Month: May 2005

Lockheed Martin submitted a proposal to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the definition and risk reduction phase for the agency’s next generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite(GOES-R)...

Inmarsat Group Ltd. earned $6.3 million in the 2005 first quarter, rebounding from a loss of $10 million in the same period one year ago, Inmarsat reported May 9. Revenue...

SkyStream Inc. signed a cross-licensing agreement with Helius Inc. under which each company will license patented technology from the other in designing Internet protocol-based satellite and terrestrial networks. Financial terms...

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...

Orbital Sciences Corp. said the U.S. Air Force recently awarded the company a launch service contract involving two new small launch vehicles to serve the U.S. military’s need for responsive...

Nordic media company Modern Times Group (MTG) continues to drive its channels into new Eastern European markets with an agreement that will see its Viasat subsidiary launch some of its...

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...

Xtar LLC completed the first field trials of the Space Systems/Loral-built Xtar-Eur satellite, placed on orbit at 29? East in February, Xtar announced. The demonstration for the U.S. Army‘s 7th...

With the influx of private equity investment in the commercial satellite business, questions have lingered as to whether private equity owners will make the necessary capital expenditures to replenish satellite...

EchoStar Communications Corp. added two new Italian-language channels to its international programming line-up: Leonardo World and Video Italia. The new channels will be sold to subscribers of EchoStar’s Dish Network...