Satellite News

Intelsat, Ltd. announced that RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. and Globecast have taken capacity on various Intelsat satellites.

Boeing said it has successfully demonstrated for the first time that its Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) system can acquire an operational satellite and complete downlink data transmissions.

Boeing said it has successfully demonstrated for the first time that its Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) system can acquire an operational satellite and complete downlink data transmissions.

Eutelsat Communications and ViaSat Inc. announced that the consumer broadband satellite service they are partnering to offer in Europe will be available from the end of September in Germany, with selected other European markets to follow before the end of the year.

Pay-TV operator MultiChoice Africa has boosted its capacity leases with Eutelsat Communications to support further expansion of its pay television and Internet services in sub-Saharan Africa.

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced that it received a US$250 million contract, including options, from the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR).

Communications Network Ltd. has signed an agreement with Loral Skynet to offer distribution of video content to the Asian Market via a digital platform using Loral Skynet’s Telstar 10 satellite.

SES Astra said it will launch its new digital platform entavio at the international consumer show IFA in Berlin on 1 September.