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Wildblue Communications Inc. announced it would begin rolling out satellite Internet service, providing high-speed Internet connections to homes and small businesses in communities in the continental United States not currently...

Shin Satellite PCL‘s board of directors approved the construction of Thaicom 5, a satellite that will be used to expand its Ku-band channels and satellite coverage in Thailand and neighboring...

Space TV, a joint venture between the Tata Group and News Corp’s Star India, received approval to launch a direct-to-home satellite network in India, Reuters reported. The service is expected...

EMS Satellite Networks (SatNet), a division of EMS Technologies, appointed Bill Hafner as director of federal sales, effective immediately. SatNet also hired consulting firm Zelinger Associates Inc. as its sales...

A team led by Boeing, including Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Harris Corp., Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. and Carr Astronautics, submitted a proposal for the program definition and risk...

Mobile Satellite Ventures said it received a sixth patent related to its ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) technology for its Mobile Satellite Services. The patent covers systems and methods for coordinating...

Panamsat Holdings Corp. said it is extending the expiration date for the exchange offer relating to all of its outstanding 10-3/8 percent senior discount notes. Panamsat is looking to exchange...

EMS Satcom, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., said that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Branch of the Department of Homeland Security successfully flight-tested the company’s eNfusion broadband communications...

Although it won the authorization to proceed with the satellite design and construction on April 27, Lockheed Martin said it formally signed the contract with Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. of...

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. successfully delivered the CloudSat weather and climate spacecraft to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., for launch later this year. CloudSat is part of the multi-satellite,...