Author: Staff Writer

Orbimage Inc. said Sept. 22 it received new orders totaling $6.1 million under its Clearview contract with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). These new orders represent an increase in...

Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) received a $170 million contract from Spacecom to build the Amos 3 communications satellite, IAI announced. The satellite will be manufactured at IAI’s Systems Missiles &...

Panamsat announced Sept. 22 it formed an emergency response team (ERT) focused on quickly restoring telecommunications services to government agencies and private industry affected by natural and man-made disasters. The...

Glowlink introduced its Webaccess product, which uses Internet browser technology to provide a web-based access overlay to the company’s spectrum monitoring system, the company announced. Customers using Webaccess will have...

BSkyB is launching a new entertainment channel, Sky Three, which will reach about 13 million households in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Sky Three will be available to Sky satellite...

Tachyon Networks Inc. said Sept. 21 it is donating secure, carrier-grade broadband satellite services system to the Naval Postgraduate School arm of Joint Task Force Katrina. The system will help...

Echostar Communications Corp. announced Sept. 22 an agreement with Disney and ESPN Media Networks to add ESPNU, a 24-hour channel dedicated to college sports, to the America’s Top 180 programming...

Asia Satellite Telecommunicat-ions Co. Ltd. (Asiasat) announced Sept. 20 that it signed an agreement with Airwaves Media (Pvt) Ltd. of Pakistan for the lease of C-band capacity on the Asiasat...

Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. announced Sept. 21 they withdrew their filing with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding the formation of the United Launch Alliance. The companies...

Arinc Inc. announced Sept. 20 that Finnair, the national carrier of Finland, has selected Arinc to provide a full suite of satellite communications services. Arinc will provide passenger and cockpit...