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Ukraine reached an agreement with the European Union (EU) to participate in the Galileo satellite navigation project, becoming the third non-EU country to join the program, the EU announced June […]

Satellite control software developed by Harris Corp. has assumed control of the Quickbird commercial imagery satellite owned and operated by Digitalglobe, Harris announced June 6. Harris installed its OS/Comet-based Satellite […]

Limoliner, a Massachusetts-based motor coach operator that offers service between New York City and Boston, installed a Tracvision A5 antenna on its 28-passenger luxury motor coach to bring DirecTV satellite […]

iDirect Technologies launched its Global Edge Connect solution to deliver last-mile wireless connectivity via satellite. Global Edge Connect is a wireless Internet Service Provider solution that will incorporate a carrier-class, […]

Sirius Satellite Radio said June 6 that it’s exclusive relationship with Ford Motor Co. has been extended through September 2011. The agreement covers all Ford brands in the United States, […]

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems added new functionality to its IPT Suitcase navigation solution offering, which the company claims will make the product as easy to use as a mobile phone. The […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) unveiled June 6 its managed telecommunications service, Direcway Unified Broadband, aimed at providing enterprise users with a generic broadband network solution. HNS will offer network […]

The commercial satellite industry generated $97.2 billion in revenues in 2004, up 6.7 percent from the previous year, according to the Satellite Industry Association‘s (SIA) “State of the Satellite Industry […]

Loral Space & Communications Ltd. moved a step closer to emerging from bankruptcy when the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved, June 1, the company’s […]

Tracking people using GPS technology, particularly paroled felons, is gaining media attention. Now GPS Tracks LLC is applying that concept to help people keep track of something a bit closer […]

While market conditions continue to be tough for satellite manufacturers, Alcatel Space CEO Pascale Sourisse is confident the company’s prospects for revenue growth prospects will remain strong. Whether it is […]

The biggest news affecting a publicly-traded company in the past five business days leading up to this issue’s June 3 publication was the launch of an investigation of Orbital Sciences […]

G2 Satellite Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Panamsat that focuses on providing communications solutions to the U.S. government, announced June 1 the launch of a new global managed network service […]

Arianespace said it would launch the Spaceway 2 satellite for DirecTV and Telkom 2 for PT Telkom Indonesia June 24. The spacecraft will be launched aboard an Ariane 5 ECA […]

King Controls, a Minneapolis-based manufacturer of mobile satellite antenna systems, filed a patent infringement suit against KVH Industries Inc., King announced May 27. The suit, filed in Minnesota Federal District […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) said it signed a Space Act Agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regarding the development of human spaceflight hardware. Space Act Agreements […]

Sirius Satellite Radio announced June 1 an exclusive series that will follow Lance Armstrong on his quest for an historic seventh consecutive Tour de France title, which begins July 2. […]

Russia announced it is preparing to launch an English-language television news broadcasting service targeted at foreign viewers around the globe. The new 24-hour news channel, named Russia Today TV, will […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reached a settlement with the government of Israel covering six years of tax assessments against the company, Gilat announced May 30. Under the settlement, Gilat agreed […]

Shin Satellite PCL raised about 3.2 billion Thai bhat ($78.2 million) in a public stock offering, the company said June 2. The Thai satellite operator sold 208 million new shares […]

Globalstar introduced May 31 Express Data, a subscription-based service that allows users to send e-mail, transfer files and browse the Internet two to five times faster than the 9.6 kilobits […]

Radyne Comstream announced June 3 it changed its name to Radyne Corp. and adopted a simplified brand strategy. The company will manufacture and sell satellite and microwave communications equipment using […]

Novatel Inc. claims to be the first company to demonstrate a dual mode GPS and Galileo L1/E5A dual frequency prototype receiver in North America. Novatel made the claim even though […]

New Zealand pay-television operator Sky Network Television Ltd. said June 3 it has developed a plan to secure access to a back-up satellite in the event that its current satellite, […]

Americom Government Services Inc. (AGS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES Americom, said May 31 it received a contract through prime contractor Innovative Technologies Inc. to provide the satellite communications bandwidth […]

Lockheed Martin and Aerojet conducted the second test firing of the Atlas 5 upgraded Block B solid rocket booster (SRB). The test firing was performed late last month at Edwards […]

Radyne Comstream Inc. announced May 31 that it completed its acquisition of Xicom Technology. After final adjustments, Radyne paid $37.7 million in cash, 219,708 shares of stock and assumed $5.1 […]

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) performed a 5-second test firing of its main engine May 28, SpaceX announced. The wet dress rehearsal took place at the company’s Space Launch Complex-3 West […]

Saunders Kramer passed away May 30 in Washington, D.C., after complications following heart surgery. He was 84. Kramer, while working at Lockheed Missiles and Space in the late 1950s, was […]

The Tuttle family of Strasburg, Colo., became the first subscriber of Wildblue Communications Inc.‘s two-way broadband satellite service June 2, and if the service turns out to be successful, the […]