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The European Commission (EC) cleared the merger of the government launch operations of Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. into the United Launch Alliance joint venture. According to an Aug....

German satellite pay-TV operator Premiere, reported earlier this week it had more than 3.3 million subscribers at the end of June, a year-on-year increase of more than 14 percent. Premiere...

Caprock Communications said earlier this week that BHP Billiton would use Caprock’s disaster recovery solution for its back-up communications system to ensure that constant communications are maintained during hurricane season...

Spacenet Inc. earlier this week introduced a satellite backup solution to its Connexstar On-Demand suite of services. As an extension to Spacenet’s Connexstar VSAT and DSL offering, Connexstar Backup provides...

New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. introduced Scott Schneider as the eighth member of the company’s board of directors, effective Aug. 7. He will serve as a member of the company’s...

China is planning to launch a lunar probe in 2007, according to a report from the Xinhua news agency. The Aug. 9 report cited an official from the China Aerospace...

Panamsat Holdings Corp. reported an increase in total revenue for the second quarter 2005 to $213.8 million, up from $206.8 million in the second quarter 2004. However, the revenue increase...

Revenue for SES Global grew nearly 10 percent to 609.2 million euros ($752.6 million) in the first half of 2005, compared to revenue of 555.3 million euros ($686 million) in...

Echostar Communications Corp. reported an 18 percent increase in total revenues to $2.1 billion in the second quarter 2005, compared to $1.8 billion in revenues reported in the second quarter...

Telenor Satellite Services received approval from the Brazilian government to offer Inmarsat services throughout Brazil, the company announced Aug. 9. The approval, announced by the Brazilian government July 25, completes...