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EMS Technologies Inc. said it signed an agreement with Putian-Linkcom to provide DVB-RCS products and services in China. The exclusive, long-term agreement between the two companies covers the installation of...

ViaSat said it finalized a contract to supply its SurfBeam broadband satellite networking system to Smart Digital Communications Bhd in Malaysia. Smart will use the system, the first of its...

SES Astra aims to boost its position in terms of generating revenues from technical services to satellite customers with the creation of a new subsidiary, SES Astra TechCom. The subsidiary...

SES Global said it awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Commercial Satellite Systems to build the latest addition to the SES Americom fleet. The satellite, named Americom-18 (AMC-18) will be...

Will private equity ownership of satellite carriers save the industry or strangle it? Six of the top CEOs in the satellite industry thrashed out this question before a standing room...

SES Astra signed a two-transponder deal with SkyVision, an operator looking to deliver satellite Internet services in Africa. SkyVision is the first customer on ASTRA 4A. ASTRA 4A is a...

AsiaSat signed a C-Band capacity deal for capacity on AsiaSat 3S to broadcast Pakistan’s premier channel, AAJ TV, on all local networks in Pakistan and its overseas audience across Asia....

Lockheed Martin‘s first West Coast Atlas 5 rocket has successfully completed “booster on stand” (BOS) operations at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket, which will carry a...

Iridium Satellite LLC announced plans to deploy a group call push-to-talk voice and data service. The new service will allow for deployment of multi-user communication “nets” from Iridium mobile satphones...

Loral Space & Communications Ltd. filed a revised plan of reorganization with the Bankruptcy Court. The plan revises terms of a previous plan filed Dec. 5, 2004, reflects an agreement...