http://www.viasatellite.com Satellite Today en-us 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:15:56 EDT Hurricane Gustav’s track through the Gulf of Mexico and across the U.S. Gulf Coast revived bad memories of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it brought in 2005. Thankfully, Gustav inflicted much less damage than Katrina. Gustav also provided a test for updated preparation efforts instituted since... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/ednote/24711.html Wed, 1 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT The XM-Sirius merger saga wrapped up as we were closing this edition. While I’m sure that officials from the two satellite radio companies are relieved this chapter is over, this is just the beginning of the... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/ednote/24216.html Mon, 1 Sep 2008 0:00:00 EDT Around mid-summer we begin the process of putting together the Satellite Group editorial calendar for the following year. It takes just a few conversations with people throughout the satellite field to come up with more than enough topics that will drive our coverage in the coming year and satellite revenues... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/ednote/23874.html Fri, 1 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT A gathering of the main players in the mobile satellite services (MSS) market featured more realism than the same event a year ago, but the switch from the unbridled optimism of the previous year actually was a refreshing change. The Mobile Satellite Users Association conference returned to Baltimore in 2007... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/ednote/23643.html Tue, 1 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT I stepped off an airplane in Washington a few weeks ago in a little bit of a haze. Some of that could be attributed to landing at 6 a.m. following an 18-hour flight from South Africa. But the majority of my confusion stemmed from the events that took place during Satcom Africa 2008. This was only my second... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/ednote/23222.html Sun, 1 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT When a Proton Breeze M rocket suffered a second launch failure in six months, it provided yet another reminder of how difficult placing a satellite in orbit can be and how much of an impact a failure can have across the industry. The Proton vehicle’s second stage left SES Americom’s AMC-14 short... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/ednote/22873.html Thu, 1 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT With SATELLITE 2008 behind us, many satellite companies turn their attention to the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show. But the move from Washington, D.C. to Las Vegas does not come as naturally for satellite companies today as it may have in the past. Satellite players and the NAB have been... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/ednote/22443.html Tue, 1 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT Selecting the Satellite Executive of the Year always is a time-consuming process, but the 2007 award added an extra layer of difficulty. In the middle of weighing the merits of many traditional nominees we received suggestions that a worthy winner would be the industry team that safeguarded access and use of... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/ednote/22101.html Sat, 1 Mar 2008 0:00:00 EST After the normal holiday break, the satellite industry jumped into 2008 with little hesitation, and a number of announcements made in the first several weeks of January will give the industry plenty to talk about on the SATELLITE 2008 exhibition floor as well as in the conference sessions. In the latest... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/ednote/22053.html Fri, 1 Feb 2008 0:00:00 EST The satellite industry scored a victory at the World Radiocommunication Conference 2007 (WRC-07), as delegates rejected requests from terrestrial interests to gain more access to C-band spectrum. WiMax and international mobile telecommunications (IMT) players had been pushing for a global allocation of... http://www.viasatellite.com/via/ednote/21683.html Tue, 1 Jan 2008 0:00:00 EST