Panamsat Repoints PAS-8 Beam
Panamsat Corp. announced April 17 that it had repointed a beam on the PAS-8 Pacific Ocean Region satellite to effectively reach every corner of New Zealand, New Caledonia and Fiji....
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Intelsat Loss Grows In 2005
Intelsat Ltd. lost $325.3 million in 2005, compared to $38.7 million in 2004, due to higher operating expenses, Intelsat reported April 18. The satellite operator reported revenue growth of 12...
Lockheed Adds Subcontractors To Goes-R Program
Lockheed Martin has added Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and IBM Business Consulting Services to its team competing to build a U.S. government environmental satellite, Lockheed Martin announced April 17....
XM Plans To Replay GM Debt Early
XM Satellite Radio Inc. is negotiating to pay some of its debt to General Motors (GM) early, XM said in an April 17 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
Orbital Launches Weather Satellite Constellation For Taiwan
Orbital Sciences Corp. launched a constellation of small scientific satellites April 14 for Taiwan’s civilian space agency, Orbital announced. The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC) mission,...
Andrew Acquires Precision Antennas
Andrew Corp., has acquired England’s Precision Antennas Ltd., a provider of antennas for terrestrial and satellite communications systems. Andrew paid about $26 million to acquire the subsidiary of U.K.-based Cobham...
Tivo Wins DVR Patent Lawsuit Against Echostar, Extends Deal With DirecTV
Following its win in a patent infringement lawsuit, Tivo Inc. now intends to seek a permanent injunction against Echostar Communications Corp. over the use of digital video recorder (DVR) technology,...
Era Helicopters Equips Fleet With Iridium Systems
Iridium Satellite announced April 13 that its value-added reseller Sky Connect sold 75 Iridium satellite communication systems to Era Helicopters LLC. The contract with Era, a major Gulf Coast provider...
Kia To Offer Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio and Kia Motors America announced April 13 that Kia will exclusively offer Sirius as factory standard equipment in all of its vehicles. The agreement runs through 2014,...
Hughes Closes Debt Financing Offer
Hughes Communications Inc. raised $450 million through an offering of notes by its wholly owned subsidiaries, Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) and HNS Finance Corp., Hughes announced April 13. The...