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Lockheed Martin‘s first West Coast Atlas 5 rocket has successfully completed “booster on stand” (BOS) operations at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket, which will carry a […]

Iridium Satellite LLC announced plans to deploy a group call push-to-talk voice and data service. The new service will allow for deployment of multi-user communication “nets” from Iridium mobile satphones […]

Loral Space & Communications Ltd. filed a revised plan of reorganization with the Bankruptcy Court. The plan revises terms of a previous plan filed Dec. 5, 2004, reflects an agreement […]

Thomas Eagan, vice president of Oppenheimer‘s subscription TV research group, said that 2005 would be the “last easy year for satellites” competing against cable in the broadcast television market. Eagan […]

Yamaha Electronics Corp. and XM Satellite Radio announced a partnership under which the companies will bring to the market the first XM-ready home entertainment products. Yamaha will manufacture four new […]

SES Americom said its AMC-12, which was launched on Feb. 3, successfully completed a full battery of in-orbit tests and is now being drifted into its 37.5? West orbital location. […]

The Russian Satellite Communications Co. appointed Igor Zabolotny as its deputy director general. He will head the organization’s marketing efforts. He most recently worked as the general director of JSC […]

The Global VSAT Forum and the Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) announced they have joined forces to strengthen their respective efforts to fight satellite RF interference. The agreement reached […]

Iridium Satellite LLC said its constellation of low-earth-orbit communications satellites has achieved a world record of more than 500 satellite-years of in-orbit performance. The company’s initial satellites launched in 1997-1998 […]

Boeing and The DirecTV Group Inc. said the Spaceway F1 satellite arrived at Sea Launch home port in Long Beach, CA., where it will undergo final preparations for a late […]

With the recent ruling by the Federal Communications Commission reaffirming its decision to allow satellite operators to integrate ancillary terrestrial components (ATC) to existing Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) systems (SN, […]

Boeing and The DirecTV Group Inc. said the Spaceway F1 satellite arrived at Sea Launch home port in Long Beach, CA, where it will undergo final preparations for a late […]

“We are not pushing for the two consortia to join together, definitely not,” Rainer Grohe, executive director of the Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU), told Satellite News when asked whether the […]

Many people across the nation probably spent a good portion of March 17 clicking on various Internet sites to get the latest college basketball scores as “March Madness” officially began. […]

Advertising on satellite television took an interactive twist last week when Mercedes-Benz USA gave subscribers of Dish Network, EchoStar Communications Corp.‘s direct-to-home satellite television service, an exclusive first look at […]

President Bush officially named Kevin Martin, a sitting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner, to the top spot, replacing the departing Michael Powell. This method of naming a current commissioner to […]

Upstart company ProtoStar is looking to leave its mark on the Asia-Pacific direct-to-home (DTH) market with a unique way to serve the needs of customers across the entire region. Rather […]

Upstart company Virtual Connexions is looking to tackle the satellite modem market with a new approach that it believes will provide the foundation for a profitable business: applying the terrestrial […]

Lockheed Martin said the team it is leading in the development of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) successfully completed the system preliminary design review (PDR) with the U.S. Navy, […]

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting signed a key deal, which will help it provide satellite broadband solutions in hotels across Europe. The deal was signed with Otrum, a provider of interactive TV […]

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) introduced an online certification database for the association’s National Standards and Testing Program. This database will offer SBCA members improved ways to manage […]

Geolink announced it is providing Iridium mobile satellite communications services for the Oryx Quest 2005 round-the-world sailboat race, which began in February. The Oryx Quest race pits four multi-hull sailing […]

The AFP newswire reported India is planning on launching a satellite that will be used exclusively for health care so patients and doctors in rural and remote areas can remain […]

Americom Government Services said it won a five-year contract from the United States, Caribbean States/Territories and Central American Organization of Air Navigation Services that are coordinated by the regional office […]

Euro1080, the European HDTV media company, has announced that Jean Stock is joining the company as strategic advisor. Euro1080 has been one of the pioneers of HDTV in Europe. Its […]

New Skies Satellites BV has reached a long-term agreement with Latin American broadband service provider Impsat in Argentina to support a new two-way broadband Internet network using the NSS-7 satellite. […]

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. said it was selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to build the Global Precipitation Measurement-Microwave Imager (GMI) in […]

Ekwan-X, a Toronto-based mineral exploration company, said it entered into an agreement to purchase 100,000 square kilometers of satellite images from Aster Images Inc. The images cover a vast area […]

GlobeCast said it launched a new satellite distribution platform on Telstar 10 to expand its capacity in Asia and has opened up a new liaison office in Beijing to serve […]

CBS selected Intelsat to carry the high-definition broadcasts of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, commonly referred to as March Madness, which begins March 17. The tournament will be […]