A New Star Wars China’s destruction of an old weather satellite is a powerful response to the ‘US National Space Policy’ published on 6 October 2006. Giovanni Verlini, Editor of Satellite Evolution EMEA, looks at the increasing risks of militarisation of space. Click here to read the full article

Gigasat awarded three Bahraini TV contracts
Gigasat, the provider of innovative world class satellite systems to the media and broadcast industries, announced it has been awarded three tenders for the manufacture, supply, and integration of satellite and microwave systems by the Radio & Televison Corporation in the Kingdom of Bahrain...

SES Astra further increases its reach and remains a major driving force for digitalisation
SES ASTRA has further increased its audience reach in Europe and remains a major driving force for digitalisation. In early 2007, 109.2 million TV homes in 35 European and North African countries received their audiovisual broadcast and broadband services via the ASTRA Satellite System. Out of these, 47.2 million homes – 2.2 million more than last year – received their signal directly from the ASTRA satellites (Direct-to-Home, DTH)...

MSUA brings back highly acclaimed MSU4 International Conference and Exhibition
The Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA) announced that it is sponsoring the successful Mobile Satellite Users Association International Conference and Exhibition, following a five year hiatus. MSUA-4 is the only conference dedicated to the mobile satellite industry, and will be held at the Pier 5 Hotel on Baltimore's Inner Harbor, on May 21-23, 2007...

Telenor Satellite Services expands use of Intelsat global satellite capacity
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...

ARABSAT and LUXE.TV launch first high definition TV channel
Mr. Jean STOCK, Executive Chairman of LUXE.TV, and Mr. Khalid BALKHEYOUR, Chief Executive Officer and President of ARABSAT (Arab Satellite Communications Organization), announced the official launch of "LUXE.TV HD", the very first High Definition TV channel to be broadcasted over the Middle-East & North-Africa region. The channel is broadcasted on Badr-4, Arabsat's newest satellite at its 26°E Direct-to-Home "Hot-Spot"...

ViewAfrica and ViewAsia Networks select Intelsat for programme distribution
Intelsat announced that UK-based ViewAfrica and ViewAsia Networks have launched two regional platforms on the Intelsat system, expanding their program offering in Africa and Asia...

NSS-10 and NSS-11 join SES New Skies fleet
SES NEW SKIES is pleased to announce that the SES satellites AMC-12/ASTRA 4A and AAP-1 have been transferred to SES NEW SKIES which will now be responsible for all customer and capacity management activities associated with these satellites...

INSAT 4B is installed on its Ariane 5 launcher
The Indian INSAT 4B satellite has been installed on its Ariane 5 launcher as preparations for Arianespace's upcoming heavy-lift mission move into their final phase...

All Mobile Video Links gateway teleport to Azzurro HDs all-digital Manhattan switch
Azzurro HD announced that All Mobile Video has completed installation of multiple digital circuits from its Gateway teleport and Chelsea Television Studios to the company’s all-digital aggregation and switching facility in downtown Manhattan...

ITU meeting focuses on future of radiocommunication
Clear headway was made at the Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM-07) by the adoption of a Report containing the technical, operational and regulatory bases to be used by the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07) that will take place later this year. Nearly 1100 participants from over 100 countries attended the meeting, which concluded today...

Hughes signs contract with Arianespace to Launch SPACEWAY 3
Hughes Network Systems announced that it has awarded a launch services contract to Arianespace for the launch of its next-generation SPACEWAY™ 3 satellite. The Ariane 5 heavy launcher will launch SPACEWAY 3 into geosynchronous transfer orbit from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch date is projected for August 2007...

AAE Systems, Inc. awarded disaster response vehicular communications system contract
AAE Systems, Inc. (AAE), a satellite-based equipment manufacturer and turnkey communication solutions provider, has won a contract to deliver up to thirty (30) disaster response vehicles to a customer in the Middle East...