Author: JJ McCoy

Starsys Inc., a subsidiary of SpaceDev, has been awarded a follow-on order for the DigitalGlobe WorldView-2 satellite program from Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp., SpaceDev announced March 6. A $1.25...

GlobeCast signed a deal with U.K-based Baby Network to deliver the Baby TV on the BSkyB direct-to-home platform via capacity on the Eurobird satellite. Launched as part of Sky’s Kids...

[3/6/07] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will build a second Galileo test satellite under a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA), SSTL announced March 5. The Galileo In Orbit...

Trace Systems LLC, a McLean, Va.-based, wireless-communications provider, has been selected by D&S Consultants Inc. of Freehold, N.J., to support delivery of information technology and tactical edge network services to...

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has been awarded a 33-month contract extension to deliver SwiftLink VSATs, satellite space segment, iDirect hub services and other services to unspecified government customers, the company...

U.K.-based ViewAfrica Network and ViewAsia Network have launched a pair of regional platforms using the Intelsat 7 and Intelsat 10 satellites, Intelsat announced March 5. ViewAfrica is distributing a free-to-air...

Hughes Network Systems LLC will provide a broadband satellite solution for Islamabad, Pakistan-based Orocom Ltd., a technology systems provider, Hughes announced March 5. The system will enable Orocom to deliver...

If Sirius Satellite Radio CEO Mel Karmazin is to win the hearts and minds of federal regulators in Washington, he may first have to remind them which year it is....

JSAT and direct-to-home operator Sky Perfect will join forces in the Japanese pay-TV market, the companies announced March 2. The two companies have formed a holding company, Sky Perfect JSAT,...

Nearly two weeks after XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio announced their plans for a merger, XM sought to assure existing subscribers and future consumers that its service would...