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An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) carrying the Insat-4C satellite failed shortly after liftoff, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced July 10. The vehicle veered off course shortly […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. received a contract from NATO to provide a GPS-based friendly force tracking system, Globecomm announced July 19. Under the $7.8 million contract, Globecomm and subcontractor EMS Technologies […]

Satcom Group Holdings plc, a reseller of mobile satellite communications, entered into a conditional agreement to acquire World Communications Center (WCC), a reseller of Iridium services, Satcom company announced July […]

Loral Skynet do Brasil, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications, signed a contract to provide fixed satellite communications services throughout Chile, Loral announced July 10. Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones […]

Milsat Services GmbH signed a deal to lease satellite services from Intelsat General Corp., to provide services for a pair of secure military communication satellites for the German Armed Forces, […]

Arabsat awarded a contract to Arianespace for the launch of the BADR-6 satellite in the first half of 2008, Arianespace announced July 7. In June, Arabsat announced EADS Atrium would […]

Planetlink Communications Inc. will supply 27 GPS receivers to lumber distributor R&R Sales Group, Planetlink announced July 10. R&R signed an agreement in May to use Planetlinks asset tracking service, […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) hired Jack Dziak as senior vice president of services and distribution, the company announced. Dziak’s responsibilities will include building MSV’s services portfolio as well as formulating […]

Myriad launches are keeping launch pads busy, according to announcements: In mid-July, there will be a missile defense test involving the Theater High-Altitude Area Defense system. On July 22, NASA […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] may win Canadian military contracts for more than US$7 billion of helicopters and transport aircraft because competing firms may not qualify for the work. As well, […]

KEYSTONE, Colo.–Having determined that it intends to operate the nation’s Minuteman III nuclear-tipped ICBM fleet beyond 2020, the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) has laid out the modernization priorities needed […]

By Michael Sirak KEYSTONE, Colo.–The Air Force is drafting the design of a long- range strike missile that eventually would succeed the conventionally armed Trident D-5 submarine-launched missiles that the […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, has a 10th launch on its manifest, the company announced. Late this year, SpaceX will use the Falcon 1 rocket in a launch for […]

By Dave Ahearn The failure of a long-range North Korean missile is no cause for relief, according to observers. While the long-range missile failed shortly into its first-stage burn, North […]

By Geoff Fein The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] last week conducted a high supersonic submunition dispense test of the Revolutionary Approach To Time critical […]

Flawless Flight Follows Safety Warnings Top NASA leaders won their gamble that safety concerns about the Space Shuttle Discovery were wrong, but the picture-perfect Fourth of July launch to the […]

Roughly a year after launching its satellite broadband service in Southeast Asia, Shin Satellite plc expects its new Thaicom 5 satellite to be 60 percent used as it begins commercial […]

SIRI, XM Sirius Satellite Radio added 600,460 net subscribers during the second quarter of 2006 to bring its total subscriber base to 4.7 million, the company announced July 6. Rival […]

With the recent consolidation of some of the largest players in the Fixed Satellite Services sector, spectrum allocation shifts favoring terrestrial buildouts in the mobile services arena; and with the […]

Iridium is providing satellite data links for a new system of 31 ocean buoys being deployed by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The second-generation Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis […]

Globalstar applied for authority from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use its entire assigned Mobile Satellite Services spectrum for Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) services in the United States, […]

Intelsat Ltd. completed its acquisition of Panamsat Holding Corp., July 3 and will spend the next 18 months fine-tuning the operations of what is now the largest provider of Fixed […]

Germany’s OHB-System received a contract from Orbcomm Inc. for the in-orbit delivery of six satellites, OHB-System announced July 7. The order covers the first replacement spacecraft for the Orbcomm satellite […]

Telenor gained total control of Maritime Communications Partner (MCP), acquiring the remaining 61.3 percent of the company, which provides voice and data services to ferries and cruise ships, Telenor announced […]

The Syracuse 3B satellite arrived in Kourou, French Guiana, for its scheduled Aug. 11 launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, Alcatel Alenia Space announced. The next-generation French military communications satellite, […]

Radyne Corp. will supply ground components for the U.S. military’s Ground Multi-Band Terminal program under a contract from an unnamed integrator, Radyne announced. Radyne will supply satellite modems and power […]

Telus and XM Canada unveiled a streaming satellite radio service delivered via mobile phones, the companies announced. The Telus Mobile Radio-powered by XM Canada service delivers a portion of XM […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) received its 12th patent related to its planned ancillary terrestrial (ATC) service that uses a combination of satellite and terrestrial links to provide communications services, […]

SES Astra launched broadcasts of the German-French channel Arte high definition (HD) for the first time in Germany, SES Astra announced. “We recently succeeded in showing some important HDTV events […]