Satellite News

Eutelsat Communications and Russian business television channel RBC-TV announced the signature of a five year contract for lease of capacity on the Hotbird 6 television satellite for free-to-air broadcasting over Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Russia has earmarked RUB9.88 billion (EUR285 million, US$380 million) for its GLONASS navigation satellite systemin 2007, the Federal Russian Space Agency said.

With six months to go before launch, the Second Young Engineers’ Satellite (YES2) has been moved into the test facilities at ESA’s Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands.

SpaceX confirmed that the contact between the Falcon 1’s first and second stage during separation likely caused the partial failure of the second stage. The bump apparently started a development that finally led to the premature shutdown of the stage’s engine. New data show, however, that the flight was nonetheless more successful than previously thought.

Newtec has released a modulator with hopes it will boost its prospects in the burgeoning Chinese satellite market. The company is launching a professional modulator…

Satellite platforms from Space Systems/Loral and MicroSat Systems Inc. have been added to NASA’s Rapid Spacecraft…

Eagle Broadband Inc., a national provider of broadband, Internet protocol (IP) and digital communications technology and services, has acquired the commercial satellite division of Alliance Maintenance…

The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) filed a lawsuit against XM Satellite Radio for refusing to acknowledge the rights of or pay compensation to music publishers and songwriters for songs distributed through XM’s digital download service, NMPA announced March…