Month: May 2005

Panamsat Holdings Corp. reported revenues of $208.8 million for the first quarter of 2005 ending March 31, up 1.6 percent from the $205.4 million in revenues reported in the first...

Iridium Satellite LLC selected Cambridge Consultants as a strategic wireless technology development consultant. In this role, Cambridge will help Iridium evolve the design of its ground-based terminal equipment. Cambridge is...

Telespazio CEO Giuseppe Veredice believes the operator has a lot to gain from the link-up between Alcatel and Finmeccanica in terms of their space activities. Telespazio was one of two...

ViaSat Inc. said May 12 it had a record 2005 in terms of orders, revenues and earnings. The provider of networking and communications equipment for government and commercial customers received...

Shin Satellite PCL earned 201 million Thai baht ($5.1 million) in its 2005 first quarter, up from a profit of 190.5 million baht ($4.8 million) in the same period in...

Access Intelligence announced three new additions to its Satellite Group: Jason Bates was named the new assistant editor of Via Satellite, Satellite Business Solutions and Satellite News. He most recently...

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said the National Remote Sensing Agency’s Data Reception Station at Shadnagar, India, received imagery from the recently launched Cartosat-1. The satellite has been undergoing...

Profits at SES Global grew 9 million euros ($11.6 million) in the 2005 first quarter despite revenue remaining flat, the company reported May 9. SES earned 84 million euros ($108.8...

Telesat signed a multiyear agreement with ViaSat Inc. to purchase DOCSIS-for-satellite Ka-band consumer terminals. The terminals, which use a networking technology that utilizes satellite bandwidth more efficiently to lower the...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) closed a $200 million private placement in its former subsidiary Terrestar Networks Inc., which was spun off to MSV’s shareholders as a stand-alone company. Terrestar, in...