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Gencorp Inc.‘s aerospace and defense segment, Aerojet, posted revenues of $165.7 million in the second quarter of 2006, a 16 percent increase over revenues from the same period in 2005, […]

The boards of Eltek ASA and Nera ASA announced they have agreed to merge to create a Norwegian telecom giant, which will improve the companies’ position in transmission, telecom power […]

Technology MSV Unveils New Satellite Communication Repeaters Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced the availability of a pair of new vehicle-mounted repeater products that operate with the MSAT-G2 Mobile Satellite Radio. […]

Globalstar Satellite Services Ltd. received a license from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to provide satellite voice and data services in the country, Globalstar Inc. announced June […]

Vega Group plc won a five-year contract extension from Serco Group plc to continue providing technical support for the Skynet military satellite communications program, Vega announced June 29. The $3.4 […]

Loral Space and Communications Inc. promoted Patrick DeWitt to CEO of Space Systems/Loral and chose John Celli to succeed him as president and COO of Space Systems/Loral. DeWitt has worked […]

Harris Corp. signed an agreement with Sky PerfecTV, a Japanese direct-to-home satellite service company, to provide a high-definition (HD) version of Harris’ playout automation application and its media ingest application, […]

Transformational Space Corp. (T/Space) added Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Near Earth LLC to its team competing to build a follow-on vehicle to the space shuttle, T/Space announced June […]

Space Systems/Loral selected Ampac-ISP Corp. to supply thrusters for the Telstar 11N communications satellite, the first commercial mission for the thrusters. The thrusters, which will be used for orbit insertion […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has delayed the launch of the Radarsat-2 imaging satellite until March 2007, the company announced June 28. The launch most recently had been set for […]

Boeing Co. placed a satellite into orbit July 27 for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, the first mission for the company’s Delta 4 launch vehicle to originate from the U.S. […]

In the articles “Geosage Introduces True-Color Global Satellite Imagery,” and “Boeing Exploring Future Of Connexion Business” (Satellite Today, Jan. 28) we misidentified the companies Geosage and Connexion By Boeing. We […]

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced June 27 it would open the East Coast Node of its Coastwatch program in Annapolis, Md., which will provide access to […]

DiTV opened an authorized service center in Taipei, Taiwan, to provide customer support for Norsat International Inc. The center will offer the capability to diagnose, repair, overhaul and upgrade satellite […]

Trimble supplied reference stations and software to help establish the first infrastructure network in Perth, Western Australia, Trimble announced June 28. The infrastructure will use next-generation GPS signals to provide […]

NASA’s Langley Research Center awarded Aerojet a five-year contract to develop technology for a rocket-powered landing system for NASA’s Crew Exploration Vehicle. The landing system will reduce the downward velocity […]

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. received a contract from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center to design and manufacture two cloud cameras for the Glory mission, which is part of the […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. supplied Impsat with a Skyedge satellite hub, which will be used to provide services to enterprises throughout Argentina, Gilat announced June 27. The platform will provide […]

Unipart Group, a supplier of aftermarket automobile parts in the United Kingdom, invested 2.5 million British pounds (about $4.6 million) in a Web-based satellite vehicle tracking system from Masternaut. The […]

Eagle Broadband Inc. will supply its Satmax satellite communications technology to Norfolk Southern Corp., Eagle Broadband announced June 27. Norfolk previously installed a Satmax system in 2005 that allows customers […]

Geostage of Australia introduced June 26 a true-color medium-resolution global satellite imagery based on data collected by the U.S. government’s Landsat satellite, the company announced June 26. The dataset is […]

Speedcast Ltd. launched an interactive mobile TV platform available across Asia using an advanced multicast satellite delivery platform dubbed Mobicast. The service will provide more than 30 Mobile TV channels […]

Globalstar Inc. announced June 27 its sixth North American satellite ground station went into operation June 21. The Alaska station will provide enhanced coverage over parts of Alaska, northwestern British […]

Roadpost will provide Iridium satellite emergency communications for Medstar Health’s personnel and facilities, Roadpost announced June 26. Roadpost will install nine multichannel fixed terminals at Medstar’s hospitals and facilities and […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC granted Microelectronics Technology Inc. (MTI) of Taiwan the right to build the Internet Protocol over Satellite-compliant Hughes HN700 series terminals, Hughes announced June 27. The terminals […]

Digitalglobe names Russia’s Sovzond the exclusive distributor for its Quickbird satellite imagery in the countries that comprise the Commonwealth of Independent States, Digitalglobe announced June 27. “The market share for […]

Boeing Co. will halt new sales of its Connexion broadband satellite Internet service while it explores the future of the business, Boeing announced June 26. “The market for the service […]

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded Globecomm Systems Inc. a multiple award schedule contract, which will improve the company’s ability to offer its satellite communications solutions to authorized civilian […]

Echostar Communications Corp. extended its deal to broadcast the NFL Network and moved the channel to a less expensive package, Echostar announced June 26. Beginning July 13, NFL Network will […]