Month: November 2005

Venezuela signed an agreement Nov. 1 to buy a satellite from China, the Venezuelan Ministry of Science and Technology announced. The Simon Bolivar Satellite will provide telecommunications services such as...

Telesat Canada reported third quarter 2005 earnings of Cdn. $25.3 million ($21.5 million) on revenues of Cdn. $112.2 million ($95.5 million), the company announced Nov. 2. In the third quarter...

Nissan North America Inc. selected XM Satellite Radio as the factory-installed satellite radio solution for Infiniti and Nissan vehicles beginning with the 2008 model year, the companies announced Nov. 2....

Iridium Satellite LLC and Impeva Labs Inc. said Nov. 2 that they would expand their collaboration to implement a real-time container monitoring, tracking and security system on behalf of the...

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) said Nov. 2 that SES Americom has endorsed HNS’ DW7000 platform and the Internet-protocol-over-satellite standard upon which it is based. The standard is used by the...

The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) launched an online, interactive database to consolidate and tracks incidents of satellite radio frequency interference within the geostationary arc, the organization announced. The...

Sea Launch Co. LLC has begun final preparations for the launch of the Inmarsat-4 satellite Nov. 5, Sea Launch announced. The mission was scheduled to be launched Nov. 4, but...

DirecTV announced Nov. 1 the debut of CD USA, a weekly performance-based series. The hourly show, debuting Jan. 21, will feature a mix of music genres, including pop, indie, rock...

KVH Industries Inc. unveiled Nov. 1 an embedded automotive Tracvision system intended to support volume original equipment manufacturing and special program vehicle applications. Using the same hybrid phased-array antenna technology...

Globalstar announced Nov. 1 it would offer simplex, or one-way, data services to customers throughout parts of the Caribbean, Central America and the northern part of South America via its...