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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said the National Remote Sensing Agency’s Data Reception Station at Shadnagar, India, received imagery from the recently launched Cartosat-1. The satellite has been undergoing...

Iridium Satellite LLC selected Cambridge Consultants as a strategic wireless technology development consultant. In this role, Cambridge will help Iridium evolve the design of its ground-based terminal equipment. Cambridge is...

Profits at SES Global grew 9 million euros ($11.6 million) in the 2005 first quarter despite revenue remaining flat, the company reported May 9. SES earned 84 million euros ($108.8...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) closed a $200 million private placement in its former subsidiary Terrestar Networks Inc., which was spun off to MSV’s shareholders as a stand-alone company. Terrestar, in...

Telesat signed a multiyear agreement with ViaSat Inc. to purchase DOCSIS-for-satellite Ka-band consumer terminals. The terminals, which use a networking technology that utilizes satellite bandwidth more efficiently to lower the...

While satellite pay-TV operators have performed strongly in recent years in terms subscriber gains, many continue to deal with the effects of smart card piracy. The illegal watching of content...

Segovia, Inc., a provider of secure global voice, data and video broadband satellite services to the U.S. military, announced that it enabled U.S. troops stationed in Iraq to make more...

Irdeto Access, a Netherlands-based provider of content security for Digital TV, IPTV and mobile and a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers announced that it gave Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie, a...

Harvey White, a co-founder of Qualcomm, has been appointed to ViaSat Inc.‘s board of directors, ViaSat announced May 12. White is chairman of SHW2 Enterprises, a business development and consulting...

Globecomm Systems Inc. posted a profit in its fiscal 2005 third quarter as revenue improved nearly 27 percent from the same period in 2004, the company reported May 11. Globecomm...