Satellite News

PT Indonesian Satellite Corporation Tbk. (Indosat) has inaugurated its Palapa satellites building, which will act as the Earth station for the Palapa D satellite.
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Satellite TV Remains Popular In Saudi Arabia
WGS launch date set; lunar mission delayed
Loral Skynet announces cellular backhaul service with Comtech EF Data
Alliant Techsystems (Launch Systems) results FY2007
Ball Aerospace completes environmental testing for WorldView-2
NASA extends Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne’s CECE contract
Sea Launch to try Thuraya-3 launch again
Siberian shepherd to receive damages for rocket debris incident

Integral Systems, Inc. announced that it has appointed Major General (Ret.) H. Marshal Ward, USAF as Chief Operating Officer. General Ward will assume this newly created position on 31 August 2009.
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U.S. satellite radio monopoly formally approved
SBIRS GEO-1 testing continues
Chinese breeding satellite lands safely
Lockheed Martin To Conduct GPS 3 System Design Review
Eutelsat Communications results FY 2005-2006
Thuraya 3 still waiting for better weather
Vinasat-1 arrives at Kourou
GMV to support Brasilsat B1-B4 satellites

Satellite TV has been around for a while now, however most subscribers have kept away from getting hold of one because of the belief that these are unreasonably expensive. Now however, people are moving to satellite TV because the very best satellite TV deal is now available to every consumer.
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SpaceX conducts static test firing of next Falcon 1 rocket
Update: DMSP-F18 launch pushed to next year
Phoenix finishes mission, falls silent
Galileo signal reflections used for monitoring waves and weather at sea
Satellite TV Remains Popular In Saudi Arabia
Roskosmos, Arianespace discuss Soyuz communications policies
Northrop Grumman delivers second AEHF payload module
Boeing to Build Fourth WGS For U.S. Air Force

There was a time when the very best thing around was cable TV. The number of channels available through any cable TV provider was always considered just fantastic, until satellite TV came along. With the number of channels being limited only by the package you choose to go with, the cost of satellite TV is today affordable by all. And there are massive advantages to going with satellite TV.
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Aerojet tests controllable solid propulsion
ECO sensor problems continue, delay Atlantis launch
RRSat selects Scopus platforms for video over IP projects
SpaceDev gets contract from former chairman
GlobeCast Gets Internet TV Boost
Inmarsat Awards Thrane & Thrane Contract For Control Stations
Universitetsky: victim of U.S. military test or victim of age?
NASA Broadcasts First HDTV Program From Space

Imagine being able to receive any channel you want, at any time, wherever you are located. Even if it meant you were located at the most remote of regions. With a dish satellite TV system, all of this is possible. Essentially, a dish satellite TV system consists of a dish antenna and a receiver that decodes satellite broadcasts.
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Next Ariane 5 launch rescheduled
No more insurance money for XM’s first two satellites
DigitalGlobe Confirms WorldView 2 Plans
Chunghwa Telecom, Singapore Telecom still in talks about ST-2
WorldSpace Launches New Internet Radio Service
Lockheed Martin completes acoustic test of first AEHF satellite
KSC reopens after the passage of Ernesto
U.S. taxpayer group publishes database on spending for military satellites

Of late you must have noticed that there are many mini-satellite dishes in your neighborhoods or maybe you also have one. But the people who don’t have these mini-satellite dishes must be wondering what is so special about a Satellite Dish Television to that of a cable TV.
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Globalstar Receives Qualcomm Duplex Satellite Data and Voice Module
Vietnam plans second satellite
Radyne Corp. completes AeroAstro acquisition
DSCS III completes 200 years in orbit
Stuck in orbit? The Chinese satellite that wouldn’t move
Looking Good Thanks to Satellite TV
China Satcom businesses to be split between China Telecom and CASC
EMS Technology buys Australian company

Satellite TV does away with the inherent weaknesses of previous communication methods, such as radio and terrestrial analog TV. By offering ‘direct to home’ capability, digital TV via satellite is rapidly making communication faster and more efficient than ever before.
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