Month: June 2005

Novatel Inc. claims to be the first company to demonstrate a dual mode GPS and Galileo L1/E5A dual frequency prototype receiver in North America. Novatel made the claim even though...

Globalstar introduced May 31 Express Data, a subscription-based service that allows users to send e-mail, transfer files and browse the Internet two to five times faster than the 9.6 kilobits...

Arianespace said it would launch the Spaceway 2 satellite for DirecTV and Telkom 2 for PT Telkom Indonesia June 24. The spacecraft will be launched aboard an Ariane 5 ECA...

King Controls, a Minneapolis-based manufacturer of mobile satellite antenna systems, filed a patent infringement suit against KVH Industries Inc., King announced May 27. The suit, filed in Minnesota Federal District...

Sirius Satellite Radio announced June 1 an exclusive series that will follow Lance Armstrong on his quest for an historic seventh consecutive Tour de France title, which begins July 2....

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reached a settlement with the government of Israel covering six years of tax assessments against the company, Gilat announced May 30. Under the settlement, Gilat agreed...

OHB Technology AG and Apollo Capital Partners GmbH will acquire Man Technologies AG, OHB announced June 1. Man, based in Augsbug, Germany, manufactures components for the main cryogenic stage, solid...

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved the disclosure statement, which includes the proposed plan of reorganization, submitted by Loral Space & Communications, the company...

Iridium Satellite LLC named four companies as the first members of its newly created value-added developers program, the company announced June 1. The program is designed to establish technical relationships...

Xantic introduced a new integrated services digital network channel for existing Fleet 77 terminals that doubles the speed of current data services, the company announced. The channel, which can provide...