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The move by MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) to acquire the financially challenged Space & Technology/Montreal division of EMS Technologies Inc. drew a mixed reaction from the financial community....

DirecTV Group Inc. recorded a profit of $95 million on revenue of $3.2 billion in the third quarter 2005, the company reported Nov. 3. In the third quarter 2004, the...

Spacedev Inc. closed the sale of $2.5 million of securities to Laurus Master Fund Ltd., the company announced Nov. 2. The proceeds from the sale will provide working capital, including...

Globecomm Systems Inc. reported revenue of $29.6 million in the company’s first quarter 2006, up 16 percent from revenue of $25.5 million in the same period a year ago, Globecomm...

Worldspace Satellite Radio announced Nov. 3 availability of its service in Ahmedabad, India, the seventh largest city in the country. Ahmedabad has a population of nearly 4 million, including more...

Echostar Communications Corp. announced Nov. 2 that its Dish Network satellite television service now offers B4U Music, a 24-hour global music TV channel. The channel features musical hits from the...

Harris Corp. introduced a new XTCE database converter for the company’s OS/Comet satellite command and control suite of products. The new database allows users to translate databases in XTCE to...

Delphi Corp. delivered the first shipment of the new DS300 satellite transceiver modem to Stellar Satellite Communications, Delphi announced Nov.2. The modem, aimed at the asset-tracking market, delivers data via...

Sea Launch Co. LLC has begun final preparations for the launch of the Inmarsat-4 satellite Nov. 5, Sea Launch announced. The mission was scheduled to be launched Nov. 4, but...

Venezuela signed an agreement Nov. 1 to buy a satellite from China, the Venezuelan Ministry of Science and Technology announced. The Simon Bolivar Satellite will provide telecommunications services such as...