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Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. (IAI) awarded a contract to Space International Services and Sea Launch Co. to launch the Amos-3 satellite using the Land Launch system, Sea Launch announced Feb....

Iridium Satellite LLC unveiled a new range of solutions for satellite-based rural communications for Africa and other remote regions, the company announced Feb. 20. Iridium, which provides voice and data...

Boeing has received a $148 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to begin work on the fourth satellite in the Wideband Gapfiller Satellite system, Boeing announced Feb. 20. Boeing...

Rocket System Corp. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Multi-functional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSat-2) Feb. 18 aboard an H-2A launch vehicle. MTSat-2, owned by the Ministry of...

Thomson will build the digital set-top boxes for a direct-to-home (DTH) satellite service planned for launch in India in mid-2006 by Tata Sky, Thomson announced Feb. 19. Under the contract...

The BBC filed news reports on the mudslide in the Philippines using Inmarsat‘s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN), the first news reports filed using the mobile satellite service, Stratos Global...

SES Astra announced that SES Global Africa has extended its services in Africa throughout 2005. By the end of the year year, eight out of 41 commercially available transponders into...

Americom Government Services Inc. (AGS), a wholly owned subsidiary of SES Americom, announced Feb. 15 that Robert Demers has been appointed vice president of sales development. Demers most recently served...

Sirius Satellite Radio announced Feb. 17 a new long-term agreement to carry Fox News and Fox News Talk channels beginning March 14. The previous agreement between Fox and Sirius expired...

Arianespace announced Feb. 16 that preparations for the upcoming heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA mission are entering their final phase as the launch vehicle and its dual satellite payload of Spainsat...