Satellite News

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. has selected Eutelsat Communications to supply capacity and services for delivering three of its entertainment channels, Boomerang, Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies (TCM), to cable networks in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg.

Globalstar, Inc. said it has completed the hardware installation needed to finalise the company’s satellite packet data network.

General Dynamics C4 Systems announced that it has completed the Critical Design Reviews (CDRs) for all segments of the ground system as well as terminal waveform software of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), the U.S. military’s next-generation narrowband global mobile satellite communications system.

Harris Corporation said it has delivered the first 12 of 39 Large Aperture Multiband Deployable Antenna (LAMDA) terminals to be used by the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force for multiband, mobile satellite communications.

Intelsat announced that Telenor Satellite Services expanded a multi-year contract with Intelsat to include transmission services on three different spacecraft in C- and Ku-band.

Intelsat announced that U.K.-based ViewAfrica and ViewAsia Networks have launched two regional platforms on the Intelsat system, expanding their programme offering in Africa and Asia.

SES Astra announced that it has started to transmit the “Europe by Satellite” service, a multilingual TV news service from the European Commission.

Boeing has successfully completed a Critical Design Review (CDR) of its family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) programme, helping to pave the way for deliveries to begin.