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Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) awarded contracts to International Launch Services Inc. (ILS) and Sea Launch Co. to launch next-generation satellites, ILS and Sea Launch announced May 15.   The ILS […]

Intelsat Ltd. reported revenue growth of 85 percent in the first quarter of 2007 but posted a loss of $115.1 million due to the acquisition of PanAmSat, Intelsat announced May […]

GeoEye has appointed Uyen Dinh as its senior director for government affairs, the satellite imaging company announced May 11. Dinh becomes responsible for the overall development and execution of the […]

Modern Times Group (MTG), owner of the Viasat DTH platforms in the Nordic and Baltic regions, has sold one of its direct-shopping channels to a German company, MTG announced. MTG […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has furnished Novatel Inc. with a 10-year license for the company to sell precise-positioning receivers for tracking Galileo signals, Novatel announced May 14. Galileo is […]

Shin Satellite issued its results May 14, showing that by first quarter 2007’s end the satellite operator had approximately 75,000 IPStar customers after adding just over 9,000 customers for the […]

Orbcomm and its subsidiaries have signed a settlement with Quake Global Inc. dismissing all legal proceedings between the companies, Orbcomm announced May 14. Furthermore, they inked a 10-year manufacturing agreement […]

Contact:  Jenn Heinold Senior Tradeshow Marketing Manager 301-354-1813 jheinold@accessintel.com Photos available upon request. For Immediate Release Access Intelligence, LLC Names Scott Chase as SATELLITE 2008-2009 Conference Chairman The annual conference […]

Citing profits from its latest mobile satellite services products, Inmarsat Holdings Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Inmarsat, reported a 16 percent increase in first-quarter revenues for the period ending […]

[5/15/07] China launched a communications satellite for Nigeria, reportedly marking the first time a foreign buyer has purchased a Chinese satellite and its launching service. According to a May 14 […]

Access Intelligence has named Scott Chase as chairman for the SATELLITE 2008 Conference and Exhibition. Active in the satellite industry since 1981, for the past four years Chase has been […]

The U.S. Department of the Interior is seeking nominations for membership on the new National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC), Interior Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett announced on May 14. The […]

A new report on how global warming may precipitate crises forcing military action is eliciting extensive reactions among members of Congress, and discussions later this week at think tanks. For […]

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is proceeding well, with some components ahead of schedule, and the next-generation eye in the sky is set for a 2013 launch on a […]

In the first weather forecasts for planets outside the solar system, NASA researchers have found a giant gas planet likely covered with high winds, while another orb has the highest […]

Thrane & Thrane has appointed NSSL as a key distributor for its satellite radio and communication equipment. NSSL will have a special focus on the European market as part of […]

WorldSpace Satellite Radio lost nearly 7,500 subscribers in the 2007 first quarter, bringing its total subscriber base to 191,600, the company announced May 9. The decline reflected low net additions […]

[5/14/07] Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) reported a profit of $4 million on revenues of $222.7 million in the first three months of 2007, the company announced May 10. A […]

SES Global excited analysts in early May when the company revealed that it expected to realize cost savings on future satellites by focusing on its procurement process. "It is obviously […]

Zoombak is the new name for the former Connectid, a mobile location-based services company and subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp. The change is part a wider rebranding initiative by the […]

Yousuf Al Sayed, CEO of Thuraya, confirmed that his company will launch its Thuraya-3 satellite with Sea Launch despite delays stemming from a January failure. Thuraya-3 is intended to expand […]

ABL Passes Another Test; Further Funds Restoration Sought House lawmakers provided a reprieve that averted death for the Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, while also lifting the […]

Romain Bausch, CEO of SES Global, expressed optimism that the company will find a strong market for its Astra2Connect wholesale broadband service, and revealed being in discussions with telcos in […]

Massive cuts to the Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense (BMD) program would cripple or eliminate the ABL program, its three contractors said in a joint statement. The companies, along […]

The Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system successfully found and tracked a target that resembled an enemy missile rising in a launch, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. […]

NASA plans to build a new stand at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi to test the future Ares lifter rocket engines, propulsion units in the Constellation Program to take […]

Eutelsat Video applications drove a 10 percent increase in Eutelsat’s 2007 third quarter revenues, the company announced May 10. Eutelsat posted revenues of 205.7 million euros ($278.6 million) in the […]

DataPath, Inc. has joined the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) as an executive member. The company provides satellite and wireless communications networks around the world. SIA is a U.S.-based trade association […]

The Department of Defense asked the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington think tank, to study export controls on military items. CSIS will examine current U.S. export […]