Satellite News

Russian TV Times (RTVT) has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement on the Intelsat system, expanding its programme offering into Europe.

Thales Alenia Space announced the signature of a contract with Eutelsat Communications to manufacture and deliver Eutelsat’s W3B communications satellite.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has completed the qualification testing programme of its Merlin 1C liquid fuelled rocket booster engine for use in the Falcon 1 rocket.

Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd announced that it had been advised that its next satellite, being constructed by Orbital Sciences Corp. and planned for launch on a Land Launch Zenit-3SL, had now been allocated a launch in the third quarter 2008.

International Launch Services (ILS) announced a contract today with S2M, United Arab Emirates, to use a Proton M/Briz M vehicle to launch the first dedicated mobile television satellite for the MENA region.

Calian Technologies Ltd. announced that Inmarsat has awarded a major contract to SED Systems , a division of Calian to provide new Ground Earth Stations (GES) that will support the delivery of classic aeronautical services over the Inmarsat-4 satellites.

Intelsat, Ltd. and iDirect Inc., a company of VT Systems Inc. (VT Systems) announced the launch of World Vision’s global network, SandukaNet. World Vision is a global relief and development agency.

Intelsat, Ltd. and European satellite uplink services provider SISLink have formed a strategic alliance to launch an HD-ready automated video delivery service for satellite newsgathering (SNG) users in the United States.