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The first satellite that will be part of Europe’s Galileo global satellite navigation system has been transferred to the Netherlands for testing. The European Space Agency announced that one of...

Spacenet Inc. earlier this week said it extended its services portfolio with the new Connexstar Enterprise Partition (EP) service, which provides a partitioned central hub infrastructure and dedicated network bandwidth...

ITT Industries said it received a one-year base contract from Telos Corp. to provide operations and maintenance support for the AN/GSC-39D Standardized Tactical Entry Point (STEP) facility at Al Udeid...

WRSP Worldspace Inc., a provider of subscription satellite radio services to subscribers outside the United States, joined the satellite operator IPO Class of 2005 Aug. 4 when it’s the company’s...

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) has leased “multiple” transponders aboard the Intelsat Americas-8 (IA-8) satellite, capacity that was purchased prior to the satellite’s June launch, in order to meet expected...

New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. reported revenue of $59.7 million in its second quarter 2005, the company said Aug. 4. The net loss in the second quarter 2005 was $13.2...

DirecTV Group Inc. earned $162 million in its second quarter 2005, rebounding from a net loss of $13 million in the same period a year ago, DirecTV reported Aug. 4....

Worldspace Inc. closed its first day of trading on the Nasdaq market at $22.36. Worldspace’s debuted on the Nasdaq market Aug. 4 under the symbol WRSP with an initial public...

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (Asiasat) launched a new Kashmiri channel aboard Asiasat 2 in conjunction with Azad Jammu and Kashmir Television Station, Asiasat announced Aug. 4. AJK TV is...

The total number of leased C- and Ku-band transponders should exceed 4,950 in 2010, up from 4,125 at the end of 2004, according to Northern Sky Research. While demand for...