Interview with Igor Zabolotny, Deputy Director General, RSCC Russian Satellite Communications Company is a national satellite communications operator. RSCC provides services across the globe, however its attention is mostly focused on projects for deployment of satellite networks across Russia and CIS countries. Click here for the full story
	The consumers adventure Giovanni Verlini, Editor of Satellite Evolution Asia (SEA), spoke with Raj Bajaj, Regional Director Asia-Pacific, Hughes Network Systems (HNS) during CommunicAsia 2006 in Singapore. Click here for the full story

RTP launches DTH Channel on IA-8 to target Brazilian viewers
Intelsat has announced that Rádio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP) has signed on as the first major international broadcast customer to launch a direct to home (DTH) channel on Intelsat’s IA-8 satellite targeting Brazil. The new channel from RTP enhances Intelsat's already strong presence as a provider of high-quality DTH platforms in Brazil...

Patriot Antenna Systems and Coptervision form new company
Patriot Antenna Systems and Coptervision have formed a new company called 1-Advance Technologies (1-AT)...

ND SatCom delivers its 250th SNG vehicle
ND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company and a leading global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, broadcast and defence communications network solutions, recently delivered its 250th SNG vehicle. This marks a major milestone in the company’s history...

Lockheed Martin delivers second spacecraft structure for advanced military communications program
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced the successful delivery of the flight structure for the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) spacecraft. The Advanced EHF system will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for all warfighters serving under the U.S. Department of Defense...

Kon-Tiki raft replica completes Pacific crossing with Nera satellite terminal
Last weekend, four Norwegians, one Swede and one Peruvian reached their destination of Tahiti on a replica of explorer Thor Heyerdahl's famous Kon-Tiki raft after a 91-day voyage across the Pacific from Peru. Like Heyerdahl 59 years ago, they used the latest maritime communications equipment available...

Comtech Telecommunications additional 123 Troposcatter Modem Upgrade Kits
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (D.o.D.) has exercised its $18.6 million option to purchase an additional 123 troposcatter modem upgrade kits pursuant to a contract received by the Company's Orlando, Florida-based subsidiary, Comtech Systems, Inc., in May 2006...

NSR announces addition of Claude Rousseau to Satellite Research Team
NSR, a leader in satellite and wireless research and consulting, announced the appointment of Claude Rousseau to the position of Analyst, Satellite Communications. Based in Strasbourg, France, Mr. Rousseau will serve as a regional and applications expert on satellite communications for NSR. Mr. Rousseau will direct both multi-client research reports and consulting projects and will be a key element of NSR presence in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) market...

GlobeCast launches Korean television channel KBS World into the Middle East
International Korean television channel KBS WORLD has now reached the Middle East following a distribution partnership between leading content management and delivery company, GlobeCast, Korea’s public broadcaster, Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) and satellite operator Arabsat...


L-3 Telemetry-West Software Used for I-4 F2
L-3 Telemetry-West, a division of L-3 Communications, announced that its I4S Satellite Control Center software was successfully used throughout the launch and early orbit phase for Inmarsat's latest satellite, Inmarsat-4 Flight 2 (I-4 F2). The I4S system is based on L-3 Storm's InControl-NextGeneration(tm) (InControl-NG) software suite integrated with Inmarsat's in-house-developed software...