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EADS Space Division posted earning before interest and taxes of 58 million euros ($69.3 million) in 2005, up from 9 million euros ($10.8 million) in 2004, as revenues remained relatively […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. will deploy an iDirect Technologies platform to support customers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets, iDirect announced March 6. The initial deployment will include […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. agreed to buy back 11.6 million shares of stock from Credit Suisse, for about $750 million, Northrop Grumman announced March 7. Under the accelerated share repurchase agreement, […]

The next sunspot cycle will be 30 percent to 50 percent stronger than the previous one and begin as much as a year late, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) […]

World Communication Center (WCC), a provider of global satellite voice and data communications, announced March 6 the availability of an emergency satellite communications system. The Hot Shot Kit enables emergency […]

Wildblue Communications selected Andrew Corporation to expand the broadband satellite provider’s network of gateway earth stations in North America, Andrew announced March 7. Andrew will design and install a pair […]

Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (CSR), which offers satellite radio services under the XM Canada brand, has attracted more than 50,000 subscribers in its first three months of operations, the […]

The Russian space agency began its investigation of the Proton launch failure that left the Arabsat 4A satellite in the wrong orbit, International Launch Services (ILS) announced. Preliminary flight information […]

Echostar Communications Corp. will launch local high-definition (HD) TV channels in seven more cities, the company announced March 6. The addition of Albuquerque, Atlanta, Boston, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City […]

Eurostar is launching what it claims is the world’s first Arabic digital satellite receiver along with the Eurostar Home Media Center PC (HMC-3000), the company announced March 6. The HMC-3000 […]

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has called for U.S. government agencies to designate a senior agency official who has agency-wide responsibility, accountability and authority for geospatial information […]

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. entered into an agreement that allows the marketing of its mobile communications services to the U.S. Department of Defense, C-Com announced. Under a memorandum of understanding, […]

The AMC-23 satellite has completed in-orbit testing and has begun operations from its orbital slot of 172 degrees East, SES Americom announced March 2. The spacecraft, placed into orbit in […]

Peter Einstein, CEO of Middle East direct-to-home provider Showtime, which has around 200,000 subscribers, believes the company’s 2005 performance has set Showtime up well for the future. “In 2005, I […]

Trimble introduced a thumbnail-sized, surface-mount, low power module for providing GPS capabilities for next-generation portable handheld, battery-powered applications Trimble announced. The Copernicus GPS module is a drop-in, receiver that provides […]

Globalstar LLC launched a new rate plan targeted specifically for use in the United States in the event of an emergency, the company announced March 2. The Globalstar Emergency Plan […]

Echostar Communications Corp. will launch local high-definition (HD) TV channels in Denver and 61 surrounding counties, as well as nine counties in Nebraska and six in Wyoming, the company announced […]

Alcatel Alenia Space plans to perform a demonstration March 3 of the first emergency service based on the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), the company announced. The service, which […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) named David Claassen vice president of core engineering and Brian Smith vice president of network deployment, the company announced March 2. The pair will work on […]

Americom Government Services Inc. (AGS) signed an agreement with Xtar LLC to market X-band communications capacity to the U.S. Department of Defense and other agencies, AGS announced March 2. Xtar, […]

Raytheon Co. will deliver 15 submarine satellite communication systems to the U.S. Navy under a $35.9 million contract, the company announced March 1. The Submarine High Data Rate systems link […]

New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. reported record revenue of $240.5 million in 2005, up 14 percent from revenue of $210.7 million in 2004, New Skies announced March 1. The satellite […]

An upper stage failure aboard a Russian Proton rocket left the Arabsat 4A satellite short of its intended orbit, launch provider International Launch Services (ILS) announced. News agency RIA Novosti […]

The number of households in the United Kingdom subscribing to pay-TV digital satellite increased by 123,000 to a total of 7.5 million at the end of September, U.K. communications regulator […]

Canadian space company MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. earned Cdn. $68.1 million ($59.8 million) in 2005 on revenues of Cdn. $832.9 million ($730.8 million), the company announced Feb. 28. In […]

SES Astra is enhancing its digital television service offering to broadcasters, announcing plans to offer a new infrastructure service package for free-TV, pay-TV and additional interactive services. The new offer […]

Cisco Systems completed its acquisition of Scientific-Atlanta Feb. 27, giving the San Jose, Calif.-based Internet Protocol (IP) systems and software giant a deeper stake in emerging IPTV, video-on-demand and Internet […]

Japan’s Space Communications Corp. (SCC) purchased a satellite geolocation system from Qinetiq, which will allow SCC to identify and locate sources of interference to its satellites, Qinetiq announced Feb. 28. […]

Technology XM Unveils New Portable Radios XM Satellite Radio unveiled four new portable radios, including a pair of units that can receive live XM signals as well as play stored […]

Arianespace and Space Explorations Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) have again set dates for their oft-delayed launches. Arianespace now plans to launch its heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA with Hisdesat‘s Spainsat and Eutelsat‘s […]