Satellite News

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…

Intersputnik and Russian telecommunications operator Golden Telecom have signed a contract for the lease of Ku-band capacity on Intelsat-904 at 60 degrees East.

Jules Verne, the first of five Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATV), is 100 percent assembled and ready to fly. Launch aboard an Ariane 5 has slipped back from July to no earlier than September owing to several factors.

Sea Launch said it has set a goal of returning to flight in the fourth quarter of 2007.

SpaceX has confirmed the collision of the Falcon 1’s two stages shortly after separation but said the incident did not appear to have caused any damage.