Author: Staff Writer

SIRI, XMSR With the Howard Stern sales blitz history and the companies reporting their 2005 performance, Wall Street is offering projections for the stock performance of Sirius Satellite Radio and...

Vietnam plans to launch its first telecom satellite in 2008, according to a Feb. 22 report from the Vietnam News Agency. The Vinasat spacecraft will be owned by the Vietnam...

Trimble has acquired the intellectual property assets of a company that produces software used to enhance the accuracy of GPS signals, Trimble announced. Trimble plans to use the assets of...

Michel Davoudian, CEO of Ouranos Networks, is confident the operator can make satellite broadband a success in Europe. Ouranos, which acquired the assets of the defunct Aramiska, will implement a...

DirecTV will expand its high-definition of local TV stations with the addition of 24 more markets this spring, the company announced. Beginning in April, DirecTV will begin offering HD programming...

International Launch Services (ILS) remains on scheduled to launch the Arabsat 4A satellite aboard a Proton M/Breeze M launce vehicle at 2:10 a.m. local time March 1 from the Baikonur...

Lockheed Martin‘s Advanced Technology Center received a contract from NASA to manufacture an instrument for the GOES-R environmental satellites, Lockheed Martin announced Feb. 22. Under the $2 million contract, Lockheed...

Eumetsat and the European Space Agency (ESA) updated their cooperation agreement for the Meteorological Operational (MetOp) program, clearing the way for the scheduled June launch of the MetOp-A satellite, the...

Alcatel Alenia Space received a contract from Turksat AS for the manufacture and in-orbit delivery of the Turksat 3A satellite in early 2008, Alcatel announced Feb. 23. Turksat 3A will...

Globecomm Systems Inc. was awarded a satellite infrastructure contract valued at approximately $1.1 million from an existing unnamed customer, Globecomm announced. Under the deal, Globecomm provided a turnkey Intelsat earth...