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  • Spacehab Reports FY04 Good News, Bad News

    Spacehab [SPAB] reported a net income of $2.1 million for fiscal 2004 ended June 30, 2004, despite a drop in revenue when compared with financial released for FY03. Spacehab’s revenues […]

  • RT Logic Tapped By DigitalGlobe For Upgrades

    RT Logic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc. [ISYS], received a contract from DigitalGlobe Inc. valued at more than $2.5 million to aid in DigitalGlobe’s efforts to upgrade […]

  • Satellite Execs On The Move

    Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] named Michelle McKinnon senior director of investor relations. She will be responsible for communication of all investor-related matters, including managing relationships with buy- and sell-side analysts. […]

  • Sirius Surpasses 600,000 Subscribers

    New York City-based Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI], one of two U.S.-based satellite radio services, passed the 600,000-subscriber mark this past Labor Day Weekend, and it remains on target to achieve […]

  • SES Astra Forms Troika To Market Turnkey Gear

    Betzdorf, Luxemburg-based SES Astra‘s TechCom unit agreed to partner with Integral Systems Inc. [ISYS] and Enertec, a company of the French LP2C group, to market and provide satellite control stations […]

  • BT Broadcast Services Branches Out

    London-based BT Broadcast Services, the broadcast and media-solutions arm of BT, announced an agreement to promote use of the SES Astra satellite service operating at 19.2 degrees E to independent […]

  • HNS, GTSI Offer Feds Broadband Capabilities

    Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems and GTSI [DTSI], inked a deal to provide satellite broadband services to government users. Using the DirecWay service provided by HNS, GTSI would be able […]

  • XM Satellite Radio Adds Big Ten Conference Games

    Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] will air Big Ten Conference football along with men’s and women’s basketball games. The move follows an announcement last week by rival Sirius Satellite […]

  • WCC Preps Florida For Hurricane Frances

    The World Communications Center (WCC) today said it is supplying “hundreds” of its satellite phones that communicate through the Iridium constellation to Florida utilities, county governments, large retail corporations, insurance […]

  • SES Astra Pushes Into Africa

    SES Global company SES Astra is continuing its push into Africa with a new agreement with Worldsat, another SES Global company. Worldsat is providing SES Astra with the capacity for […]

  • Telesat Canada Celebrates Broadband Anniversary

    Ottawa-based Telesat Canada was formed Sept. 1, 1969, as the first operator of a satellite launched to serve a single country. Today, it is blazing the trail to offer high-speed […]

  • MDA Tapped For Follow-On Study

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) was selected by the Canadian Space Agency to develop concepts for a follow-on to the Radarsat-2 program. The Radarsat program is designed to provide […]

  • Pegasus Faces Nasdaq Delisting

    Pegasus Communications Corp. [PGTVE] said that, starting today, the company’s ticker symbol will be followed by an “E,” indicating the company has failed to comply with one of the Nasdaq‘s […]

  • Smaller Satellites One Step Closer To Reality?

    It seems that the U.S Air Force was listening to Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) when he told attendees at the National Defense Industrial Association Space Symposium in July that there […]

  • Lockheed Leads Bidding On Multi-Billion-Dollar Navy Contract

    A team led by Lockheed Martin [LMT] wants to win a multi-billion contract from the U.S. Navy to provide network-centric capabilities for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), a next-generation […]

  • Pace Names New Tech Director

    Pace Micro Technology made a key management appointment as it prepares to become a major player in the Personal Video Recorder (PVR) and High-Definition (HD) space. David Gillies is the […]

  • CapRock Acquires Telematika

    CapRock Communications today said it acquired Indonesia-based Telematika Java Duta in an effort to bolster the communications services it supplies to remote locations. CapRock noted that Telematika has more than […]

  • EchoStar Senior Notes Take Early Retirement

    EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] said its EchoStar DBS Corp. subsidiary elected to retire all its outstanding 10 3/8-percent Senior Notes due 2007 early. The $1 billion principal amount of the […]

  • Atlas II Series Rocket Retires After Batting 1.000

    With the successful launch of the National Reconnaissance Office‘s national security satellite yesterday at 7:17 p.m. EST from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Atlas II series […]

  • Eutelsat/Fiat Consortium Backs Away From Galileo Operations

    At press time, Satellite Today learned that a consortium consisting of Eutelsat, LogicaCMG, Hispasat, F SpA and Aena decided not to bid on a contract to operate the European Union‘s […]

  • Regulatory Review: Pan-European Service Licensing

    by Gerry Oberst A satellite service provider that wants to start a new business in Europe generally knows it will have to obtain facilities and spectrum licenses to operate most […]

  • GlobeCast, SES ASTRA Team For Ethnic Programming

    SES Astra and GlobeCast are increasing the opportunities for ethnic channels to make an impact in Spain and France. The two operators have announced an agreement today to enable channel […]

  • ITU’s Cost Recovery: The Satellite Factor

    by Liching Sung The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) implemented cost recovery for processing satellite network filings in 1999, in an effort to reduce the filing backlogs. Those involved agreed to […]

  • Sirius Radios Now Factory-Installed Option On Audi Models

    Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI], the New York City-based satellite radio service that offers commercial-free music and sports programming to cars and homes across the country, said its hardware now is […]

  • Industry At Large

    People Caprock communications Appoints New Marketing VP Houston-based CapRock Communications, a global satellite communications provider, has expanded its offerings to a variety of new vertical markets and has chosen a […]

  • Comsat Acquires Brazilian Carrier

    Comsat International Inc. purchased Vicom Ltda., a provider of satellite services and metropolitan fiber circuits in Brazil, from Net Servicos de Communicacao S/A. Under the terms of the contract, Comsat […]

  • Sirius Scores With College Athletic Deal

    New York City-based Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] took a step toward further distinguishing its service as a national source of coveted sports programming today by announcing an agreement of at […]

  • Ensequence Banks Funding Boost

    Ensequence, a provider of interactive software suites, completed a new $18 million Series B funding round. The company aims to play a key role as digital-TV operators around the world, […]

  • FCC OKs SkyWave U.S. Expansion

    Inmarsat D+ satellite terminal, airtime and services provider SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. said the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a 15- year license to expand operations of the Ottawa-based company […]

  • Weida Partner Inks Deal With China Telecom

    Weida Communications Inc. [WDAC.OB] said its Guangzhou Weida Communications Ltd. operating partner signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Telecom under which Weida will offer its satellite transmission equipment and […]