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Industry Canada will launch an initiative that could lead to the award of up to 29 licenses to develop satellites, the largest spectrum licensing initiative in Canadian history, the agency...

Datapath Inc. appointed to Wilson Lowery Jr. as executive chairman of its board of directors and Mack Mattingly as a new member, both effective immediately, the company announced July 11....

The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for the scheduled July 17 launch of Europe’s first polar-orbiting weather satellite. Metop-A, the first member of a new family of European satellites...

Sportsmanship International AB, a Garmin Ltd. distributor, will supply Saab automotive dealerships in Europe satellite navigation units, Garmin announced July 10. Along with positioning information, the Nuvi 300 navigation units...

Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co. signed with the United Nations to supply portable satellite terminals for rescue operations, the United Nations announced July 10. The United Arab Emirates satellite-based company will...

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Summation Research Inc. (SRI) a contract to provide components for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) weather satellite system. Under the...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) hired Jack Dziak as senior vice president of services and distribution, the company announced. Dziak’s responsibilities will include building MSV’s services portfolio as well as formulating...

Planetlink Communications Inc. will supply 27 GPS receivers to lumber distributor R&R Sales Group, Planetlink announced July 10. R&R signed an agreement in May to use Planetlinks asset tracking service,...

Arabsat awarded a contract to Arianespace for the launch of the BADR-6 satellite in the first half of 2008, Arianespace announced July 7. In June, Arabsat announced EADS Atrium would...

Milsat Services GmbH signed a deal to lease satellite services from Intelsat General Corp., to provide services for a pair of secure military communication satellites for the German Armed Forces,...