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Independent market research firm Northern Sky Research is expecting growth in the satellite broadband market in 2005. According to the group’s just-released fourth update to its “Broadband Satellite Markets” study,...

Harris Corp. said Lockheed Martin Space and Strategic Missiles selected it for a risk reduction design development program to provide unfurlable mesh reflectors for the U.S. Defense Department’s Mobile User...

Sirius Satellite Radio said it will broadcast the National Basketball Association regular season games, the playoffs and the finals as part of a non-exclusive multi-year extension agreement. Financial terms of...

The Dominion Post (New Zealand) reported Jan. 24 that Nzlsat has submitted an application with the New Zealand Economic Development Ministry to launch a new satellite that would be located...

Latens Systems signed a key content protection deal with Swedish Space Corporation (SSC). SSC will use Latens next generation content and protection systems for its content distribution business. Latens provides...

The Securities and Exchange Commission asked The DirecTV Group Inc. to provide more information on the accounting details surrounding agreements on Pegasus Communications Corp., the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative and...

The Space Dept. of research firm Airclaims Ltd. said that 2004 was the worst year since 1961 for the number of space launches. According to the company’s SpaceTrack database, launch...

Patriot Antenna Systems has released a new mount that enables a more practical Azimuth Fine Tune adjustment. The mount meets positioning requirements of VSAT antenna systems, specifically the Ka-band VSAT...

Inmarsat announced that it will begin operating its Inmarsat Aanalog voice and data service over its Indian Ocean-East satellite located at 109 degrees East beginning Feb. 19. Service in the...

Direct broadcast satellite services will dominate capacity usage by the end of the decade, according to a recently released white paper from Futron Corp. In the report, Futron predicts that...