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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to launch the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) on May 11 at 6:22 a.m. EDT […]

Lockheed Martin completed a “jitter” test of the Space-based Infrared System (SBIRS) High satellite, part of the U.S. military’s next-generation missile warning system, the company said. The heart of the […]

Inmarsat said it made the first voice call from a Nera BGAN terminal over the Inmarsat-4 satellite, a key step in preparation for the launch of its new Broadband Global […]

Orbimage Inc. said it expects revenues for 2005 to be between $50 million and $60 million, an increase of 62 to 93 percent from 2004 revenues. The company also expects […]

Nordic Satellite SB (NSAB) awarded International Launch Services (ILS) a contract to launch the Sirius 4 satellite in the second quarter of 2007 on a Proton Breeze M rocket. Nordic […]

Alcatel inked a key satellite broadband deal in Saudi Arabia, signing an agreement with the Almisehal Group to supply “DSL-in-the-Sky” broadband access satellite gateway and associated terminal equipment. The Almisehal […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reported revenues of $53 million for the first quarter of 2005, a slight drop from the $57.4 million in revenues in the first quarter of 2004. […]

The Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. will combine the production, engineering, test and launch operations associated with U.S. government launches of Boeing Delta and Lockheed Martin Atlas rockets. United […]

Asia Pulse reported May 3 that TU Media Corp. formally launched its mobile satellite TV service, which allows subscribers to receive television broadcasts on mobile phones and other handheld devices. […]

Wilbur Trafton, president and chief operating officer of Kistler Aerospace, has joined the board of advisors of Wifi Wireless Inc., Wifi announced. During his aerospace career, Trafton served as vice […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. named Erez Antebi CEO of its Gilat Network Systems business unit. Antebi joined Gilat in May 1991 and most recently served as the company’s vice president […]

The British Skylark rocket motor performed its final mission May 2, launching a Maser 10 sounding rocket for the European Space Agency (ESA), Swedish Space Corp. said. The Skylark was […]

Star Choice Communications Inc. in Canada unveiled its new high-definition digital video recorder satellite receiver, the DVR530 HD. The receiver comes equipped with a dual tuner and a 160-gigabit hard […]

Sirius Satellite Radio said former MTV VJ Adam Curry will produce a special program that will broadcast podcasts to Sirius subscribers. Podcasts are contents developed by individuals and downloaded onto […]

SES Astra and satellite service provider Globecast – launched – La TV Latina, the first multilingual Latin culture channel in Europe. La TV Latina is targeted to Latin culture and […]

SES Astra said Cubavision Internacional is now available on ASTRA 19.2 degrees East in digital free-to-air. The information and documentary channel is operated by the Cuban Institute of Radio and […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures was awarded its fifth hybrid satellite/terrestrial system patent, which covers 34 claims. The award of this patent brings the total number of award claims for MSV-originated ancillary […]

The second-to-last Titan 4 was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, April 29, carrying a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office into orbit. This was the final launch of […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) said it is offering a comprehensive range of standard high-speed enterprise broadband service plans in North America. The Direcway Enterprise Service Plans include six primary service […]

SES Americom conducted the last operations on the Satcom C1 satellite, safely de-orbiting the satellite more than 280 km beyond the geosynchronous orbital belt, the company announced May 2. The […]

The DirecTV Group Inc. reported first quarter revenues of $3.15 billion, an increase of 26 percent from first quarter revenues in 2004.The company’s net loss dropped from $639 million to […]

Reuters reported May 2 that Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed a law that calls for convicted child sexual predators to be tracked by satellite. The Jessica Lunsford Act requires sentences […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. added two new Italian-language channels to its international programming line-up: Leonardo World and Video Italia. The new channels will be sold to subscribers of EchoStar’s Dish Network […]

PolarSat Inc. named Regional Director Li Jiang head of the company’s Beijing Representative Office. “Mr. Jiang’s appointment, following so closely the award of a major VSAT contract to PolarSat by […]

Following a 68-year stay in Italy, the Axum Obelisk, a national treasure of Ethiopia, was returned to its homeland with the help of Inmarsat‘s Regional Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) […]

People Convergent Media Systems Names CEO Convergent Media Systems, a provider of digital media platforms, announced that President and Chief Operating Officer Bryan Allen has been promoted to the position […]

Norsat International President and CEO Cameron Hunter has resigned, effective immediately. Hunter had been the CEO of Norsat since August 2003 and an officer of the company since 2002. No […]

A shift is emerging in the teleport business as operators are moving from just offering uplink services to offering more complete solutions to their customers. The shift is highlighted in […]

WiFi Wireless Inc. and Planetel signed a multiyear agreement with an unnamed international satellite operator under which the technologies of the three companies will be merged to offer high-speed data […]

Spanish satellite pay-TV platform Digital+ is on course to have two million subscribers by the end of the year after closing the 2005 first quarter with 1.7 million subscribers, Digital+ […]