Satellite News

Beam Communications Ltd. has received a $3.5 million order from Telstra Corp. for Iridium-based satellite communications systems, Iridium announced April 17. The…

Unconfirmed reports have been widely published that Intelsat, the world’s largest commercial satellite operator, has been approached for possible sale. On April 17, the Wall Street Journal reported on…

EuroNews is now available on mobile phone and mobile television systems via the SESAT 1 satellite of Eutelsat Communications, the satellite operator said.

Intelsat announced a multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract with Arqiva for satellite capacity to carry digital programming for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) following its digital switch over.

Norsat International has unveiled its next-generation family of ultra-portable SNG (satellite news gathering) terminals — the Norsat GLOBETrekker SNG Terminal.

The Lockheed Martin /Northrop Grumman Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) team announced that the functionality of its Next Generation Processor Router (NGPR) has been demonstrated in a comprehensive test conducted by the U.S. government.

The future of LiftPort, Inc., which has been working on a space elevator, is still unclear after an emergency conference call.

The annual general meeting of Arianespace shareholders has approved the company’s financial statements for 2006 and named a new Board of Directors which named Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Arianespace.