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MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) received a contract from Defence Research and Development Canada-Ottawa to develop technology that extracts information about moving objects from satellite radar imagery, MDA announced […]

The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) named Joslyn Read the organization chairwoman for 2006, SIA announced. Read, assistant vice president for regulatory affairs at Hughes Network Systems, replaces Tony Trujillo, senior […]

Panamsat Corp. removed the Galaxy 3R satellite from service after the spacecraft’s secondary spacecraft control processor failed, the company announced Jan. 24. The Boeing 601 spacecraft, which was launched in […]

Qinetiq Group plc hopes to raise gross proceeds of about 582 million British pounds ($1 billion) through its initial public offering, the company announced Jan. 25. Qinetiq set a price […]

Serbia Broadband is set to launch a new direct-to-home platform using Eutelsat‘s W2 satellite. The 25-channel DTH platform will be called TotalTV and will offer Serbian national and regional channels […]

Globecast announced Jan. 25 that it was chosen by France Telecom‘s IPTV arm Maligne TV to manage the French operator’s newest IPTV bouquet, Le Bouquet TV, Beginning with the Feb. […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) appointed Scott Macleod, a 20-year telecom and strategic finance veteran, to the position CFO, the company announced Jan. 24. Macleod will be responsible for finance and […]

Globalstar LLC received the authority by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to offer ancillary terrestrial component services (ATC) in the United States to boost its mobile satellite services, Globalstar […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced Jan. 24 that Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) of Toulouse, France, signed a contract for imagery provided by the Radarsat-2 satellite. The data will be […]

Datapath Inc. announced Jan. 24 that it has acquired the assets of Third Rail Americas Inc., a wireless broadband network provider. The acquisition provides Datapath with new capabilities that extend […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) placed the Advanced Land Observing satellite into orbit Jan. 24, JAXA announced. The satellite, dubbed Daichi, is designed to gather detailed topographical data that […]

Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd, Siam Commercial Bank Pcl (SCB) and a group of Thai investors, through Kularb Kaew Pcl, have reached an agreement to acquire a 49.6 percent stake in […]

Antoine de Chassy has been named the new president of Spot Image Corp., the U.S. marketing arm of France’s imagery satellite operator, the company announced Jan. 24. De Chassy served […]

David Hershberg, chairman and CEO of Globecomm Systems Inc., has been named the Herman Fialkov Business Person of the Year by The Long Island Capital Alliance, Globecomm announced Jan. 24. […]

Eutelsat‘s Hot Bird 7A satellite arrived in Kourou, French Guiana, in preparation for its scheduled Feb. 21 launch aboard an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, Arianespace announced Jan. 20. Hot Bird […]

Echostar Communications Corp. and Lifetime Television severed talks to restore two channels to Echostar’s Dish Network satellite service, which the satellite TV provider dropped over a contract dispute, the companies […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) postponed the launch of the Advanced Land Observing satellite until Jan. 24 due to problems with ground facilities used for launch, JAXA announced. The […]

Globecomm Systems Inc., announced Jan. 23 that the company has been awarded multiple satellite infrastructure contracts from an unnamed U.S. government customer valued at about $1.4 million. “The U.S. government […]

Ofcom has extended David Currie’s term as chairman for another two years beginning at the end of his current term. Currie’s term as head of the U.K. telecommunications regulator now […]

Ondas Media CEO Celso Azevedo is confident that satellite radio will have as big an impact in Europe as it has in the United States. Ondas Media plans to launch […]

EADS Space estimates that its share of work under the contract signed by Galileo Industries with the European Space Agency (ESA) will be about 200 million euros, EADS said Jan. […]

Globecomm Systems Inc., a provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications solutions, announced Jan. 19 that it has been awarded multiple contracts valued at about $3.1 million from an unnamed existing customer. […]

Echostar Communications Corp., raised $1.5 billion through a private debt placement, the company announced Jan. 20. Proceeds of the offering by the Echostar DBS Corp. subsidiary will be used to […]

NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. will host a weekly show on XM Satellite Radio beginning Feb. 13, XM announced. The show will cover the NASCAR circuit, as well as other […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) signed a 950 million euro ($1.2 billion) contract with Galileo Industries GmbH for the development and in-orbit validation of the Galileo satellite navigation constellation’s first […]

Echostar Communications Corp. filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission Jan. 19 to offer $1 billion in debt securities. The proceeds of the offering, being conducted by […]

Spot Image Corp., the U.S. marketing arm of France’s Spot Image, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the purchase of satellite imagery products and […]

SES Astra signed an agreement with Top TV, a free-to-air leisure and shopping channel in the Czech Republic, to provide for digital capacity on Astra 2C, SES announced Jan. 19. […]

Kurt Pauwels, managing director of Belgian direct-to-home (DTH) provider TV Vlaanderen believes 2006 will be a “breakthrough” year for digital television in the country. The new DTH operator launched digital […]

Bill Page, appointed vice president, broadcast sales, will head its new broadcast business division in Herndon, VA. Prior to joining Vocality, Page was at Brightstar Communications, Voyager and Reuters Television. […]