Satellite News

The European Space Agency has published a list of events with ESA participation in 2010. According to the agency, the payload for the first Soyuz-STB lifting off from French Guiana will be Avanti Communications’ Hylas-1 satellite.

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) said it successfully conducted a full duration orbit insertion firing of the Falcon 9 second stage at the company’s Texas test site on 2 January.

Arianespace said it generated total revenues of EUR1.046 billion (US$1.503 billion) in 2009, with income at break-even.

Northrop Grumman Corporation announced a decision to move its corporate office from Los Angeles to the Washington D.C. region by 2011.

Astrium Services has been awarded a contract by the European Defence Agency (EDA) for a new preparatory study aimed at coordinating the future military communication needs of the European Union (EU).

The home: it’s a place where, inevitably, we are bound to spend an awful amount of time. Between the 1/3 of our lives which we spend asleep in our beds and the myriad other things which we do at home that end up taking up a large share of our time, it is a given that we will dedicate a lot of our time to things within the home.

With the emergence of satellite TV the world of TV entertainment have undergone a sea change. With high quality shows, interactive features, better picture and sound clarity dish TV has made TV time an experience to remember.