Satellite News

Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced the signing of a contract with TerreStar Networks Inc. (TerreStar), a majority owned subsidiary of Motient Corporation (MNCP), under which it will design, develop, and manufacture a turnkey satellite base station subsystem (S-BSS) and satellite air interface protocol.

Mobile Satellite Ventures announced that it has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,203,490 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

COM DEV International Ltd. announced that the company has encountered an unanticipated problem on a programme that will require additional work (and money) before a multiplexer order can be shipped to the customer.

In its first on-orbit demonstration 480 km above the Earth, Boeing’s Orbital Express system autonomously transferred propellant fuel and a battery from one spacecraft to another, marking industry firsts for the system.

Globalstar, Inc. announced that 20 May 2007 (UTC) is the scheduled date for the first launch of four Globalstar first-generation ground spare satellites.

Scopus Video Networks, a digital video networking provider, and Neotion, a technology provider for digital TV, announced April 16 that Neotion’s MPEG-4 conditional…

Cerona Networks Corp. is rolling out the SkyDSR digital satellite router, its initial DVB-S2…

DigitalGlobe will provide Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., with high-resolution…