Author: Staff Writer

SES Americom announced July 19 it signed a deal to provide satellite distribution services to G4, a television channel dedicated to video games. G4 programming will be delivered to cable...

Orbcomm Asia Ltd. filed a $50 million breach of contract lawsuit earlier this month against Orbcomm Inc. and its Orbcomm LLC and Orbcomm Holdings LLC affiliates. The suit alleges Orbcomm...

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced July 22 it is postponing the launch of the Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS), which had been scheduled for later this summer, due to...

NHK, Japan’s national public broadcaster, signed a deal with Eutelsat under which NHK will lease a full 36 MHz Ku-band transponder on Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird 3 satellite throughout February 2006,...

SES Astra awarded the manufacturing contract for the Astra 1M television broadcasting satellite to EADS Astrium, SES Astra announced July 21. EADS Astrium will supply the payload and the platform,...

Astrata Group Inc. signed an agreement with Denmark’s North Securities ApS to provide a GPS-based vehicle tracking system, Astrata announced July 20. Under the $3 million contract, Astrata will provide...

Panamsat said July 19 it signed an agreement with Alcatel for the acquisition of the Europe*Star-1 satellite and two orbital slots, giving Panamsat a stronger presence in the European and...

Raytheon Co.‘s Space and Airborne Systems delivered the first flight-ready GPS system for the U.S. Air Force‘s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft, Raytheon announced July 21. The system, which...

The U.S. interactive television market is likely to see a great deal of innovation in the coming years as penetrating this market segment takes on increasing importance for global pay-TV...

Small, volunteer emergency response organizations in the northwestern United States are getting help from the U.S. GPS system to help coordinate the life-saving efforts using donated receivers. Northwest Medstar, a...