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Telefonica International Wholesale Services signed with Inmarsat to distribute the Broadband Global Area Network service to Telefonica Wholesaler’s own channels. The contract will allow Inmarsat access to the 19 countries […]

Arianespace will sign a deal with Arabsat to launch the BADR-6 satellite for Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) in mid 2008, according to industry sources. In June, Arabsat announced EADS […]

The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a $138 million option to build three additional GPS satellites under the company’s existing Block 2F contract, Boeing announced July 5. The company will […]

Milsat Services GmbH, a company set up by ND Satcom and EADS Space Services, will supply a pair of secure military communication satellites, a ground network and communications services for […]

The Atlantic Bird 4 satellite entered full commercial service providing direct-to-home services in the Middle East and Africa from its new location at 7 degrees West, Eutelsat Communications announced July […]

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. delivered the Beijing-1 satellite to the Beijing Landview Mapping Information Technology Co. Ltd., the British satellite manufacturer announced June 30. The Earth observation microsatellite can collect […]

Boeing awarded Saft a contract to provide lithium-ion batteries for a pair of spacecraft being built for Mobile Satellite Ventures. The rechargeable batteries will provide up to 18 years of […]

India plans to develop its own satellite navigation system in order to ensure it has independent access to navigation signals that the country considers vital to future economic development, the […]

Qinetiq signed an agreement with C&N Inc. of Tokyo to supply GPS chips that will be installed in consumer electronics, Qinetiq announced July 3. Qinetiq will provide its Q20 high-sensitivity […]

The German Federal Cartel Office approved SES Astra‘s acquisition of satellite communications supplier ND Satcom, SES Astra announced June 30. In May, SES Astra announced that it would become the […]

Globalsat Technology Corp. will use Sarantel‘s Goehelix GPS antenna in Globalsat’s TR-102 personal tracker phone, the company announced. The omnidirectional reception antenna will allow the tracker system to function even […]

ABS-CBN International launched triple-play services following a technology upgrade at its San Francisco International Gateway satellite uplink center in Richmond, Calif., the company announced. ABS-CBN, the U.S. subsidiary of ABS-CBN […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) received a contract from Echostar Communications Corp. to build a satellite based on the 1300 series platform, SS/L announced June 30. Financial terms of the deal were […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC announced June 28 that subscribers to Hughesnet, the company’s two-way broadband satellite Internet service, reached 300,000 during the 2006 second quarter, an increase of 19 percent […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio signed with France’s Sodielec to develop terrestrial repeater prototypes for Worldspace’s expansion across Western Europe. The contract, worth 800,000 euros ($1 million), includes design and development of […]

ESA awarded a contract to Swedish Space Corp. to provide a site for the northern telemetry, tracking and command antenna for the Galileo satellite navigation system at Esrange Space Center […]

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center contracted Rockwell Collins to develop next-generation GPS technology for the modernized user equipment receiver card development program. The program is intended […]

The boards of Eltek ASA and Nera ASA announced they have agreed to merge to create a Norwegian telecom giant, which will improve the companies’ position in transmission, telecom power […]

Gencorp Inc.‘s aerospace and defense segment, Aerojet, posted revenues of $165.7 million in the second quarter of 2006, a 16 percent increase over revenues from the same period in 2005, […]

There will be no Satellite Today on July 4 in observance of Independence Day in the United States.

By Owen D. Kurtin The role that Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) by Internet Protocol (IP) is likely to play in the satellite industry has been a constant topic of industry […]

Technology MSV Unveils New Satellite Communication Repeaters Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced the availability of a pair of new vehicle-mounted repeater products that operate with the MSAT-G2 Mobile Satellite Radio. […]

Ongoing military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq are putting more emphasis on the need for reliable, robust and bandwidth-rich satcom-on-the-move (SOTM) solutions. The U.S. military and Allied Forces relies primarily […]

By Nick Mitsis The year 2005 was a robust year for services and hardware within the global satellite communications industry, with even stronger activity forecasted for the next few years. […]

High-definition (HD) TV remains one of the hottest talking points among European digital television markets. HD developments in Europe have trailed that the United States and Asia, but with consumer […]

By Gerry Oberst Just as the satellite radio sector in the United States seems to be gaining strength, regulators in the United Kingdom seem to want to sell the spectrum […]

The launch of Satmex 6 on an Ariane 5 ECA May 27 was the best news Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) and the Latin American region has received for […]

Vega Group plc won a five-year contract extension from Serco Group plc to continue providing technical support for the Skynet military satellite communications program, Vega announced June 29. The $3.4 […]

Globalstar Satellite Services Ltd. received a license from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to provide satellite voice and data services in the country, Globalstar Inc. announced June […]

Transformational Space Corp. (T/Space) added Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Near Earth LLC to its team competing to build a follow-on vehicle to the space shuttle, T/Space announced June […]