsat to support its mobile broadcast TV trial in the metropolitan areas of Johannesburg, Soweto, Pretoria and Cape Town.

In the second orbit raising manoeuvre, the Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) on board the recently launched INSAT-4B was fired for 41 minutes.

Tentative launch dates have been announced for the next Ariane 5 ECA and for SpaceX’s second Falcon 1 demo flight.

Eutelsat’s Hot Bird 2 has suffered an anomaly in its power sub-system, the company said.

Kishore Shirekar has been named general manager for NDS India as conditional access and middleware vendor NDS aims for improved performance…

Hughes Network Systems is offering enterprise users nationwide broadband coverage with a choice of DSL and/or satellite technologies, the company announced March…