Author: Staff Writer

[Satellite Today – 4-30-08] XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio have agreed to extend their merger agreement indefinitely, the companies announced April 30. The companies agreed to extend the...

[Satellite Today – 4-30-08] By 2013, Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) end-user devices and systems will generate yearly revenues of $240 billion, according to a research study by ABI Research....

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] The Florida National Guard has selected SkyPort Global Communications and Applied Global Technologies (AGT) to provide satellite communications services and solutions in emergencies, SkyPort announced April...

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] SES Astra has initiated a new orbital position at 31.5° East as it looks to make more of an impact in the Middle East and Eastern...

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] iDirect Inc. has received a contract from ScopeTel Sdn. Bhd. to standardize service on iDirect’s platform, iDirect announced April 29.     ScopeTel, headquartered in Malaysia, will...

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Raytheon Co. won an $86.7 million contract to produce and install upgrade kits for the U.S. Army‘s Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal, or SMART-T, Raytheon...

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Qinetiq North America has been awarded a five-year, $150 million contract to provide NASA with environmental test and integration services, NASA announced April 28.     Qinetiq...

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Wegener Corp. received a $1.2 million order for a digital signage project for the financial services industry, Wegener announced April 28.     The order marks the...

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] Eutelsat Communications will help launch a new high-definition (HD) platform in Hungary, the operator April 29.     Hello HD will launch services May 1 in Hungary...

[Satellite Today – 4-29-08] The ICO G1 satellite deployed its large antenna reflector April 26, Space Systems/Loral and ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd. announced.     ICO G1 incorporates a 12-meter...