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EADS Space Services has purchased a 49 percent stake in the London Satellite Exchange, the Exchange announced. The acquisition will strengthen EADS Space Services’ one-stop-shop strategy of providing satellite capacity […]

Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) will place the Express AM-11 communications satellite, damaged in a collision with space junk, into a disposal orbit, the company announced March 30. Express AM-11, […]

SES Global completed its $1.2 billion acquisition of New Skies Satellites, SES announced March 30. With the addition of the New Skies fleet, SES and its affiliates will operate 43 […]

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 […]

Globecomm Systems Inc., announced March 28 that the company received a contract modification from a U.S. Government prime contractor increasing the base contract by $3.8 million. Under the contract, Globecomm […]

Lockheed Martin Space Systems won a preliminary design and concept study start-up contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Mars Science Laboratory aeroshell system. Lockheed Martin will design and […]

Euronews, announced March 29 that it is now available on the 3G offer of TMN mobile operator in Portugal. The TMN 3G mobile phone users have access to Euronews live […]

Austar, an Australian communications and pay-TV provider, is teaming up with Soul to deliver wireless broadband services in regional Australia. Soul’s Internet Protocol (IP)-based data and voice network will provide […]

Intelsat announced March 29 that the Agency for the Safety of Aerial Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) signed a long-term, multi-million dollar contract to expand its use of satellite […]

Loral Space & Communications Inc. lost $74 million in 2005, excluding a gain related to its bankruptcy proceedings, compared to a loss of $177 million in 2004, the company announced […]

Mainstream Data entered into an agreement with Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP), the national news agency for the Netherlands, to distribute news stories, photographs and graphics files to its newspaper and […]

ND Satcom, targeting a stronger performance in Eastern Europe, has opened a subsidiary in Moscow. ND Satcom Russia is intended to strengthen the company’s activities in Russia and the CIS […]

Telenor Satellite Services announced March 28 the signing of a three-year communications agreement with British Petroleum (BP) for global broadband services over satellite. Approximately 20 vessels are slated to use […]

EMS Satcom‘s Enfusion AMT-3800 antenna received type approval from Inmarsat, EMS announced March 28. The fuselage-mount high-gain antenna is designed to fit smaller aircraft and provide a smaller, lighter solution […]

Garmin International Inc. introduced March 27 the GPSMAP 378 and GPSMAP 478 — a pair of portable GPS units that come pre-loaded with a comprehensive set of maps and charts. […]

Uplogix, a provider of automated network support solutions, has appointed Paul Strelzick as vice president of worldwide sales. Strelzick will oversee the company’s sales and business development operations and report […]

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. reported total revenues of $6 million and a net profit of $450,000 for the fiscal year ending November 2005. In the previous year, the company reported […]

XM Satellite Radio unveiled March 27 that it will add10 new commercial-free music channels and seven regional news and talk channels to its lineup by the end of summer. On […]

SES Astra added nearly 1 million households in 2005 to reach 16.2 million TV households receiving Astra satellite programming in Germany, the company announced. Nearly 6.3 million homes received digital […]

A fuel leak shut down the main engine of Space Explorations Technology Corp.‘s (SpaceX) Falcon 1 rocket, and the vehicle crashed less than a minute into its inaugural mission March […]

Eagle Broadband Inc. a provider of broadband, Internet Protocol (IP) and communications technology and services, announced that World Communication Center (WCC), a provider of global satellite voice and data communications, […]

Wildblue Communications Inc. announced that it would offer free installation for its high-speed Internet via satellite beginning April 1. Wildblue provides high-speed Internet access via satellite to homes and small […]

DirecTV’s will launch a package of channels tailored for fans of Italian soccer, the satellite operator announced March 23. Calciodirect will offer a trio of soccer channels, GolTV, Fox Soccer […]

Prime manufacturer EADS Astrium has completed the testing of the first Meteorological Operational (MetOp) satellite to Baikonur in advance of its scheduled June launch. MetOp-A, the first in a series […]

Sierra Atlantic Ltd., the sole Indian distributor for RSI Inc., has received certification for Envi to be used to process data from the Indian Cartosat-1 satellite. Envi, a remote sensing […]

Premiere, the German pay-TV operator, is confident it will be a leader in terms of providing high-definition (HD) services. The operator, which has 3.5 million subscribers in Germany, launched its […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC introduced today its new HughesNet brand, replacing Direcway. The new brand unifies the company’s range of broadband solutions and services, going beyond Direcway’s traditional “broadband by […]

Space Explorations Technology Corp. (SpaceX) postponed the inaugural flight of its Falcon 1 rocket by a day to March 24, the company announced. The company performed a static fire test […]

International Communications Group Inc. (ICG) announced March 22 that it has completed testing of its ACARS-compliant (Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System), Iridium-based messaging solution and delivered initial production equipment. […]

STMicroelectronics, a supplier of silicon chips for set-top boxes (STBs), announced March 22 a low-cost satellite STB receiver/decoder chip – the STI5188 – intended for high-volume free-to-air markets in Asia, […]