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Thales agreed to acquire Alcatel‘s 67 percent stake in satellite manufacturer Alcatel Alenia Space, the companies announced April 5. Thales will issue 26.7 million shares of stock to Alcatel and...

SES Americom has launched a competition for college studens designed to identify commercially viable ideas and concepts that show promise of advancing communications satellite technology and services, the company announced...

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems was awarded an $8.3 million contract to provide development, analysis, operations and support of the GPS Interference And Navigation Tool (GIANT). GIANT, a simulation tool...

Spacedev‘s Starsys division has been awarded two contracts from the U.S. Air Force to continue the development of deployable boom structures for satellites, Spacedev announced April 4. Deployable booms are...

Direct 8, a new entertainment channel launched March 31, has concluded an agreement to broadcast its signal via Eutelsat Communications satellites, Eutelsat announced April 3. Under the five-year contract, Eutelsat...

Boeing awarded ViaSat Inc. a contract valued at about $57 million to develop the ground-based beam-forming system for the new Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) communications network, Boeing announced April 4....

Alcatel Alenia Space will begin studying the design of Globalstar’s next-generation satellite constellation, Globalstar announced April 4. Under the agreement, Alcatel Alenia Space will perform an analysis of future requirements...

Orbimage Holdings Inc., which does business under the name Geoeye, will amend its second and third quarter 2005 financial statements, the company announced March 30. The changes to the quarters...

EMS Technologies Inc. Defense & Space Systems Division announced April 3 the addition of new staff to oversee the development of technology solutions for U.S. government laboratories and airborne and...

SES Atra has appointed Wolfgang Keuntje managing director of a new subsidiary tasked with establishing a digital infrastructure in Germany, the company announced. The company will offer broadcasters expanded services...