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Petah Tikva, Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks [GILTF] has supplied more than 1,500 Skystar 360E VSATs to ITC Ltd. in India during the past 12 months. The VSATs are used by […]

World Communications Center (WCC), a provider of global satellite communications, now is the official supplier of Iridium satellite phones and accessories to all U.S. federal government agencies. The supplier’s five-year […]

Kazakhstan Telecommunications (Katelco) selected Motorola Inc. [MOT] to provide digital video encoders and satellite set-top equipment and services to build a 16-channel encoder system located in Uralsk City, increasing the […]

CMC Electronics Inc. will supply its GPS-based flight management system, the CMA-900, to the Brazilian Air Force for its fleet of 20 C-130, B707, P-95 and Learjet-35 aircraft. CMC said […]

Sea Launch Co. LLC said its floating Sea Launch platform arrived at its launch site at the equator, and it is on schedule to send DirecTV Inc.‘s [DTV] 7S broadcast […]

Arianespace officials today reported sales of $669.2 million, which contributed to a net profit for the year of $11 million. Contributing to the profitable year were the reaffirmation of support […]

The Carlyle Group, a large private equity firm, purchased satellite service provider Kingston Inmedia from Kingston Communications for $60.3 million in cash.Kingston Inmedia delivers enterprise, broadcast and Internet solutions to […]

New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK] confirmed Friday it is working with Goldman Sachs to explore ‘alternatives’ in light of its recent unsuccessful attempt to buy its bigger rival PanAmSat [SPOT]. […]

iSECUREtrac [ISRE] signed an agreement with the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office of East Cambridge, Mass., to supply the jurisdiction with its tracNET24 solution. The product will enable the county to […]

Netherlands-based New Skies Satellites [NSK] and the Indian Space Research Organization inked an agreement for multiple, high-powered, 36 MHz Ku-band transponders on the NSS-6 satellite. Financial terms were not disclosed. […]

Delta Air Lines said all 36 aircraft in its Song fleet have been outfitted with an in-flight entertainment system that includes 24 digital, live Dish Network satellite TV channels as […]

Arinc Inc. officials said today they would provide a new global satellite telephone service to support the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command‘sfleet of heavy transport and tanker aircraft. Satellite […]

Andrew Corp. [ANDW] reported record sales of $447.1 million for the second fiscal quarter ended March 31. Sales were up 122 percent from the $201.3 million record during the same […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] will offer local channels to subscribers in Syracuse, N.Y., and in La Crosse-Eau Claire, Wis. In Syracuse and its surrounding areas, subscribers to Dish Network’s direct-to-home […]

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet yesterday approved a bill to re-authorize the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act (SHVIA) of 1999 prior to the expiration […]

Telesat Canada, an Ottawa-based satellite operator, selected EADS Astrium, Europe’s largest space company, to build the proposed new Anik F3 satellite. Anik F3 would be Telesat’s 17th satellite launch on […]

AeroTelesis [AOTS], a Los Angeles-based wireless company, formed a subsidiary called aeroSAT to provide satellite services. The new unit was launched as a result of positive feedback aeroTelesis received from […]

GPS Industries [GPSN], a Vancouver, B.C.-based provider of GPS services for golf courses, announced its subsidiary Satellite Golf closed another deal. Satellite Golf’s latest customer is the Barrhead Gold and […]

iSECUREtrac [ISRE], an Omaha, Neb.-based Global Positioning System (GPS) company, announced that Van Zandt County Correction Services of Canton, Texas, committed to use iSECUREtrac’s tracNET24 for criminal-justice tracking purposes. Financial […]

According to Orbital Recovery Ltd., the Netherlands-based Dutch Space has agreed to a major investment in the company. The contribution, the amount of which was not disclosed, will enable the […]

Thomson [TMS] executives said their company will aid DirecTV [DTV] by “significantly” expanding use of Thomson’s Grass Valley network technologies to help subscribers watch their local terrestrial broadcast channels via […]

EchoStar Communications [DISH] said its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service will offer local channels to residents of Fargo, N.D., and its surrounding areas. The channels include the local affiliates […]

The Space Systems/Loral-built MBSAT broadcast communications satellite successfully completed its in-orbit testing, SSL officials said today. The satellite, built for Mobile Broadcasting Co. of Japan, was launched March 13.

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) announced the following additions to its staff: Jason Scism, director of government relations; Camille Osborne, director of communications; and Abdus Salam, staff accountant.

Officials from SES Americom today said QVC has signed a long-term transponder agreement for C-band service on the recently launched AMC-10 satellite, which will initiate service in May. Terms of […]

Starz Encore Group, a provider of premium movie services in the United States, deepened its marketing alliance with U.S. satellite TV service EchoStar Communications [DISH] in that the companies agreed […]

iSECUREtrac [ISRE], a provider of Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking services, announced the Guadalupe County Sheriff Office of New Mexico has become one of its newest customers. The agreement calls […]

Navman unveiled its Navman GPS 4410, an upgrade to the company’s Navman GPS 4400 Pocket PC guidance system. The 4410 includes the latest version of Navman’s navigation software, SmartST V2 […]

STMicroelectronics [STM] officials today said the company is offering a new single-chip silicon tuner, the STB6000, designed to replace complex discrete component tuners in set-top boxes that receive digital TV […]

Alcatel Space announced the successful launch of the Express AM11 satellite on a Proton vehicle from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan last night. The satellites are operated by the […]