Author: Staff Writer

Worldspace Inc. cut its net loss from $57.3 million in the third quarter 2004 to $15.4 million in the third quarter 2005, the company reported Nov. 7. Revenue improved from...

Stratos Global Corp., a provider of Inmarsat mobile satellite services, 7 began taking orders from distribution partners and customers Nov. 7 for Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service, Stratos...

Iridium Satellite LLC reported that the number of subscribers to its mobile satellite service has grown 30 percent from the beginning of 2005 to Nov. 1. Revenues also are up...

Lockheed Martin said Nov. 8 it delivered the second of eight GPS Block 2R satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., where it will be readied for a scheduled...

Microspace Communications Corp., a provider of point-to-multipoint satellite services, said Nov. 7 it provided digital delivery for the Disney feature film “Chicken Little” Nov. 4 via its Velocity satellite service...

Sirius Satellite Radio announced Nov. 7 its “Huge Gift Little Box” mail-in rebate promotion that will run through Dec. 31. The promotion offers a $50 mail-in rebate to either the...

Spacedev unveiled Nov. 7 a high-performance microsatellite product, the Spacedev Modular Microsatellite Bus (MMB-100). The 100-kilogram microsatellite is based on industry-standard plug-and-play interfaces, including Ethernet and USB, and uses a...

Lockheed Martin completed static loads testing of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) satellite structure, the company announced Nov. 7. The test demonstrated that the structure can carry the...

Loral Skynet do Brasil received a contract from Universidade de Santo Amaro to provide Ku-band services for a distance-learning initiative, Loral Skynet announced Nov. 7. The Sao Paulo, Brazil-based university...

NBC Universal and DirecTV Inc. announced a deal Nov. 7 that will give DirecTV subscribers with DirecTV Plus interactive digital video recorder the opportunity to purchase and view commercial free...