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Americom Government Services Inc. (AGS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES Americom, said May 31 it received a contract through prime contractor Innovative Technologies Inc. to provide the satellite communications bandwidth […]

Radyne Comstream Inc. announced May 31 that it completed its acquisition of Xicom Technology. After final adjustments, Radyne paid $37.7 million in cash, 219,708 shares of stock and assumed $5.1 […]

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) performed a 5-second test firing of its main engine May 28, SpaceX announced. The wet dress rehearsal took place at the company’s Space Launch Complex-3 West […]

EMS Satcom, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., named Lindsay, Ontario-based Tech Electronic Services as an authorized distributor of EMS’s eNcompass line of satellite communication products. Tech Electronic Services will […]

Lowrance Electronics Inc., a maker of GPS user equipment, posted a 2005 third quarter profit of $6.4 million, down from earnings of $6.7 million in the same period in 2004, […]

Saunders Kramer passed away Monday in Washington, DC, after complications following heart surgery. While at Lockheed Missiles and Space in the late 1950s, Kramer was among the earliest designers of […]

People Eagle Broadband Appoints David Micek President And CEO Eagle Broadband said its board of directors promoted David Micek to the position of president and CEO from his position as […]

By Peter J. Brown In a world where interactivity and mobility matter, consumers see entertainment and communications as ice cream, and they want every flavor imaginable right at their fingertips, […]

By James Careless Today more than ever, secure communications matter; whether for maintaining homeland security, protecting privacy or just keeping competitors’ prying eyes at bay. This is why businesses and […]

By Sam Silverstein As countries across Asia move forward following their prolonged economic slump, the satellite industry is mobilizing to take advantage of the brightening conditions and the pent-up demand […]

By Peter J. Brown During the process of preparing my accompanying feature article on rich media delivery via satellite, it was difficult at best to avoid the bright lights cast […]

By Gerry Oberst When one of the highest policy-making levels of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) meets next month, among its numerous issues will be how to deal with ITU […]

By Nick Mitsis As we were going to press, the two largest U.S. military contractors, Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp., announced the formation of a joint venture, United Launch […]

A group of creditors who hold more than $379 million of outstanding notes of Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) filed an involuntary Chapter 11 petition May 26 against the […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. announced May 27, as this issue of Satellite News was going to press, that U.S. government agents executed search warrants at the company’s Dulles, Va., and Chandler, […]

Thai Shin Satellite plans to launch its Ipstar satellite no later than July 18 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, according to documents the company filed with the Stock Exchange of […]

The Wall Street Journal Reported May 31 that XM Satellite Radio awarded the contract for its fifth satellite to Loral Space and Communications, though the article did not get formal […]

The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group said May 30 it launched a new Global Uplinker Registry, which will provide regional and local uplinkers with a central means of increasing their […]

Optus, Australia’s second largest telco and a subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., said its aging B1 satellite experienced an outage last week. The May 23outage was caused by a failure […]

The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has stepped up its actions to combat piracy in Hong Kong. Most recently, the association filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction […]

Foxcom, Inc. with offices in Israel and the United States, hired George Combes and Steve Fendley covering the U.S. West Coast/Latin America and APAC respectively. “We are excited about adding […]

Bell Canada announced May 27 it will deploy a new encryption platform for its Bell ExpressVu direct-to-home satellite television service to help protect against signal theft. As of July 1, […]

Africa and Asia will offer satellite operators the best growth opportunities in the near term, industry CEOs said May 23 at the opening roundtable discussion at Intelsat‘s 31st annual Global […]

EMS Satcom opened an office in Monterrey, Mexico, that will be the headquarters for the company’s Latin American sales operations. “The opening of this office and our expansion into the […]

dbsXmedia, a subsidiary of Ariel Way Inc., signed a new contract with Virgin Megastores to deliver in-store music and advertising with the Virgin Megastores Radio service into retail stores throughout […]

The U.S. Air Force announced May 23 it selected Lockheed Martin to continue development of the Innovative Space Based Radar Antenna Technology, or ISAT. The contract, valued at $19.5 million, […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. unveiled its lightweight broadband terminal designed to meet airline cabin baggage requirements. The 0.77-meter terminal is contained within a pair of suitcases and can be set up […]

Global Crossing announced May 24 a new agreement under which Loral Skynet will be able to more easily reach locations outside its satellite network. Using Global Crossing’s iMPLS service, the […]

Inmarsat announced May 24 its collaboration with ViaSat Inc. to develop new solutions based on the integration of Inmarsat’s forthcoming Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) Mobile Satellite Service and ViaSat’s […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, is making meteorological data available to users beyond its core user group of Europe’s weather services. More than 1,000 users […]