Author: Staff Writer

Telesat Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of BCE Inc., set quarterly records for revenue and earnings, the company reported. Operating revenues for the second quarter 2005 were Cdn. $137.3 million...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. lost $500,000 on revenue of $51.4 million in its second quarter 2005, the company reported Aug. 3. In the same period a year ago, Gilat lost...

Boeing Co. completed the sale of its Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power business to United Technologies Corp., effective Aug. 2. Rocketdyne builds engines for the space shuttle and Boeing’s Delta family...

With many mobile telecom operators having begun trials (or in the case of TU Media in Korea, launched commercial service), SES Global subsidiaries SES Americom and SES Astra entered the...

Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG), which provides premium movie content to cable and satellite television service providers across the United States, announced Aug. 2 that it would cease transmission of...

Hughes Network Systems LLC will use Intelsat‘s newly launched IA-8 satellite to support HNS’ Direcway broadband satellite service. HNS will use an undisclosed number of Ku-band transponders on IA-8, launched...

The first satellite that will be part of Europe’s Galileo global satellite navigation system has been transferred to the Netherlands for testing. The European Space Agency announced that one of...

Sirius Satellite Radio reported record revenues for its second quarter 2005, driven by increased subscriber numbers and low churn. However, the company also reported a widening net loss due to...

Optus has pushed back until 2006 the launch of two satellites – D1 and D2 – which would have replaced its aging B Series satellites, according to an Aug. 2...

Glowlink Communications Technology Inc. said it received an order for additional Glowlink Model 1000 Satellite Monitoring Systems to be used in three Intelsat teleports. The Model 1000 monitoring product is...