Satellite News

Intelsat General Corp. has been selected for an industry-government collaboration to demonstrate the viability of conducting military communications through an Internet router in space.

SES Americom announced the industry’s first HD SNG neighbourhood. The new high-def Satellite News Gathering service is delivered over the high-powered AMC-5 and AMC-6 satellites.

Libya last year reportedly jammed the Thuraya satellite system in order in order to make it harder for criminals to use satellite phones. They inadvertently compromised the whole system to such an extent that it even affected Thuraya’s 2006 revenues, according to Space News.

The new Arabic version of FRANCE 24, which launched today at 14.00 UTC, is available through the Hotbird 8 broadcast satellite of Eutelsat Communications.

China Space Mobile Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (China Spacecom) has announced that it is planning to open an Iridium gateway Earth station in 2007.

Mobile Satellite Ventures said it will deploy what it believes to be the first integrated 4G and satellite broadband trial powered by Nortel mobile WiMAX and IMS technologies.

Telenor Satellite Services and Verso Technologies have been selected by NASA to provide digital voice and data satellite communications equipment and service to all of its Trans Atlantic Landing Sites.

Eutelsat Communications and Russian business television channel RBC-TV announced the signature of a five year contract for lease of capacity on the Hotbird 6 television satellite for free-to-air broadcasting over Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.