Satellite News

SES World Skies announced Alldean Satellite Networks (K) LTD has signed a multiyear satellite capacity agreement aimed at providing communications solutions to metropolitan and remote businesses across East Africa.

Raytheon Company said it completed a major communications upgrade in Antarctica for the U.S. National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) programme.

Intelsat S.A. has introduced its new terrestrial network, IntelsatONE, which replaces the company’s GlobalConnex network.

UAE-based satellite broadcasting venture YahLive announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jordan Media City, a Middle East region media hub based in Amman, Jordan.

Fujitsu announced that the Sentinel Asia STEP-2 system, which it built under the auspices of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), became fully operational on 31 March 2010.

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced the successful activation of its new Dragon spacecraft communication hardware aboard the International Space Station (ISS) during a series of operations conducted in January and March.

SES World Skies announced it is hosting a new, mission-critical Department of Defense communications node near the United States’ capital.

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) announced two multi-transponder contracts regarding the company’s planned ABS-2 satellite.
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