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Orbital Sciences Corp. named Ronald Kadish, the former director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, to the company’s board of directors, Orbital announced June 30. Kadish retired from the Air […]

Alcatel and Finmeccanica completed the formation of a pair of new joint ventures: Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio Holding, the companies announced July 1. Alcatel Alenia Space (held 67 percent […]

Viasat Broadcasting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Modern Times Group (MTG), signed content deals to boost its direct-to-home and Internet protocol television packages in the Nordic and Baltic regions. Viasat […]

A team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. completed the delta preliminary design review on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program, Northrop Grumman announced June 29. The review […]

XM Satellite Radio said July 1 it added more than 640,000 new net subscribers during the second quarter of 2005, bringing its total number of subscribers to more than 4.4 […]

Alcatel Space received a contract from Thailand’s Shin Satellite Inc. for the construction of the Thaicom 5 communications satellite, Alcatel announced June 30. Thaicom 5 will be based on Alcatel’s […]

Echostar Communications Corp. announced July 4 that it added The Sporting News TV to the interactive programming lineup offered via its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service. The channel, available […]

SES Astra announced July 4 it entered into an agreement with Netherlands-based regional broadcaster L1 to provide free-to-air broadcasts of L1 TV and L1 Radio via the Astra satellite at […]

Spot Image announced July 4 that its board of directors named Herve Buchwalter as the company’s new chairman and CEO at a June 22 meeting. He succeeds Jean-Marc Nasr, who […]

Alcatel won a key rural telephony contract in Africa that will bring telecommunication services to remote parts of the continent, the company said. Under the deal with RascomStar-QAF, the pan-African […]

Boeing Co.‘s board of directors elected James McNerney Jr. as the company’s new chairman, president and CEO, Boeing officials announced June 30. McNerney joins Boeing after serving as chairman and […]

Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) filed in Mexico a voluntary concurso mercantil, which is similar to a bankruptcy filing in the United States, the company announced June 29. According […]

Intelsat said June 30 it is donating satellite capacity to facilitate the broadcast of five of the Live 8 concerts, though Intelsat spokeswoman Jodi Katz told Satellite Today that Intelsat […]

The Center for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) of Singapore signed a joint venture agreement with Spot Image S.A. to become a partner in Spot Asia, the regional Spot […]

By Gerry Oberst While U.S. policy makers are concerned about the broadcasting of indecent material and adult content, Europeans are wrestling with a different kind of content issue–satellite- delivered programming […]

Orbimage Holdings Inc. announced June 29 that its Orbimage Inc. subsidiary signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. to supply high-resolution global satellite image data for MSN Virtual Earth, a component […]

People GLOBALSTAR Names New General Manager Globalstar LLC named Greg Tees the new general manager of Globalstar Europe Satellite Services. Tees will oversee Globalstar’s European business operations from the company’s […]

Telenor Satellite Services announced June 29 a four-year agreement with British Telecommunications (BT) to provide an Internet protocol (IP) custom network over satellite to 83 European Commission embassies around the […]

ViaSat Inc. said June 30 the U.S. Air Force Cryptologic Systems Group awarded the company a $3.16 million contract to develop cryptographic equipment for the Space Ground Applications in Satellite […]

Stratos Global Corp. announced June 28 the appointment of Scott Hoyt as senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Hoyt will be responsible for the overall direction, implementation and operation […]

Intelsat Ltd. announced June 28 that William Atkins resigned as the company’s CFO to pursue other interests. The company named Robert Medlin acting CFO and commenced a search for a […]

Symmetricom Inc. received a contract to develop next-generation atomic clocks that could be used on the U.S. Air Force‘s GPS 3 constellation, the company announced June 28. Under the $3.9 […]

Weida Communications Inc. announced June 28 that China’s Shenyang Water Conservancy Bureau awarded the company a $210,000 contract to supply an emergency satellite communications system. Shenyang awarded the contract to […]

Pace Micro Technology announced June 29 a supplier agreement with Modern Times Group Viasat Broadcasting to support the Nordic satellite pay television service provider’s personal video recorder (PVR) rollout in […]

DirecTV Inc. said June 29 it filed a program access complaint with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against In Demand, a programming service owned by cable service providers Comcast, […]

Shin Satellite Pcl approved the investment of up to $100 million to build a new satellite intended to expand the company’s Ku-band services and coverage, Shin Satellite said in a […]

Nine Canadian organizations have appealed the government’s decision to license satellite radio services in the country. A letter protesting the June 16 decision to award licenses to Canadian companies representing […]

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed an agreement June 27 to include three European instruments on India’s first moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, ISRO announced. […]

XM Satellite Radio said June 28 it signed an agreement with Hyatt Hotels Corp. under which the nationwide hotel operator will offer XM satellite radio service free of charge to […]

Sirius Satellite Radio and Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Inc. announced June 28 a multiyear agreement to create and launch Asian language channels on Sirius. The first channel launched as part of […]