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Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG] has closed a private placement of more than $1 billion with a group of 29 investors. The satellite service operator’s advisors to the...

Toulouse, France-based SPOT Image has signed a channel partnership agreement with Inta SpaceTurk, granting the exclusive rights to distribute SPOT 5 satellite image products and services within Turkey, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan,...

Paradise Datacom, a satellite equipment provider with operations in the U.K. and U.S., has chosen San Jose, Calif.-based LynuxWorks to provide software for its next-generation satellite data modems. Financial terms...

Fairfax, Va.-based Xybernaut [Nasdaq: XYBR] has announced that the company is offering GPS receivers from Boston, Mass.-based Teletype as a value-add component for its mobile/wearable computers. Xybernaut said the initial...

Orlando, Fla.-based ARINC said its SKYLink satellite broadband data system for business aircraft is in production following successful flight trials and final conformance testing. ARINC developed the SKYLink system with...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) has resumed measurements of the Earth’s polar ice sheets, clouds, mountains and forests with the second of...

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Jericho, N.Y.-based Rainbow DBS, the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) venture of Bethpage, New York-based Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC], revealed last week that its fledgling service envisions high-definition television (HDTV) and...

Boeing [NYSE: BA], the world’s largest satellite manufacturer, is bracing for a weak recovery from the current drought in new satellite orders. The lackluster outlook was offered by Jim Albaugh,...

DigitalGlobe, of Longmont, Colo., ultimately may not be the only winner of a $500 million, five-year contract to meet the imagery needs of the U.S. defense and intelligence agencies under...