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With Mexican satellite operator Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V.‘s (Satmex) facing numerous questions about its future, a group of the company’s creditors filed an involuntary Chapter 11 petition against Satmex […]

Globecomm Network Services Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Globecomm Systems Inc., captured a pair of contracts from unnamed customers valued at a combined $1.6 million, Globecomm announced June 1. […]

OHB Technology AG and Apollo Capital Partners GmbH will acquire Man Technologies AG, OHB announced June 1. Man, based in Augsbug, Germany, manufactures components for the main cryogenic stage, solid […]

Xantic introduced a new integrated services digital network channel for existing Fleet 77 terminals that doubles the speed of current data services, the company announced. The channel, which can provide […]

Iridium Satellite LLC named four companies as the first members of its newly created value-added developers program, the company announced June 1. The program is designed to establish technical relationships […]

Integral Systems Inc. received a contract from Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-Sat) to provide a satellite control system for the Bsat-3a spacecraft, Integral announced June 2. Integral will provide a […]

Alcatel Space is determined to become more of a key player in the field of satellite radio. In the United States, XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio have demonstrated […]

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved the disclosure statement, which includes the proposed plan of reorganization, submitted by Loral Space & Communications, the company […]

Russia’s Federal Space Agency launched a Foton-M 2 satellite laboratory on a Soyuz-U rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome June 1, the Associated Press reported. The satellite, which is on a […]

Space Imaging appointed Dennis Jones vice president of U.S. government and North America sales, the company announced May 31. Jones previously held management positions with Space Imaging’s international and federal […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Inmarsat PLC hopes to raise about 379 million pounds ($688.8 million) in an initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange, the company announced June 1. The shares will […]

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 […]

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 […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC said May 31 the subscriber base for its Direcway two-way broadband satellite service has exceeded the 250,000-subscriber milestone during the second quarter of 2005. “For the […]

By Gerry Oberst When one of the highest policy-making levels of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) meets next month, among its numerous issues will be how to deal with ITU […]

People Eagle Broadband Appoints David Micek President And CEO Eagle Broadband said its board of directors promoted David Micek to the position of president and CEO from his position as […]

Saunders Kramer passed away Monday in Washington, DC, after complications following heart surgery. While at Lockheed Missiles and Space in the late 1950s, Kramer was among the earliest designers of […]

Lowrance Electronics Inc., a maker of GPS user equipment, posted a 2005 third quarter profit of $6.4 million, down from earnings of $6.7 million in the same period in 2004, […]

EMS Satcom, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., named Lindsay, Ontario-based Tech Electronic Services as an authorized distributor of EMS’s eNcompass line of satellite communication products. Tech Electronic Services will […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has stepped up its actions to combat piracy in Hong Kong. Most recently, the association filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction […]

Optus, Australia’s second largest telco and a subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., said its aging B1 satellite experienced an outage last week. The May 23outage was caused by a failure […]

The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group said May 30 it launched a new Global Uplinker Registry, which will provide regional and local uplinkers with a central means of increasing their […]