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European satellite operator Eutelsat has awarded contracts worth $2.5 million to ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT] for two broadband satellite networking systems and development of a future Ka-band system. The systems will...

Italian airline Alitalia this month will begin passenger demonstrations of AirTV‘s in-flight Internet access following the service’s validation on one of the airline’s Boeing 767s. AirTV uses satellites to offer...

The last flight of the highly reliable Ariane 4 rocket is scheduled for Feb. 12. It will carry the Intelsat 907 satellite into orbit, Arianespace officials said. The 4,685-kilogram (10,328-pound)...

Boeing [BA] has completed a 12-hour test mission for its first micro-satellite, called XSS-10, to show that an autonomous satellite can operate near other orbiting space objects without colliding, company...

TV Globo, Brazil’s largest broadcaster, has signed a 10-year contract to distribute its international news and entertainment programming to cable and satellite TV operators throughout the Americas over the Intelsat...

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [Toronto: MDA] has been selected by the Canadian Space Agency to design an Earth observation satellite mission that will use hyperspectral technology. The mission will use...

InOut TV agreed to buy satellite capacity from SES Astra, a unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG]. A satellite at 19.2 degrees East will allow InOut TV subscribers to receive...

TVB Satellite Platform (El Segundo, Calif.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Chinese-language broadcaster TVB Group, agreed to let DirecTV, a Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] subsidiary and the largest...

Middle Eastpay-TV satellite operator Showtime expects to become profitable in 2003. The operator, which has around 250,000 subscribers in markets throughout the Middle East, hopes to consolidate its already strong...

An arbitration tribunalhas ruled against Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR] in its dispute over whether it violated a partnership agreement with Alcatel Space. Still unresolved is whether Loral will...