Satellite News

Eutelsat Communications has launched its Tooway consumer Internet access service in the UK.

Vietnam’s first telecommunications satellite, Vinasat-1, has leased out 70 percent of its capacity just one year after its launch on 19 April 2008, according to operator Vietnam Telecom International (VTI).

SES Americom-New Skies announced that Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS) has signed a five-year distribution and contribution agreement for CNN delivery to and from Europe and the Middle East.
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The U.S. Air Force GPS IIR-20(M) satellite successfully transmitted for the first time a GPS signal in the L5 frequency band.
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has signed a strategic agreement with RapidEye AG, provider of commercial satellite imagery products and services, to become the exclusive supplier of RapidEye satellite ground stations based on MDA direct downlink solutions, to the global surveillance and reconnaissance market.

Eutelsat Communications announced the upcoming launch of France’s free Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) channels via its Atlantic Bird 3 satellite. The new offer, called FRANSAT , will be available from June.

Satlynx has announced an agreement for the purchase of a significant volume of capacity on the Arabsat-5A satellite available for commercial service early in 2010.

SWE-DISH Satellite Systems AB has received XTAR approval for the SWE-DISH Suitcase CCT120 ultra-portable SATCOM terminal to operate on its X-band satellite system.