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EMS Satellite Networks, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., announced July 20 it delivered and installed a DVB-RCS redundant hub to Hellas Sat Consortium Ltd.‘s Athens teleport. The hub will...

Viacom Inc. and DirecTV Inc. announced July 20 a long-term agreement that secures the continued carriage of a variety of Viacom-owned channels on DirecTV’s direct-to-home satellite television service platform. The...

Orbital Sciences Corp. posted a profit of $7.6 million in the second quarter of 2005, down from a profit of $11.1 million in the same period in 2004, Orbital reported...

Russia’s state-owned satellite manufacturing companies may be consolidated under a single entity, according to press reports. Russia’s 10 satellite manufacturers would each become a subsidiary of the new corporation while...

Echostar Communications Corp. cut the price of its service up to 32 percent for new subscribers in six U.S. cities, the company announced July 19. New customers in Atlanta, Dallas,...

Northrop Grumman tested the software that will be used to control the 18 mirror segments of NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope, Northrop Grumman announced July 18. The tests demonstrated the...

Telmap will provide a mobile navigation system for a new GPS service offered by Israeli-cellular operator Mirs Communications Ltd., the companies announced July 18. The Voice Navigator service combines GPS...

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) said July 19 that Russian satellite services provider JSC IP Net acquired a Direcway network operations center and DW7700 routers, enabling IP Net to deliver...

NHK, Japan’s national public broadcaster, signed a deal to lease a full 36 megahertz Ku-band transponder on Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird 3 satellite throughout February 2006, Eutelsat said. NHK will use...

XM Satellite Radio said July 19 it made a $25 million strategic investment in the common stock of Worldspace Inc., which provides satellite radio service to Asia, Europe, the Middle...