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Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, a unit of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], has been awarded a contract to build two communications satellites for SES Astra, a unit of SES Global...

France’s Arianespace and Italy’s ELV have signed a collaboration agreement that would enable Vega rocket launches at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. ELV, as industrial prime contractor, will be...

The delivery of Thursday’s and Friday’s issues of SATELLITE TODAY were delayed due to technical problems. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) has signed an agreement to supply TM SAT, a privately owned Russian satellite service provider, with a DirecWay broadband satellite network. That network would include a...

Due to a technical problem, Thursday’s SATELLITE TODAY was not sent out until today. We apologize for the delay.

National Bicycle Industrial, an affiliate of Japan’s Matsushita Electric Industrial [NYSE: MC], has introduced the industry’s first electric bicycle equipped with a Global Positioning System (GPS) device linked to security...

EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG], through its Space & Technology/Montreal division, has completed delivery of the last of three Inmarsat-4 L-band antenna feeds to Astrium Ltd. located in Portsmouth, England. These...

EMS Satellite Networks, a division of EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG], Nera Broadband Satellite and the Newtec Group have successfully demonstrated DVB-RCS open standard interoperability for their broadband satellite products. Each...

Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB], a Dulles, Va.-based satellite manufacturer, said it expects to report second quarter revenues of between $152 million and $157 million, operating income between $1 million and...

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB] has agreed to acquire privately held Applanix, an Ontario, Canada-based Global Positioning System (GPS) device maker, in a stock transaction valued at C$25 million (US$18.6...