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Arianespace delivered the Panamsat Galaxy 15 spacecraft and the French Syracuse 3A military satellite to orbit Oct. 13 via an Ariane 5G launch vehicle. The rocket lifted off from Arianespace’s...

Globecomm Systems Inc. has teamed with Samacom, a provider of satellite communication services in the Middle East, to launch a new Middle East service operation, Globecomm announced Oct. 11. The...

XM Satellite Radio announced Oct. 13 that American Honda Motor would install more than 550,000 of its 2006 vehicles with XM receivers. Select Honda and Acura 2006 models, including Accord,...

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. reported earnings of Cdn. $86,000 ($74,000) in the third quarter 2005, up from Cdn. $24,000 ($21,000) in the same period in 2004, the company announced Oct....

DirecTV will add local channels in Minnesota and Ohio to its lineup before the end of the year, the company announced Oct. 13. Adding channels in Mankato, Minn.; Rochester, Minn.;...

ITV and Channel 4 have joined the DTV Services Ltd. consortium that offers the Freeview digital terrestrial TV service, a competitor to satellite TV in the United Kingdom, DTV announced...

DEV Systemtechnik GmbH & Co. KG, a specialist in radio frequency signal routing, opened a branch office in Switzerland to meet the growing market demands and provide a local presence...

Future satellite designs that incorporate elements such as independent antennas and picosats could provide broadcast capacity up to a thousand times that of today’s geostationary spacecraft, said Joseph Pelton, vice...

Noorsat CEO Omar Shoter is confident that the new satellite operator, which will provide a range of voice, video, data and Internet satellite communication solutions across the Middle East, will...

Canadian Satellite Radio Inc., the Canadian partner of XM Satellite Radio, announced Oct. 11 the launch of the new XM Canada brand. In addition to XM programming, XM Canada’s 80-channel...