Satellite News

GE International Holdings Inc., a holding company for General Electric Co.’s satellite businesses, is now doing business under the name of Sat-GE. Using the GE-23 (formerly AMC-23) satellite at 172 degrees East, Sat-GE offers capacity across the Pacific region through…
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The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Department of Defense’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) of next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications has completed a series…
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Imagery and geospatial information provider DigitalGlobe plans to collect more than 106,500 square miles of U.S. aerial imagery during the second half of 2007, the company announced June 19. Ready-to-purchase imagery at a 1-foot resolution will…
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Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS, a subsidiary of Norwegian mobile operator Telenor, has hired Arianespace to loft its…
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The Aerospace Corporation announced that Dr. Wanda M. Austin will succeed Dr. William F. Ballhaus Jr. as president and chief executive officer upon his retirement on 1 January 2008.
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Eutelsat Communications and Digiturk have signed a new contract for capacity on the W3A satellite to support continued expansion of the Turkish pay-TV platform.
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The Defence Department is considering plans for a Norwegian dedicated military communication satellite, at the cost of more than NOK1 billion (EUR124 million, US$169 million), Bergens Tidende reports.
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Roskosmos and Russian companies have signed several agreements at the Paris Air Show.
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