Author: Staff Writer

Mexico’s Communications Ministry has appointed a mediator in the restructuring of satellite operator Satmex, White & Case announced Oct. 6. White & Case partner Thomas Heather has been appointed by...

Starsem announces Oct. 5 it received a contract from Globalstar LLC to launch a replacement spacecraft for the global satellite telephone operator. The contract call for Starsem to launch a...

Iridium Satellite announced Oct. 6 it will provide satellite links for a new mobile system that uses radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to track the movement of military supplies in forward...

Vista Satellite Communications Inc. and Winnercomm Inc. signed a multi-year contract for Vista to provide satellite telecasts of sporting events produced by Winnercomm. Vista will uplink in Ku-band from venues...

Near Earth LLC. named Dan Ramsden to build the company’s growth-oriented investment banking practice. Previously, Ramsden was a managing director at Bentley Associates, where he was involved in sourcing, banking...

Shipping company Maersk Sealand completed a field evaluation of Inmarsat’s Fleet F77 128 kilobits per second services, Inmarsat announced. “Throughout the trial we found the 128 kbps Fleet F77 service...

Thrane & Thrane said Oct. 5 the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded the company a five-year schedule contract through which government agencies can procure and deploy Thrane & Thrane’s...

Spectrum Signal Processing (USA) Inc. announced Oct. 5 it received a $1 million contract from Globalstar LLC to provide the Mobile Satellite Services provider with enhanced asset tracking functionality. The...

Saft announced Oct. 4 that Orbital Sciences Corp. ordered lithium-ion batteries for the Panamsat PAS-11 satellite, and the Horizons-2 satellite being built for the Panamsat/JSat Corp. joint venture. The rechargeable...

Sirius Satellite Radio announced Oct. 4 it added more than 359,000 new net subscribers to its subscription satellite radio service in the third quarter 2005, bringing its total subscribers to...