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Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) names Mike Yglesias vice president of RF engineering, the company announced. He will be in charge of the overall design segment of the MSV terrestrial radio...

Delta Wave Communications Inc. introduced June 17 a GPS-based asset tracking system. Rigtrac is installed onboard a truck and uses GPS coordinates to monitor the movement of the vehicle, sending...

Garmin will be corporate sponsor and an official supplier of GPS units to the USA Triathlon National Teams Program, USA Triathlon announced June 16. Garmin will provide Edge 305HR+Speed/Cadence Sensor...

Sea Launch lofted Panamsat‘s Galaxy 16 satellite into orbit, the company announced June 18. The Zenit-3SL rocket lifted off from Sea Launch’s floating platform at the equator at 3:50 a.m....

Skylife, the Korean satellite pay-TV operator, has announced a deal with Rainbow HD Holdings to bring high-definition (HD) programming to Korea. According to the terms of the agreement, Rainbow HD...

Eaglepicher Technologies signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. for lithium-ion batteries, Eaglepicher announced June 15. The three- year contract includes a qualification program, hardware to support spacecraft integration...

Norsat International Inc. announced June 15 it established a maintenance depot in Baghdad to support the in-theater operations of the U.S. Armed Forces. The depot will manned by certified field...

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. started building the first flight primary mirror segment for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope, the company announced June 14. Ball Aerospace is the main optical...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has started test of the main engine for the Vega launch vehicle, ESA announced June 15. Test on the engine’s directional control already have been...

SES Astra has announced that its Astra 1KR satellite is operational. The satellite, launched in April aboard an Atlas 5 rocket, is located at 19.2 degrees East and carries 32...