Author: Staff Writer

BSkyB surpassed its target of 8 million subscribers in the United Kingdom and Ireland by the end of 2006, the company’s announced. The next set of operational goals for BSkyB...

A joint U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team announced Dec. 19 that the first modernized GPS satellite has been declared fully operational. GPS 2R-14, launched in September, features a modernized antenna...

New Skies Satellite Holdings Ltd. announced Dec. 19 that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of 46.3125 cent per share for the period from Oct. 1 to...

Alcatel Alenia Space said Dec. 19 it received the acceptance by the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) of the Syracuse 3 military communications satellite system. Alcatel qualified the Syracuse 3...

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is testing a maritime safety system for automatic vessel monitoring and emergency alert at sea using the Iridium satellite network. “The Iridium-based vessel tracking...

Arianespace signed a contract to launch the Herschel and Planck scientific spacecraft in late 2007 or early 2008, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced Dec. 15. The spacecraft, with a...

Already disappointed in the subscriber numbers for its satellite-digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) service, TU Media now faces the end of its monopoly in the market with the launch earlier this...

Spacedev introduced Dec. 12 its new Mission Xcelerator Solution Program, a service offering that includes the building and launch of microsatellites and nanosatellites for less than $20 million. The package...

In observance of the upcoming holiday season, Satellite News will not publish on Dec. 26. Your next issue will be dated Jan. 2, 2006. Have a safe and happy holiday...

Point.360 announced Dec. 12 the availability of its standard-definition and high-definition (HD) global satellite transmissions service for spot distribution, syndicated program distribution and events. The service, based on Globecast’s worldwide...