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Construction of the 18 mirror segments that will make up the optical system for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope has completed the initial phase. In the first step, molten beryllium...

In its first financial report since going public in June, Inmarsat reported increases in both earnings and profits for the first six months of 2005, compared to the same period...

Wildblue Communications Inc. said Aug. 23 David Leonard will take over as the company’s CEO effective Sept. 1. Co-founder and current CEO Tom Moore is stepping down because he has...

XM Satellite Radio said Aug. 23 its satellite radio receivers will make their debut in Suzuki automobiles in a pair of 2006 models. The Grand Vitara and the XL-7 sport...

iDirect Technologies said Aug. 23 it sold its 200th IP-based hub router solution to Telefonica CTC in Chile. Telefonica CTC will install the hub in Santiago, Chile, in order to...

The latest part of Echostar Communications Corp.‘s new “Better TV for all” marketing campaign has the direct-to-home television service provider seeking a town to legally and permanently change its name...

The president of Pakistan has given preliminary approval to a program to develop the nation’s first imagery satellite, according to press reports. The Remote Sensing Satellite System (RSSS) would be...

The countdown for the launch of Japan’s Optical Inter-orbit Communication Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) and a piggyback spacecraft is underway for an Aug. 24 launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in...

BT Media And Broadcast said Aug. 22 it expanded its deal with Filipino broadcaster ABS-CBN to encompass the management of ABS-CBN’s entire European network, including service support, operations and satellite...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) introduced its new MSAT-G2 mobile satellite radio Aug. 22. The MSAT-G2 supports continent-wide, satellite dispatch radio and circuit-switched voice communications. The unit includes full suite of...