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King Controls, a Minneapolis-based manufacturer of mobile satellite antenna systems, filed a patent infringement suit against KVH Industries Inc., King announced May 27. The suit, filed in Minnesota Federal District...

Sirius Satellite Radio announced June 1 an exclusive series that will follow Lance Armstrong on his quest for an historic seventh consecutive Tour de France title, which begins July 2....

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) said it signed a Space Act Agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regarding the development of human spaceflight hardware. Space Act Agreements...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reached a settlement with the government of Israel covering six years of tax assessments against the company, Gilat announced May 30. Under the settlement, Gilat agreed...

Russia announced it is preparing to launch an English-language television news broadcasting service targeted at foreign viewers around the globe. The new 24-hour news channel, named Russia Today TV, will...

Globalstar introduced May 31 Express Data, a subscription-based service that allows users to send e-mail, transfer files and browse the Internet two to five times faster than the 9.6 kilobits...

Shin Satellite PCL raised about 3.2 billion Thai bhat ($78.2 million) in a public stock offering, the company said June 2. The Thai satellite operator sold 208 million new shares...

Novatel Inc. claims to be the first company to demonstrate a dual mode GPS and Galileo L1/E5A dual frequency prototype receiver in North America. Novatel made the claim even though...

Radyne Comstream announced June 3 it changed its name to Radyne Corp. and adopted a simplified brand strategy. The company will manufacture and sell satellite and microwave communications equipment using...

Americom Government Services Inc. (AGS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES Americom, said May 31 it received a contract through prime contractor Innovative Technologies Inc. to provide the satellite communications bandwidth...