Satellite News

SES Astra said it has launched its broadband satellite service Astra2Connect with Filiago as an anchor customer in Germany.

The European Commission has given the eight companies that are to build and run the Galileo satellite navigation system until 10 May to create a single company and choose a chief executive for it.

The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was successfully corrected on Friday.

In the third and final orbit-raising operation conducted from Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan in Karnataka, INSAT-4B has been successfully placed in near-geosynchronous orbit.

China plans a second attempt at launching a direct broadcast satellite this year after the failure of Sinosat 2 (Xinnuo 2).

One of the two satellites that comprise the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Orbital Express experiment has experienced problems with its guidance system but is now reported to function properly.

Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded a pair of contracts to design, install and commission direct-to-home (DTH) video infrastructure in Asia…

Sky Television New Zealand has partnered with mobile operator Vodafone to provide mobile coverage of the Cricket…