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A Canadian federal court has upheld a lower court order to seize satellite equipment and access cards from a number of dealers in Ontario and Quebec. The federal court also […]

DigitalGlobe, a Longmont, Colo.-based satellite imagery firm, is making available to non-military government customers a new color imagery product, as well as a subscription program and a civil government license. […]

Stratos [TSX:SGB], a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of global remote communications, announced that effective immediately it will provide Inmarsat leased services through a fifth satellite located at 143.5 degrees East Longitude. […]

Teledesic LLC‘s one-time plan to launch a $10 billion constellation of satellites to provide broadband services has been scaled back over the years and now appears to have ended, after […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched its second Mars probe, “Opportunity,” July 7 aboard a Delta II rocket. The launch, originally scheduled for June 28, was delayed numerous times […]

The hybrid C-band/Ku-band AMC-9 satellite has begun commercial service and soon will start serving a number of SES Americom customers who are being switched from the AMC-2 bird during the […]

Former head of pay-per-view events at BSkyB, Marc Conneely, will join Gulf DTH as vice president, advertising sales and new business development. Gulf DTH owns and operates the Showtime network […]

Serbian television and radio channels Pink Plus, Extra and Radio Pink have signed up to deliver their programming via GlobeCast‘s digital direct-to-home platform at 13 degrees East Longitude across the […]

DaimlerChrysler [NYSE: DCX] has begun offering Smartnav, a satellite navigation system from Trafficmaster, as an approved accessory in the United Kingdom on its Voyager, Grand Voyager, Cherokee, Grand Cherokee and […]

NTN Communications [AMEX:NTN] a Carlsbad, Calif.-based provider of interactive communications and entertainment products for the hospitality industry, will offer two-way satellite communication services to Damon’s International, a casual dining restaurant […]

Telenor Satellite Services has signed a contract with Fugro Survey Ltd. of Aberdeen, UK, for Sealink maritime high-speed data communications aboard three of Fugro’s survey and research vessels. Under the […]

BySky, a satellite service provider based in Ruinen, The Netherlands, has signed a reseller agreement with Satlynx to deliver two-way broadband satellite services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), public […]

Russian Satellite Communications Co. and ChinaSatCom have signed a cooperation agreement to deploy a satellite telemedicine network in China, Russia and Southeast Asia. The project will involve the deployment of […]

XATA [Nasdaq: XATA], a Minneapolis, Minn.-based provider of fleet management products for the commercial trucking industry, has been awarded orders totaling $1.8 million by an undisclosed company in the grocery […]

Inforetech Wireless Technology [BB: WYRE], a Vancouver, Canada-based supplier of GPS technology for the golf industry, has reached an agreement to retire $1.25 million in convertible debt obligations to Augustine […]

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based supplier of satellite communications products and services, has received an $8.3 million contract to supply fixed and mobile earth station terminals for satellite […]

Satlynx, a European satellite broadband venture, said that its founding chief executive officer, Yves Elsen, will resign effective Aug. 31 “to pursue career opportunities in a new field.” The company’s […]

The International Telecommunication Union‘s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) is wrapping up its month of spectrum allocation work on Friday with some key agreements affecting satellite services, members of the U.S. […]

Because of the July 4th holiday in the United States, we will not publish SATELLITE TODAY tomorrow (Friday). Look for us again on Monday, July 7. Have a great holiday! […]

Orbit International’s [Nasdaq: ORBT] Behlman Electronics unit has received orders from the U.S. military to provide power supply components for a U.S. Army mobile satellite communications system and for Global […]

Dyband, an Ottawa, Canada-based supplier of IP traffic management products to service providers, governments and enterprises, Thursday announced delivery of a multi-site IP traffic management solution to the government of […]

93.5 degreesE: Insat 3A D A new multiplex was tested on 4025 MHz vertical, SR 27500, FEC 3/4 last week. It contained B4U Music, Nickelodeon India, BBC World India, Zee […]

Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of Boeing [NYSE: BA], have signed a definitive service agreement for equipping the European air carrier’s long-haul aircraft with […]

Arianespace is trying to get back on track after a turbulent few months. The high profile launch failure in December of the Ariane 5 10-ton rocket with Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD […]

Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] has taken another step toward refinancing its debt in a move similar to what many U.S. homeowners are doing to take advantage of falling […]

Washington, D.C.-based Intelsat has appointed Doug Triblehorn and Jean-Philippe Gillet to head regional sales efforts for its Media and Entertainment Business Unit in Asia and Europe, respectively. Triblehorn is responsible […]

Arianespace, the France-based launch service provider, hopes to secure additional contracts outside its core markets of Europe, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. In April this year, Arianespace inked a deal […]

Thales Group has signed an agreement with Galileo Industries, the consortium set up to build, deploy and operate the European Galileo satellite navigation system, under which Thales will become the […]

New York-based Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR] and Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA] announced this week that they had reached a settlement resolving all outstanding issues between them, including a […]

The European Space Agency and European Union member states are proposing to double spending on space-related activities, from a current level of 6 billion euros (US$6.9 billion) to 12 billion […]