Satellite News

DataPath, Inc. has been selected by WildBlue Communications, Inc. to provide long-term operations and maintenance services.

EchoStar Corporation and its EchoStar Satellite Services announced that it has entered into an agreement with SkyWay USA LLC to provide transponder service to support SkyWay USA’s satellite broadband Internet service.

Slovakian telecommunications and TV operator Towercom has doubled its capacity on Astra and contracted one more transponder at the orbital position 23.5 degrees East.

Boeing announced that it has used an operational, commercial communications satellite to demonstrate the maturity of its Internet-like, space-based packet-switching technology during a programme review of the company’s proposed Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).

A group of researchers at Cornell University has demonstrated GPS “spoofing” — the transmission of fake GPS signals that receivers accept as authentic ones.

Measat Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. announced that it had signed a contract to provide satellite capacity to Intersputnik.

SkyVision, a provider of Internet services over satellite and terrestrial fibre optic systems, has renewed contracts for four transponders and contracted additional capacity on the NSS-10 satellite. Terms of the multi-year agreement remain confidential.

SES New Skies has been contracted by Mediascape, Inc. to provide transponder capacity on the NSS-11 satellite for their new direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service targeting the Philippines.