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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. signed two more Radarsat-2 pre-launch purchase commitments totaling $3.42 million with the government of Finland and ImageOne Co. Ltd. of Japan. Radarsat-2 will provide satellite […]

The devastating hurricanes that blasted through the southeastern United States during recent months have made for compelling imagery that now is available through Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe. The latest patch of […]

Boeing [BA] has begun flight tests on the first of 17 NATO AWACS aircraft upgraded under a $1.3 billion Mid-Term Modernization program. The tests culminate seven years of engineering, manufacturing […]

London-based Inmarsat, a global provider of mobile satellite communications, has been a 802.11b wireless user since 1999, and it’s now decided to replace its aging wireless LAN at headquarters with […]

Satellite Today has learned that Satmex 5, which provides communications services in Mexico, is experiencing some problems. According to reports, the satellite went into self-protect mode early yesterday, but the […]

Tomorrow, representatives of the Bush re-election team and the Kerry campaign team will meet in Washington, D.C., to discuss their candidates’ aerospace platforms. With just 20 days left until the […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] today raised approximately $321 million through an offering of common stock and convertible notes. The amount includes net proceeds received as a result of the exercise […]

The new 2005 Acura RL will come standard with the AcuraLink satellite communications system that provides drivers with real-time traffic information, including continuously updated accident, construction and — where available […]

GlobeCast is part of France Telecom but it gained a Latin accent with its latest deal to provide coverage of the recent soccer match between the United States and El […]

Ottawa, Canada-based C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. [CMI], a developer and manufacturer of mobile satellite technology, has adapted its one of its products for Herndon, Va.-based iDirect Technologies. The two companies […]

Iridium Satellite LLC said the U.S. Department of Defense has exercised an option on its airtime contract, giving military personnel and other authorized users unlimited airtime on Iridium’s satellite-based communications […]

Greg Ewertis Iridium Satellite LLC‘s new executive vice president for sales, marketing and business development. Ewert comes to Iridium with 19 years of telecom-industry experience, recently serving as executive vice […]

Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV operator, is targeting a pre-holiday subscriber boost by offering new and existing customers free installation of its digital service, including those who opt for just the […]

Orland Park, Ill.-based Andrew Corporation, a communications-systems equipment supplier, formed one new product group focused on satellites and a second new group that combines antennas and cable products. The move […]

According to the Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG), the continual drive by satellite network operators to cut or control costs is contributing to a rise in radio frequency interference […]

The satellite industry may never have had such a quick turnaround story as what has transpired at Dulles, Va.-based Orbimage during the past six months. The company emerged from Chapter […]

Loral Skynet President Patrick Brant is moving quickly to implement his plan to transform the Bedminster, N.J.-based satellite operator into a provider of connectivity through the use of hybrid services […]

The satellite communications industry has entered a period of transition. A few private equity firms now control several large satellite operators. Previously, telecommunications companies or the original owners that had […]

One of the most controversial issues involved in the current Congressional effort to re-authorize the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA) that expires at year-end is whether satellite-TV provider EchoStar […]

With such issues as the analog-to-digital TV transition at the forefront, it is a busy time for the Federal Communica-tions Commission (FCC). The challenge to get the United States digitally […]

In a scathing report dated Sept. 13 but only made public last week, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) N-Prime Mishap […]

Ottawa-based EMS Technologies [ELMG] is looking to drive its sales through the introduction of a new satellite-based truck-tracking product at the 2004 American Trucking Association’s Management Conference and Exhibition in […]

Wegener, a Duluth, Ga.-based manufacturer of products that enable advertising insertions for broadcasters and corporations, is branching out beyond its traditional focus on the satellite industry by broadening its scope […]

The $100-million-a-year salary money-losing Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] has agreed to pay FM radio shock jock Howard Stern when he hits the satellite radio airwaves Jan. 1, 2006, is a […]

Legislation to re-authorize the Satellite Home Viewer Improve-ment Act (SHVIA) will need to wait for Senate action until lawmakers return from an election-related recess that began at the close of […]

The satellite-TV industry showed once again last week that it lacks the political muscle to fend off the powerful National Association of Broadcast-ers (NAB) and the National Cable & Telecommunications […]

The DirecTV Group Inc. [DTV] and News Corp [NWS] announced plans to combine their Latin American satellite TV operations. The arrangement will give DirecTV control of the surviving operation while […]

The AMC-15 telecommunications satellite, designed and built for Princeton, N.J.-based satellite operator SES Americom by Bethesda, Md.’s Lockheed Martin [LMT], is entering the final stages of preparation for an Oct. […]

Telesat said its Anik F2 satellite now is fully operational, ushering in what the company hopes will be a new era in satellite broadband communications. The satellite will provide a […]

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. [XMSR] announced a quarterly dividend on its 8.25- percent Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock, payable in shares of the company’s Class A Common Stock […]