Satellite News

MultiChoice South Africa (MCSA), a DTH operator in south Africa, is teaming up with OpenTV as it prepares to rollout advanced digital television services on its DStv platform across South Africa, the companies announced August 14. MCSA is investigating High Definition Personal Video Recorders (PVRs) with…

DirecTV, the U.S. pay-TV operator, has signed a deal with the Current Group, which will boost its position in the broadband space, the company announced August 15. The wholesale distribution deal will enable DirecTV to offer its customers Current’s BPL (Broadband Over Powerline) high-speed Internet…

Sirius Satellite Radio is launching two new services which offer enhanced video options and portable audio entertainment to customers, the company announced August 15. Sirius is launching the first satellite radio tuner that can receive Sirius Backseat TV. The SCV1 satellite radio tuner delivers three…

Arianespace has successfully launched two satellites, Spaceway 3 and BSAT-3a into orbit, the company announced August 14. An Ariane 5 rocket lifted both communications satellites into space yesterday at 7:44 p.m. EDT (23:44 GMT) from Ariane Launch Complex 3 in Kourou, French Guiana. Spaceway 3 is a Hughes…

Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed delivery of the antenna wings for the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite.

A new launch date has officially been announced for Japan’s Kaguya (SELENE) lunar probe.

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Spaceway 3, BSAT-3A; Date: 14 August 2007, 2344 UTC; Site: Kourou, French Guiana. The satellites were accurately injected into the correct transfer orbits about 30 minutes later.

iDirect Inc. and DTech Labs Inc. have integrated a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system over iDirect’s iNfiniti VSAT broadband…