Month: June 2005

Alcatel Space is determined to become more of a key player in the field of satellite radio. In the United States, XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio have demonstrated...

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...

Russia’s Federal Space Agency launched a Foton-M 2 satellite laboratory on a Soyuz-U rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome June 1, the Associated Press reported. The satellite, which is on a...

Space Imaging appointed Dennis Jones vice president of U.S. government and North America sales, the company announced May 31. Jones previously held management positions with Space Imaging’s international and federal...

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....

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...

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...

G2 Satellite Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Panamsat that focuses on providing communications solutions to the U.S. government, announced June 1 the launch of a new global managed network service...

Inmarsat PLC hopes to raise about 379 million pounds ($688.8 million) in an initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange, the company announced June 1. The shares will...