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Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI], a New York, N.Y.-based satellite radio company, has selected Steven Van Zandt as a creative advisor to develop a rock and roll channel called “Underground...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has approved three small-satellite missions under the Earth System Science Pathfinder program. The three spacecraft are Orbiting Carbon Observatory, Aquarius and Hydros. The Orbiting...

Dulles, Va.-based SkyBitz has secured $16 million in funding to continue marketing efforts and product enhancements for its satellite-based asset tracking and information management service. This equity financing was co-led...

TANDBERG Television, an Orlando, Fla.-based supplier of open solutions for digital broadcasting and broadband, is providing Intelsat with a turnkey video product, including digital compression and control and monitoring equipment....

Arianespace, an Evry, France-based commercial launch service provider, has received two launch contracts from JCSAT, a Japanese satellite operator. Financial terms were not disclosed. Under one contract, Arianespace will launch...

Woodlands, Tex.-based GlobalNet [OTCBB: GLBT] has been awarded a contract for the termination of voice and data mobile satellite traffic originating from U.S. troops in Iraq. Global Telesat, a privately...

Israel’s AMOS 2 telecommunications satellite was successfully placed into geostationary transfer orbit Dec. 28 aboard a Soyuz/Fregat rocket launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch services were jointly provided by...

On Dec. 29, the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) successfully launched TC-1, the first of two scientific satellites known as Double Star. The spacecraft, called Explorer 1, took off from...

The Russian Satellite Communications Corp.’s (RSCC) Express-AM22 satellite was successfully launched Dec. 29 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Proton rocket. The satellite, which will be located at 53 degrees...

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced Dec. 30 that it had been awarded a contract to build an A2100 geosynchronous satellite for an undisclosed customer, marking the fifth new commercial satellite...