Month: February 2005

The DirecTV Group Inc. has filed an amendment to its registration statement with Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the commencement of a secondary offering of common stock. The...

Motient Corp. said it has closed a series of transactions with Telecom Satellite Ventures, Columbia Space Partners and Spectrum Space Equity Investors, the result of which increases Motient’s ownership stake...

GlobeCast added an interactive dating channel, Look4Love TV to its global distribution network. The channel will be available on BSkyB‘s platform, uplinked via Eurobird 28.5 degreesE from GlobeCast’s Brookman’s Park...

International Launch Services (ILS) said it signed a contract with Eutelsat SA for the launch of Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellite in the first quarter of 2006. The contract was negotiated...

United Kingdom television news supplier ITN has selected the Norsat Newslink terminal to enable live and timely news broadcasts of breaking news stories from around the world. The Newslink terminal...

Arianespace said it is delaying the launch of an Ariane 5 until Feb. 12 after an anomaly occurred with the ground equipment. The rocket will carry the Xtar-Eur X-band telecommunications...

Lockheed Martin said it delivered the first modernized GPS satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and the spacecraft is undergoing final preparations for its May launch. The...

Paradigm Secure Communications said it established the first satellite link in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Satcom Post 2000 program. The link between one of NATO’s ground stations in...

AirTran Airways and XM Satellite Radio officially launched the availability of XM’s service on AirTran flights Feb. 9. AirTran said it has three planes in its fleet that have complimentary...

Enea Embedded Technology said its OSE real-time operating system and development tools have been selected by General Dynamics for use in a wireless satellite ground control system that General Dynamics...