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Delta Air Lines‘ [NYSE: DAL] new low-fair airline Song plans in October to begin offering satellite TV service to passengers. Song is partnering with Matsushita Avionics Systems and EchoStar Communications...

Rockwell Collins’ [NYSE: COL] high-speed satellite communications (satcom) system has received Federal Aviation Administration certification for use on aircraft manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace. The Collins HST-900 systems provides in-flight passenger...

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has shipped the GPS IIR-10 satellite to the Cape Canaveral, Fla., launch site from its facilities in Valley Forge, Pa. The satellite, scheduled to launch in...

The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a “first-come, first-served” licensing process for geostationary satellite applications. The FCC, however, decided to retain the existing “processing round” system for non-geostationary satellite applications....

Stanford University and QuakeFinder are developing a satellite that will detect earthquake activity in California by monitoring a network of ground-based sensors. The micro-satellite, called QuakeSat I and weighing about...

A = Analogue D = Digital 122 degreesE: Asiasat 4 D Asiasat 4 was launched successfully aboard an Atlas IIIB rocket from Cape Canaveral on April 12 at 00:47. It...

SES Americom got a shot in the arm recently with announcement of a deal with EchoStar Communications to provide satellite capacity to the U.S. direct broadcast satellite (DBS) operator on...

Alcatel Space has concluded a deal to provide a new weather satellite, worth 135 million euros ($146.9 million), to Eumetsat, an intergovernmental organisation that operates meteorological satellites for 18 European...

The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) has launched an initiative to bring broadband via satellite to less developed regions of the globe. ITSO was formed during the privatization of Intelsat...

While consolidation among satellite pay-TV operators is accelerating in southern Europe, the colder regions of Europe have stimulated robust competition in the satellite TV market. In the Nordic region, Modern...