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Hughes Network Systems said it launched a new dedicated network operations center (NOC) to be hosted at its European teleport in Griesheim, Germany. The new NOC will support additional satellite...

DirecTV Inc. said it has signed an agreement with 24-hour soccer network GolTV, allowing the channel to be available to customers who subscribe to either the DirecTV Para Todos Spanish...

Delphi Corp. said that it will supply Ford Motor Co. with the Sirius Satellite Radio receivers that will be offered to consumers as a factory-installed option beginning with select 2006...

According to a Jan. 11 report on ElectricNews.Net, MediaSat will launch a new satellite uplink facility that will allow the Ireland-based company to become more of a player in the...

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) won a Cdn. $1 million (U.S. $821,693) contract from Canada’s Department of National Defense (DND) for the design of a Canadian Space Surveillance System...

SES Americom said its Americom-12 (AMC-12) satellite arrived in Baikonur, Kazakhstan and will be undergoing final preparations for its Feb. 3 launch by International Launch Services on a Proton/Breeze M...

U.K.-based set-top-box (STB) vendor Pace Micro Technology announced that in the 27 weeks ending Dec. 7, 2004, it increased its profits to GBP3.1 million ($5.1 million). At the corresponding stage...

According to a Jan. 10 report on Kyodo News, Japan will begin research efforts aimed at scaling down the size of its spy satellites beginning in fiscal year 2005, with...

EMS Technologies Inc. appointed Clark Gordon as account manager for commercial sales in the Eastern United States for the company’s Satcom division. EMS said Gordon has more than 24 years...

The board of directors at Norsat International Inc. said that the company’s chief financial officer, Troy Bullock, tendered his resignation effective Feb. 28. According to the company, he is leaving...