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Orbital Sciences Corp. received a contract from a joint venture of Panamsat Corp. and JSat Corp. to build the Horizons-2 satellite, Orbital announced Aug. 30. Horizons-2, based on Orbital’s Star...

Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Aug. 30 that it has added a one-year extension to its contract with the Iraqi Telecom & Post Company (ITPC). The satellite services company will provide...

Echostar Communications Corp. debuted a new feature that will give customers the ability to watch six channels and use an interactive menu at the same time, Echostar announced Aug. 30....

A study commissioned by Sirius Canada found that 76 percent of Canadians support the government’s decision to allow satellite radio operators to offer service in Canada, the company announced. The...

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, has said that weather satellites first spotted the development of Hurricane Katrina, which has battered the Gulf Coast of the...

Intelsat Ltd. has agreed to acquire Panamsat for $3.2 billion to create the world’s largest Fixed Satellite Services company. The combined company, which will retain the name Intelsat, will operate...

Glowlink will supply a satellite spectrum monitoring and interference detection system to Brazilian satellite operator Star One for, Glowlink announced Aug. 29. “Star One is one of the most important...

The Russian government has re-established a communications link with an environmental satellite after losing contact with the spacecraft shortly after its Aug. 27 launch. Ground controllers lost the Monitor-E satellite...

The Federal Geographic Data Committee of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published guidelines intended to set standard procedures for governing the dissemination of geospatial imagery. The guidelines “are directed at...

Weida Communications Inc. said Aug. 24 it received three new contracts to provide satellite communications systems for electric power utilities in China. The deals are expected to bring the company...