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SpaceDev [OTC BB: SPDV] has been awarded a contract to develop micro- and nano-satellite bus and subsystem designs for the U.S. Air Force. This Air Force Research Laboratory Small Business...

Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] has named Bill Gerety as the new CEO of its Spacenet subsidiary. Gerety takes over from Nick Supron, who served as Spacenet’s CEO for...

By Jimmy Schaeffler Earlier this year, the technology sector was battered, the national economy was weak, and the only two U.S. satellite radio companies – XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR]...

Changes already are occurring in anticipation of the previously announced merger between mobile satellite service (MSS) providers – San Jose, Calif.-based Globalstar [OTCBB: GSTRF.OB] and London-based ICO Global Communications (Holdings)...

Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] is expected to save more than $10 million in annual interest costs through a $135 million debt financing that it closed last week. Orbital...

France’s Arianespace, U.S.-based Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries [PNK: MHVYF.PK] expect to complete a satellite launch alliance by the third quarter, according to Suzanne Chambers, Arianespace director...

Major League Baseball International, which coordinates network planning and broadcast of Major League Baseball (MLB) games, has chosen Intelsat to broadcast the July 15 All- Star Game to viewers worldwide....

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based provider of satellite-based communications, announced last week that it has been working with an unidentified customer in an effort to restore telecommunication services...

Italy’s Netsystem has signed a long-term agreement to use a second transponder on SES Astra’s satellite at 19.2 degrees East Longitude to provide satellite-based Internet service throughout Italy. This follows...

Hong Kong-based pay TV operator Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting has awarded a contract to Tandberg Television to provide a satellite transmission system for Galaxy in Asia. Under the contract, Tandberg will...