Satellite News

SES has been awarded “Satellite Operator of the Year: Growth and Profits 2007″ for the second consecutive year by Euroconsult, a Paris-based consultancy and research organisation specialising in broadcasting and space communication.

Intelsat, Ltd. announced that RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. and Globecast have taken capacity on various Intelsat satellites.

The third orbit-raising manoeuvre on INSAT-4CR was successfully conducted with the firing of the 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) on board for 3,140 seconds.

Researchers have used a new technique to save US$60 million for broadcasters by extending the service life of two communications satellites. The technique works by applying an advanced simulation and a method that equalises the amount of propellant in a series of fuel tanks so that the satellite consumes all of the fuel before being retired from service.

Boeing Co.’s Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) has demonstrated that it can acquire an operational satellite and complete downlink data transmissions, the company…

Lockheed Martin has begun production on a reconfigured GPS 2R-M satellite to temporarily transmit a third civil signal, the company said Sept. 4. Lockheed is working with ITT under a U.S. Air…

Newtec is launching its Equalink modulator feature, the company announced Sept. 3. Equalink is designed to compensate for the effects of…

Arabsat will distribut3 the BBC’s Arabic TV station to the Middle East, Southern Mediterranean and Europe, Arabsat announced Sept. 3. The station, which is scheduled to launch in late 2007, will…