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Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based unit of Lockheed Martin [LMT], won the biggest U.S. military satellite communications pact that likely will be awarded during the next two […]

Asset tracking is a key “remote application” outside the mainstream wireless markets of voice, data and now video. To the companies that offer the service, including wireless and satellite providers, […]

Many satellite operators view Africa as a potential growth market. Last month, SES Astra announced that it was extending its provision of state-of-the-art satellite services to the entire African continent […]

This fall, General Motors [GM] is aiming to produce 3 million vehicles in North America during the 2006 model year equipped with its Global Positioning System-enabled (GPS) OnStar in-vehicle safety […]

Ottawa, Canada-based SkyWave Mobile Communications, a provider of Inmarsat D+ satellite airtime, services and terminal equipment, is pursuing an aggressive expansion program that will seize on its recent receipt of […]

Patrick Brant, the new president of Bedminster, N.J. Loral Skynet, has a vision of turning the company into a provider of hybrid networking services that will use satellites, fiber and […]

Amid an industry-wide consolidation trend, room still exists for startup ventures that can match good ideas with sound management, financing and regulatory support. Those ingredients all are in place at […]

Dulles, Va.-based Orbimage gained a big boost for its business by winning a $500 million, multi-year pact to give high-resolution imagery to the U.S. government under a contract awarded by […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] inked a deal to supply the Ukrainian National Lottery with a satellite-based VSAT network based on its Skystar Advantage VSAT platform. The Ukrainian National Lottery […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] late Friday said that, effective Oct. 1, its EchoStar DBS Corp. subsidiary completed the early redemption of all outstanding 10- 3/8 percent senior notes due 2007. […]

Qualcomm Inc. [QCOM] deployed two new security enhancements to its OmniTRACS satellite fleet management solution. The first is a vehicle immobilization device that allows the authorized operator of a truck […]

SES Astra has claimed another high-definition (HD) first in Europe with a potential landmark in commercial free-to-air (FTA) television. It teamed with ProSiebenSat 1 to announce that on Oct. 14, […]

The Satellite Home Viewers Improvement Act (SHVIA) that allows direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services to broadcast local channels likely will be renewed but a compromise still needs to be worked […]

by Owen D. Kurtin August brought news of the purchase of Intelsat by a private equity consortium, which includes Apollo Management, Madison Dearborn Partners, Apax Partners and Permira Advisors. Also […]

People AIA Appoints Assistant VP Bruce Mahone, director of space policy at the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), has been appointed assistant vice president of technical operations at AIA. In his […]

With the expansion of the European Union, the makeup of the Eastern European satellite market has changed. Today, when people speak of this market, they are referring to Russia and […]

The global demand for distance learning services and more advanced interactive distance learning (IDL) services continues to grow as rural healthcare, the need to provide a basic educational experience in […]

By James Careless Private satellite networks. The name conjures up visions of Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) antennas perched atop banks, retailers and gas stations, all sending the most basic […]

By Peter J. Brown Hats off to India for taking a very ambitious step forward in the early 21st century with its decision to launch Edusat, which, at least at […]

by Gerry Oberst Europe took a number of important steps in mid-summer this year toward turning its proposed Galileo satellite radionavigation system into a reality. In late June, the European […]

by Nick Mitsis It was not too long ago that satellite industry executives were nearly shouting for the financial industry’s attention. Plagued by a weak economy, eclipsed by multibillion dollar […]

Satellite Today has learned that “The Final Cut,” a new science-fiction film starring Robin Williams, will be distributed exclusively to 115 AMC Theaters in 27 markets via satellite technology instead […]

BSkyB announced plans of a fresh marketing drive as it bids to increase its subscriber numbers still further in the UK and Ireland. The carrier, which has around 7.4 million […]

Bethesda, Md.-based National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) chose Dulles, Va.-based Orbimage to receive a NextView contract that calls for the company to provide the U.S. government with high-resolution imagery from next-generation […]

DigitalGlobe inked a deal making Merrick Advanced Photogrammetry of the Americas S. de R.L. de C.V. an authorized reseller of QuickBird high-resolution satellite imagery in Mexico. Financial terms were not […]

Ecuavisa Internacional, reportedly the top-ranked television station in Ecuador, has been added to the “DirecTV Para Todos” Spanish-language-programming platform offered by direct-to-home satellite-TV provider DirecTV Inc. [DTV]. DirecTV signed an […]

Satellite Phone Source Inc. [SPHI.PK] unveiled its plan to become the Number One U.S. provider of satellite phones next year. The company is working with service providers and phone manufacturers […]

Despite the recent surge in hurricane activity in Florida, International Launch Services (ILS) and Lockheed Martin [LMT] said the launch facilities at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station survived “relatively unscathed,” […]

Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin [LMT] won a $6 million, 18-month contract from NASA to perform design-and-risk reduction for the agency’s Solar Imaging Suite (SIS), a set of operational instruments that […]

Top Up TV wants to carve out a niche in the increasingly competitive lower end of the digital pay-TV market in the U.K. by launching a brand-new pay-TV package called […]