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Geolink announced yesterday 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 […]

Thrane & Thrane said it would begin marketing its first Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminal next week at the SATELLITE 2005 conference and exhibition, being held in Washington, D.C., […]

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 […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. reported a 25 percent increase in revenues in 2004 to $7.15 billion from $5.74 for the year ended Dec. 31, 2003. However, the company said reported a […]

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 […]

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, […]

Panamsat Holdings Corp. March 17 began trading shares of common stock as part of an initial public offering (IPO). The 50 million shares were priced at $18.00 per share and […]

President Bush March 16 officially named Kevin Martin the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Martin, currently a commissioner, will replace the departing Michael Powell. This method of naming […]

Intelsat said it was selected by CBS 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. […]

BMW of North America said it is partnering with Sirius Satellite Radio to promote it new 3 Series vehicles. On March 26, BMW will launch a 44-day cross-country tour, named […]

XM Satellite Radio and the PGA Tour announced a long-term broadcasting and marketing agreement, under which XM gains exclusive rights to broadcast PGA Tour events. Beginning this summer, the PGA […]

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 […]

Virtual Connexions said it would launch its VC-1000 satellite access modem at the upcoming SATELLITE 2005 Conference and Exhibition, being held in Washington, D.C. from March 22-25. Virtual Connexions said […]

New Skies Satellites 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. Impsat […]

Americom Government Services said it was awarded 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 […]

EMS Technologies Inc. said it intends to restructure its participation in its satellite networks business. In the coming months, EMS will consider a variety of potential approaches, including joint ventures […]

Eumetsat hopes its recent collaboration with Vito, the Flemish Institute for Technological Research, will result in a formal three-year agreement after a series of successful trials. The two organizations have […]

Northern Sky Research said in a report released March 15 that the total revenue for the satellite industry derived from government and military users is expected to grow to more […]

Dow Jones reported March 15 that German Transport Minister Manfred Stolpe has expressed concern with the transparency of the bidding process for the Galileo concession. Galileo is a satellite-based navigation […]

Sirius Satellite Radio said WSI Corp. would provide it with a full suite of marine weather content for a new service expected to launch later this year. Sirius plans to […]

CapRock Communications said it signed an alliance agreement with Robotic Satellite Technology Solutions (RST) for the distribution of a new automatically deployable satellite system for mobile communications vehicles. CapRock will […]

Only just more than a quarter of TV operators worldwide, as defined by a recent IMS Research study, “Making Digital TV Pay” are offering HDTV (High-Definition Television services) to subscribers. […]

Start-up company ProtoStar said it secured initial equity funding from private equity investors New Enterprise Associates and Space Vest to support the company’s launch of direct-to-home satellite television and broadband […]

International Launch Services said the March 11 launch of the Inmarsat 4-F1 satellite onboard an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral, FL, was successful. The satellite was the largest payload […]

XM Satellite Radio said it hired Jon Zellner to serve in the newly created position of senior vice president of music programming. Zellner comes to XM from Infinity Broadcasting, where […]

The DirecTV Group Inc. said its subsidiaries, DirecTV Holdings LLC and DirecTV Financing Co. Inc., intend to enter into a new $2 billion senior secured credit facility and issue up […]

Med-Trans Corp., which operates a fleet of Medevac helicopters, said it is installing an Iridium-based flight following satcom system provided by SkyTrac Systems. Financial terms of the deal between Med-Trans […]

After a week of dueling press releases, conflicting Web sites, a changeover in the board of directors and a harshly worded letter (SN, March 7), the Voom saga reached an […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. said its Spacenet Inc. subsidiary acquired all remaining shares of StarBand not already owned by Gilat and plans to merge the operations of StarBand into Spacenet. […]

In the March 10 edition of Satellite Today, we erroneously misspelled the acronym for a satellite being prepped for shipment by Boeing. The proper acronym for the satellite is GOES-N.