Satellite News

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) announced a full transponder C-band MCPC (Multiple Channels per Carrier) technology platform to provide video, audio, data and IP based broadcast services on AsiaSat 3S at AsiaSat’s Tai Po Earth Station in Hong Kong.

EMS Technologies, Inc. announced financial results for the third quarter of 2007.

Spanish highway operator abertis, through its telecommunications subsidiary abertis telecom, has reached an agreement with ENSAFECA Holding Empresarial (formerly Auna) and BBVA — private shareholders of Hispasat — to acquire a 28.4 percent stake in the Spanish satellite operator.

Loral Space & Communications Inc. announced that the C$3.25 billion acquisition of Telesat Canada by Loral and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), including the transfer of Loral’s fixed satellite services business Loral Skynet, has been completed.

Raytheon Company, Northrop Grumman Corp. and the U.S. National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office (IPO) successfully completed the transition of the NPOESS command, control and communications segment (C3S) to the operations and support team.

China’s Chang’e-I moon probe has began its five-day journey towards its planned lunar orbit.

The Academician Reshetnev Research and Production Association of Applied Mechanics (better known as NPO PM) said the recently launched three Uragan-M navigation satellites are operating as planned.

NASA has postponed a spacewalk to fix the torn solar panel aboard the International Space Station until 2 November at the earliest.