Month: October 2006

NDS won a contract from Romtelecom, Romania’s largest telco, to provide a system for a new direct-to-home (DTH) platform, NDS announced. Romtelecom will deploy a full end-to-end system that includes...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission granted anti-trust clearance to the United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture that will combine the government launch operations of Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin...

Globalstar Inc. is planning an initial public offering of 6.5 million shares priced at between $16 per share and $18 per share, the company said in an Oct. 2 filing...

Eutelsat Communications announced Oct. 2 that its Hotbird-3 satellite will begin operations from its new orbital slot at 10 degrees East before the end of October. The satellite, renamed Eurobird-10,...

Shin Satellite Public Co. Ltd. deorbited its ailing Thaicom 3 satellite following a power loss, the company announced. Thaicom 3, built by Alcatel Alenia Space and launched in 1997, has...

Globalstar Inc. has partnered with Ocens to launch a suite of data services, Globalstar announced Three services are available to Globalstar subscribers in the United States. Ocens Mail provides capability...

Hyundai and XM Satellite Radio announced that the first Hyundai vehicles with standard, factory-installed XM Radio are hitting the showrooms. The first 2007 Santa Fe equipped with standard XM Radio...

Atlanta-based EMS Technologies announced Oct. 3 that its EMS Defense & Space Systems won a $1.2 million contract from NASA to provide Ka-band antennas for the Mars Science Laboratory’s exploratory...

Lars Bjerde has been named president of mobile satellite communications equipment provider Swe-Dish Satellite Systems, the company announced Oct. 2. Bjerde, who will join Swe- Dish in November, previously has...

“Space and Satellites: State of the Investment Climate” is the topic of an Oct. 19 executive lunch sponsored by the Washington Space Business Roundtable. Hoyt Davidson, CEO and managing member...