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International Launch Services (ILS) said it received authorization from the U.S. Air Force to proceed with a mission to launch a GPS satellite in early 2007. The satellite will be […]

EchoStar Communications Corp., along with TVG Network, said it launched the nation’s first interactive horseracing television channel. The new channel will allow viewers to access the latest horseracing news and […]

Sanborn, a geographic information system and photogrammetry company, said it acquired Space Imaging‘s Federal Civil and Commercial Solutions value-added solutions business unit. The unit’s capabilities span a full range of […]

Tachyon Networks Inc. said it is expanding the delivery of its IP-based satellite broadband access services to Asia, the Pacific Rim, Latin America and Africa in the coming year. Tachyon […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, moved fast to support a new Tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean. It announced that it has made its […]

For customers of Voom’s high-definition only direct-to-home satellite television service, mixed signals have been sent out regarding the future of the service. On one hand, Cablevision Systems Corp. said Feb. […]

Sea Launch Co. LLC said it successfully delivered the XM-3 satellite into orbit for XM Satellite Radio. The launch occurred Feb. 28 at 7:51 p.m. PST. It was the first […]

The Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU) delayed the naming of the winning bid to operate Europe’s satellite navigation system. The winner of the concession was supposed to be named in March, […]

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. said its Comtech EF Data Corp. subsidiary won a $2.3 million contract to provide integrated digital satellite terminals for an unnamed satellite operator in Latin America. The […]

XM Satellite Radio said it is raising the cost of its basic monthly service package to $12.95 per month, $3 more than the current per-month charge. However, existing customers will […]

Sandvine Inc. said Hughes Network Systems Inc. selected the Sandvine Attack Mitigation solution for operation on its Direcway broadband satellite network. The HNS Direcway service will deploy Sandvine’s multi-layer worm/denial […]

Harmonic Inc. said it completed the acquisition of U.K.-based Broadcast Technology Ltd. (BTL). By integrating BTL into Harmonic’s Convergent Systems division, Harmonic said it is able to expand the scope […]

Sea Launch said it has rescheduled the launch of the XM-3 satellite for XM Satellite Radio on a Zenit-3SL rocket for Feb. 28 after this edition of Satellite Today went […]

Space Systems/Loral said the SS/L built MTSAT-1R was successfully launched at 1:25 a.m. PST Feb. 26. SS/L built the satellite, based on its 1300 bus for the Japanese Civil Aviation […]

By Nick Mistis Readers of our magazine are familiar with this special issue of Via Satellite, in which we announce our recipient of the Satellite Executive of the Year award. […]

By Nick Mitsis The year 2004 began with one major objective: to grow the business. Starting the first quarter off as a cash-flow positive operation allowed the executive management team […]

DirecTV Inc. said it filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, against seven individuals it claims fraudulently obtained DirecTV direct-to-home satellite television services for other […]

People Andrew Names New Satcom Group President Andrew Corp. named Jude Panetta the president of the company’s satellite communications group. Panetta was formerly the vice president and general manager for […]

ViaSat said it finalized a contract to supply its SurfBeam broadband satellite networking system to Mexico-based content and Internet applications provider Pegaso Banda Ancha for consumer Internet access services in […]

SES Americom, an SES Global company, said it appointed Jack Friedman to the position of senior vice president and general counsel. In this role, Friedman is responsible for all SES […]

Only a few years ago, Iridium Satellite LLC, like others in the Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) sector was teetering on the edge of extinction. But Iridium Satellite LLC is showing […]

CapRock Communications said it completed the expansion of its IPxpress core network to its Macae, Brazil teleport. IPxpress is CapRock’s Internet Protocol (IP)-based core network architecture that employs multi-protocol label […]

ABC Companies, which sells and leases new and pre-owned highway coaches, said it entered into an agreement with Fleet Management Solutions (FMS) under which FMS will provide ABC a satellite-based […]

The asset tracking market will soon see a new market competitor coming to the industry with a different game plan to attract new customers, one that takes a page from […]

Wegener Corp. said it recently received a $700,000 order from Roberts Communications Network for equipment to expand its direct-to-home (DTH) small dish satellite delivery platform. The equipment is being used […]

TVN Entertainment Corp. said World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. signed a wide-ranging video-on-demand (VOD) preferred partner services agreement. The agreement covers satellite VOD services and distribution for WWE’s new subscription VOD […]

Via Satellite magazine, sister publication to Satellite News, named iDirect Technologies President and CEO John Kealey as the 2004 satellite executive of the year. “Kealey materializes a business practice that […]

Multichoice, a pay-TV provider announced that MTV Base, the first pan-African music channel, was launched on its DStv platform. The channel will be broadcast via satellite to 48 countries in […]

Gilat Satellite Networks CEO Shlomo Rodav is confident the company is in a position to derive strong revenue growth in the next few years. In its last full year results […]

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) recently offered its satellite-based communications services to help Intel Corp. show off its latest Centrino mobile technology platform. Intel has been hosting a series of demonstration […]