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C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. and Unasat Communications LLC agreed to a partnership under which the companies will integrate and market C-Com’s Inetvu Mobile satellite-based antenna system with the Unasat-deployed Surfbeam...

The Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology signed a one-year agreement with Imageone, a Japanese satellite imaging company, to train an Imageone engineer on ecological remote sensing and analysis techniques....

Canada’s Telesat won a contract from the Canadian Coast Guard to provide ship-to-shore communications via satellite. Telesat will provide satellite equipment to selected Coast Guard vessels, including a satellite terminal...

Sea Launch named Robert Peckham the company’s president and general manager effective June 5. He has served in the roles on an interim basis since March. Peckham has worked for...

Frank Lanza, chairman and CEO of L-3 Communications, died June 6, the company announced. Lanza was recovering from an April surgical procedure, but doctors had said his recovery was proceeding...

Satellite Imaging Corp. announced June 6 that Michael Johnson has bee named vice president of sales and business development. Prior to joining Satellite Imaging, Johnson worked with Kansas-based Triple-i Corp....

France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) is launching a pair of pricing initiatives to encourage commercial shipping companies to take the Connexion by Boeing maritime service. The first offers will...

Globalstar announced June 6 it received temporary operating authority from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for its North American satellite ground gateway in Wasilla, Alaska. The gateway, the sixth...

The U.S. Army awarded Datapath Inc. a $72.9 million contract to provide specialized satellite Earth terminals and support services for the Joint Network Node program, Datapath announced June 6. Under...

Sea Launch‘s Odyssey Launch Platform and Sea Launch Commander have set sail in advance of the launch of Panamsat Corp.‘s Galaxy 16 communications satellite, Sea Launch announced June 5. The...