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[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] Radarsat-2 has been commissioned and is ready for commercial operations, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) announced May 1.     Launched in December, the satellite completed […]

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] The cameras aboard the Cartosat-2A and Indian Mimi Satellite-1 (IMS-1) satellites have been turned on and are transmitting images, the Indian Space Research Organization announced April […]

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd. has signed an agreement with Discovery Communications LLC for content for the alpha trials of ICO mim, ICO announced April 29. […]

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] Digital technology and services provider NDS Group PLC posted revenue gains of 20 percent for the third quarter of 2008, the company announced May 1.     […]

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] BSkyB has nearly  9 million subscribers in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the company announced April 30.     High-definition (HD) growth remains robust, with 465,000 subscribers […]

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] SES Astra has launched new high-definition (HD) bouquet of channels has launched in Holland and Belgium, the operator announced April 30.         Dutch satellite TV […]

[Satellite Today – 5-1-08] India is setting up a satellite-based information system using Inmarsat’s maritime network to enable vessel tracking for maritime security and permit faster search and rescue of […]

[Satellite News – 5-1-08] Media Partners Asia believes the direct-to-home (DTH) market in Asia will grow to around 44 million customers throughout the region by 2012.     Satellite pay-TV services […]

Astrium Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Astrium, offers a one-stop shop in the satellite services market, targeting secure communications, Earth observation services and navigation services. The company has posted […]

Is the satellite industry green? The issue of the environmental impact of satellites was raised by Eutelsat CEO Giuliano Berretta at the SATELLITE 2008 conference in February. “It’s the only […]

When a Proton Breeze M rocket suffered a second launch failure in six months, it provided yet another reminder of how difficult placing a satellite in orbit can be and […]

Thousands of e-mails honoring the life and works of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, who passed away on March 19 in a hospital near his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, have […]

Satellite industry experts pretty much agree that satellite-delivered TV and video, including direct-to-home services, direct broadcast services and the distribution of digital and high-definition TV are the star performers in […]

Consolidation, consolidation, consolidation. It always has been a buzzword in the satellite industry, but after an intense round of activity that produced some significant transactions among satellite operators, are other […]

TECHNOLOGY SpaceDev To Develop Seals For NASA SpaceDev Inc. has been awarded a contract to develop next-generation seal technologies for instrument covers for NASA, SpaceDev announced. Under the six-month Phase […]

There has been plenty of gloom in the first months of 2008 stemming from the credit crisis born of the subprime mortgage meltdown and the end of easy and cheap […]

Rapid advances in wireless communications and display technologies are transforming how, when and where people receive and consume information, and these changes are creating booming demand for bandwidth that promises […]

When introduced, Connexion by Boeing was hailed as a breakthrough productivity tool, but the service lost millions of dollars before being grounded after a few short years. Today, other providers […]

[Satellite Today – 4-30-08] By 2013, Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) end-user devices and systems will generate yearly revenues of $240 billion, according to a research study by ABI Research. […]

[Satellite Today – 4-30-08] XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio have agreed to extend their merger agreement indefinitely, the companies announced April 30. The companies agreed to extend the […]

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Harris Corp.‘s government communications systems segment increased revenue by 27 percent in the company’s 2008 fiscal third quarter, Harris announced April 29. The segment posted $490.6 […]

[Satellite Today – 4-30-08] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has been selected by Synterra, one of Russia’s largest telecommunications operators, to provide a SkyEdge broadband satellite network for use by Russian […]

[Satellite Today – 4-30-08] EMS Technologies Inc. posted a profit of $4.2 million on revenues of $75.5 million in the 2008 first quarter, the company announced April 30. In the […]

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Lockheed Martin has joined the Northrop Grumman team competing for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS Next Generation Control Segment (OCX) Phase B contract, Lockheed Martin announced […]

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio have postponed their 2008 annual meetings of stockholders, the companies announced April 29.     The companies will announce a […]

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] The ICO G1 satellite deployed its large antenna reflector April 26, Space Systems/Loral and ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd. announced.     ICO G1 incorporates a 12-meter […]

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Eutelsat Communications will help launch a new high-definition (HD) platform in Hungary, the operator April 29.     Hello HD will launch services May 1 in Hungary […]

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Wegener Corp. received a $1.2 million order for a digital signage project for the financial services industry, Wegener announced April 28.     The order marks the […]

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Qinetiq North America has been awarded a five-year, $150 million contract to provide NASA with environmental test and integration services, NASA announced April 28.     Qinetiq […]

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Raytheon Co. won an $86.7 million contract to produce and install upgrade kits for the U.S. Army‘s Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal, or SMART-T, Raytheon […]