Satellite News

Gateway Broadcast Services, a subsidiary of Gateway Telecommunications, has raised an additional $40 million as it looks to make GTV – its new pan-Africa, direct- to-home (DTH), pay-TV service…

Sirius Satellite Radio has obtained a $250 million senior secured term loan commitment from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., Sirius announced June 5. The facility will mature in five and one-half years…

Astrium has been contracted by Hispasat to design and build Amazonas-2, a powerful geostationary satellite to increase Hispasat’s offered capacity and…

NASA has issued a request for proposal for key guidance, navigation and control hardware for the new Ares I crew launch vehicle. The upper stage instrument unit avionics will be used during the Ares I ascent.

DVB-RCS, IPoS, and DOCSIS-for-Satellite continue to advance with little evidence that one will emerge as the dominant satellite modem technology. But the potential cost reductions of a single standard are far less important to the industry than the double digit price premium it continues to earn by remaining focused on underserved communities, according to a report released by Freesky Research.

Boeing said it has further demonstrated that its Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) can provide the military with rapid access to integrated voice, data and video services.

Abertis Infraestructuras SA reportedly told the Spanish government that it may lead an offer for Hispasat SA to prevent an Initial Public Offering for the satellite operator.

NASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft swung by Venus for the second time early this evening for a gravity assist that shrank the radius of its orbit around the Sun, pulling it closer to Mercury. At nearly 24,000 km/h, this change in MESSENGER’s velocity is the largest of the mission.