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Modulus Video Inc. announced April 6 that recent orders for its MPEG-4 AVC standard definition and high definition video encoding systems have exceeded $10 million. Included in this recent orders […]

SES Astra signed a deal with French pay-TV group Canal+, which will see the group use a transponder at 19.2 degrees East to broadcast high-definition (HD) content, SES announced April […]

France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications has signed on as the first sales associate to offer the Connexion by Boeing maritime high-speed connectivity service to the commercial shipping industry, Boeing announced […]

Nera will sell its DVB-RCS business to STM Group USA for about $2.5 million, Nera announced April 3. The transfer includes the Nera Satlink series and all intellectual property rights […]

Thales agreed to acquire Alcatel‘s 67 percent stake in satellite manufacturer Alcatel Alenia Space, the companies announced April 5. Thales will issue 26.7 million shares of stock to Alcatel and […]

Boeing‘s Orbital Express system completed a pair of test milestones, Boeing announced April 4. Boeing completed its baseline integrated system test of the Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations spacecraft and […]

BAE Systems signed a memorandum of agreement with U.K.-based Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) to market the technology firm’s small satellite technology and processes to customers in the United States, […]

The European Space Agency (ESA)’s awarded three study contracts under Phase A of its Near-Earth Object (NEO) deflecting mission dubbed Don Quijote. Although the risk of a large asteroid colliding […]

Telenor Satellite Services and Addvalue Technologies Ltd. unveiled their first offering under a previously announced strategic partnership. The companies will bundle Addvalue’s Sabre 1 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminal […]

Caprock Communications announced April 4 that it appointed Tore Hilde vice president of European operations. In addition to expanding Caprock’s European presence, Hilde will be in charge of launching a […]

Robert Peckham has been named interim president and general manager of the Sea Launch Company LLC, effective March 30. Peckham has served as vice president of sales and marketing for […]

Orbimage Holdings Inc., which does business under the name Geoeye, will amend its second and third quarter 2005 financial statements, the company announced March 30. The changes to the quarters […]

SES Americom has launched a competition for college studens designed to identify commercially viable ideas and concepts that show promise of advancing communications satellite technology and services, the company announced […]

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems was awarded an $8.3 million contract to provide development, analysis, operations and support of the GPS Interference And Navigation Tool (GIANT). GIANT, a simulation tool […]

Spacedev‘s Starsys division has been awarded two contracts from the U.S. Air Force to continue the development of deployable boom structures for satellites, Spacedev announced April 4. Deployable booms are […]

Direct 8, a new entertainment channel launched March 31, has concluded an agreement to broadcast its signal via Eutelsat Communications satellites, Eutelsat announced April 3. Under the five-year contract, Eutelsat […]

Boeing awarded ViaSat Inc. a contract valued at about $57 million to develop the ground-based beam-forming system for the new Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) communications network, Boeing announced April 4. […]

Alcatel Alenia Space will begin studying the design of Globalstar’s next-generation satellite constellation, Globalstar announced April 4. Under the agreement, Alcatel Alenia Space will perform an analysis of future requirements […]

EMS Technologies Inc. Defense & Space Systems Division announced April 3 the addition of new staff to oversee the development of technology solutions for U.S. government laboratories and airborne and […]

SES Atra has appointed Wolfgang Keuntje managing director of a new subsidiary tasked with establishing a digital infrastructure in Germany, the company announced. The company will offer broadcasters expanded services […]

XM Satellite Radio added more than 568,000 net new subscribers during the first quarter of 2006, bringing its total number of subscribers to more than 6.5 million, the company announced […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced April 3 that Six Continents Hotels Inc. has extended its enterprise network services contract with Gilat subsidiary Spacenet Inc. through 2008. In addition to the […]

Alcatel and Lucent Technologies have entered into a definitive merger agreement that will create a global communications powerhouse, the companies announced April 2. The announcement did not address what may […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) has hired James Corry to lead the company’s system solutions for all federal, state and local government needs, as well as the solutions for emergency […]

Trimble plans to launch its new Trimble VRS Now service for Great Britain in May, the company announced March 29. VRS Now, using data provided by the nationwide GPS network […]

Tandberg Television announced March 30 that it would launch a pair of high-definition (HD) digital satellite and electronic newsgathering solutions (DSNG and DENG) based on its advanced compression engine. Tandberg […]

Hatice Memiguven, COO of Turkish direct-to-home operator Digiturk, believes the major challenge for the company as it rolls out new offerings is to convince households in Turkey the value of […]

Sea Launch‘s Odyssey launch platform and the Sea Launch Commander departed the company’s port in Long Beach, Calif., in advance of the scheduled launch of the JCSAT-9 communications satellite for […]

Technology Aeroflex Introduces Equalizer Aeroflex/Inmet indroduced an equalizer that operates within the Ka-band. This development was accelerated as a result of a funded contract for two fully adjustable 10 dB […]

Raytheon Co. completed three testing milestones on an advanced sensor engineering development unit for the U.S. government’s National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), Raytheon announced. Raytheon Space and Airborne […]