Author: Staff Writer

The commercial satellite industry generated $97.2 billion in revenues in 2004, up 6.7 percent from the previous year, according to the Satellite Industry Association’s (SIA) “State of the Satellite Industry...

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said June 9 that it placed about 9.7 million shares of its Class A common stock in a public offering, underwritten by UBS Securities LLC,...

EMS Satcom, a division of EMS Technologies, unveiled an improved ground terminal intended to make search and rescue operations more efficient, the company announced June 9. The medium earth orbit...

The European Space Agency announced June 9 that the two experimental satellites being developed for the Galileo System Test Bed-Version 2, which will make up the first phase of the...

Stratos Global Corp., a global provider of Inmarsat mobile satellite services, announced June 8 that it is the first provider to offer the new, higher speed Inmarsat Fleet F77 data...

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB won a key soccer contract in the United Kingdom, signing a new three-year contract with the English Football League to broadcast the matches through the...

Raytheon Co. will develop a quick-reaction space optical payload with the potential to spot hidden targets under a U.S. Air Force Contract, Raytheon announced. The ARTEMIS (Advanced Responsive Tactically Effective...

Datapath Inc. said June 13 it acquired the assets of M&C Systems Inc., a provider of satellite communications monitoring and control systems. With this acquisition, Datapath gains new control and...

Globecomm Systems Inc., a global provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications services, won multiple contracts from an unnamed existing customer valued at approximately $4.2 million, Globecomm announced June 9. One award,...

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced June 9 that the IPstar-1 satellite arrived at the Arianespace spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, and is undergoing preparations for launch aboard an Ariane 5 Generic...