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Rocketplane Kistler and Orbital Sciences Corp. have formed a partnership to compete in NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program and develop other applications for Rocketplane’s space transportation system. Under...

The Canadian government selected Ramtelecom Inc. to provide a satellite service network that will secure high-speed data and voice services for remote federal government offices across Canada. Ramtelecom will create...

Apache Corp. approved Stratos Global Corp.‘s proposal to supply remote communications to more than 100 offshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, Stratos announced July 25. Stratos...

Revenue at Lockheed Martin Space Systems increased 29 percent to $2.1 billion in the 2006 second quarter, driven by growth in satellite and missile defense systems, Lockheed Martin Corp. announced...

Canal Digital, the Nordic direct-to-home operator, reported slow subscriber growth in the 2006 second quarter. The platform, owned by Telenor, ended the quarter with 687,000 subscribers, an increase of just...

Mercury Computer Systems Inc. received an $8.6 million contract from an unnamed company to provide a communication platform for a commercial ground-based satellite beam- forming application, the company announced July...

Sarantel Group PLC dropped its revenue forecast for the company’s 2006 fiscal year after being informed by XM Satellite Radio demand for satellite radios is below expectations, Sarantel announced July...

Raytheon Co. and NASA completed data transfer and system compatibility testing for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP), the organizations announced July 24. The 12-day...

Trimble acquired and tracked the signal from Europe’s Galileo test satellite using a prototype receiver that can also receive signals from the U.S. GPS and Russia’s Glonass satellite navigation systems,...

Iridium Satellite LLC reported revenues of $53.6 million in its 2006 second quarter, finishing the period with 159,000 subscribers around the globe, the company announced July 24. Earnings before interest,...