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Verestar, a provider of satellite integration services, and Verizon Communications [NYSE: VZ] have received a SPECTRUM contract from theU.S. Department of State to provide satellite and terrestrial communication services for...

Ground Control, a provider of mobile and fixed satelliteInternet access for businesses, and Hughes Network Systems (HNS) have signed an agreement to provide HNS’ DirecWay two-way, high-speed satellitecommunications services to...

Mobile Satellite Ventures, owner and operator of a North American mobile communications network, named satellite and terrestrial wireless systems manufacturer EMS Technologies Inc. [Nasdaq: ELMG] as its latest service provider....

Eagle Broadband Inc. [NYSE: EAG], a supplier ofbroadband products, services and content, has received an initial purchase order from Euro-GSM (Belgium) to provide low-Earth-orbit, satellite-based communications. Known as the “Orb...

In the aftermath of the Dec. 11 Ariane 5 launch failure, Arianespace has set up a panel to decide by Jan. 14 whether to proceed with the next Ariane 5...

The U.S. Air Force successfully launched a Titan II booster from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:19 a.m. on Monday. The joint government and industry project, dubbed “Coriolis,”...

Orbital Recovery Corp. has appointed Kirby Ikin as its senior vice president for risk management. Ikin has extensive experience in the space insurance and risk management sectors, which he will...

The International Telecommunication Union is partnering with London-based Inmarsat to promote rural telecommunication and support emergency communications in developing countries. Inmarsat will make a 105,000 euro ($109,500) contribution toward the...

Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM], a provider of end-to-end satellite communications services, won two satellite equipment infrastructure contracts valued at $5.3 million. The first contract, obtained from an unidentified...

Cable TV providers are gaining market share in the Canadian digital television market at the expense of satellite TV services, a new study has found. Canadian satellite TV providers have...