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A start-up company has raised seed money and collaborated with a top-notch university to launch a satellite this summer aimed at detecting signs of earthquake activity in California with the […]

Washington D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], America’s largest satellite radio service, is introducing the first satellite radio receiver designed for personal computers. The XM PC Receiver, called XM PCR, […]

Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences Corporation [NYSE: ORB] successfully launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite this morning aboard the company’s Pegasus rocket. The 312-kilogram […]

Launch of the AMC-9 satellite has been delayed by about 30 days after last Saturday’s planned lift-off was postponed due to a technical problem with a component on the Proton […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) and Net2Phone are partnering to offer what they describe as the first end-to-end satellite voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service. The service is tailored as a […]

Miramar, Fla.-based Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) signed a three-year agreement with Louis Cruise Lines to provide VSAT communications onboard the vessel, Thomson Spirit. Under the agreement, MTN will provide Louis […]

One year after launch, Sat@Once, powered by SES ASTRA satellites, has released version 2 of its free receiver software, company officials said. The new version 2 software adds “mailcasting” (broadcasting […]

This year will be a transition year for SES Americom, said CEO Dean Olmstead. The satellite operator will try to position itself for the future when the market picks up, […]

satellite manufacturer and launcher Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] reported revenues of $136.7 million for the first quarter, a 13 percent increase compared with $120.7 million reported in the same quarter […]

The European Space Agency has appointed Antonio Fabrizi to a four-year term as director of launchers. Since 2000, Fabrizi has been vice president of the Space Business Unit at FiatAvio, […]

A Proton launch vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Thursday at 10:37 a.m. local time (12:23 a.m. EDT), and placed the Russian Cosmos 2397 satellite into geostationary orbit. Separation […]

Tucson, Ariz.-based Specialized Leasing [OTCBB: SPLZ] has signed an agreement to become the exclusive leasing agent for Alternative Air PCS, a distributor of Iridium Satellite’s satellite phones and service. Alt-Air […]

Concentrax, a Houston-based provider of vehicle monitoring services and technologies, has launched Track-Down 2.0, a Web server application that uses wireless data from GPS tracking devices to track vehicles. The […]

SATELLITE TODAY invites you and your team to join us on Tuesday, April 29, from noon-1:30 PM EST for an exclusive Webinar: “From Broadcast To Broadband: Seizing the Next Satellite […]

The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a “first-come, first-served” licensing process for geostationary satellite applications. The FCC, however, decided to retain the existing “processing round” system for non-geostationary satellite applications. […]

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has shipped the GPS IIR-10 satellite to the Cape Canaveral, Fla., launch site from its facilities in Valley Forge, Pa. The satellite, scheduled to launch in […]

Rockwell Collins’ [NYSE: COL] high-speed satellite communications (satcom) system has received Federal Aviation Administration certification for use on aircraft manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace. The Collins HST-900 systems provides in-flight passenger […]

Delta Air Lines‘ [NYSE: DAL] new low-fair airline Song plans in October to begin offering satellite TV service to passengers. Song is partnering with Matsushita Avionics Systems and EchoStar Communications […]

SATELLITE TODAY invites you and your team to join us on Tuesday, April 29, from noon-1:30 PM EST for an exclusive Webinar: “From Broadcast To Broadband: Seizing the Next Satellite […]

Don’t miss the International Space University‘s 8th Annual International Symposium: “Satellite Navigation Systems: Policy, Commercial and Technical Interaction” to be held in Strasbourg, France, May 26-28. The symposium will differ […]

PanAmSat, the Wilton, Conn.-based fixed satellite services provider, is placing greater emphasis on the market for U.S. government satellite services, as well as on integrated satellite and fiber offerings. These […]

The Italian pay-TV operator Telepiu is at the top of the tree in terms of growing subscribers among digital satellite pay-TV providers in Europe. Telepiu increased its subscriber base by […]

France’s Canal Satellite has already received over 20,000 orders for its new Pilotime service, which uses a next-generation set-top box (STB), even before the start of its nationwide TV advertising […]

While consolidation among satellite pay-TV operators is accelerating in southern Europe, the colder regions of Europe have stimulated robust competition in the satellite TV market. In the Nordic region, Modern […]

The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) has launched an initiative to bring broadband via satellite to less developed regions of the globe. ITSO was formed during the privatization of Intelsat […]

Alcatel Space has concluded a deal to provide a new weather satellite, worth 135 million euros ($146.9 million), to Eumetsat, an intergovernmental organisation that operates meteorological satellites for 18 European […]

SES Americom got a shot in the arm recently with announcement of a deal with EchoStar Communications to provide satellite capacity to the U.S. direct broadcast satellite (DBS) operator on […]

A = Analogue D = Digital 122 degreesE: Asiasat 4 D Asiasat 4 was launched successfully aboard an Atlas IIIB rocket from Cape Canaveral on April 12 at 00:47. It […]

Stanford University and QuakeFinder are developing a satellite that will detect earthquake activity in California by monitoring a network of ground-based sensors. The micro-satellite, called QuakeSat I and weighing about […]

Hughes Network Systems Europe (HNSE), a unit of Hughes Network Systems, has agreed to provide its DirecWay broadband satellite service to PHC Poland for resale to small and medium-sized businesses […]