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Loral Space & Communications Inc. posted a 41 percent increase in the 2006 second quarter to $192.9 million, driven by satellite construction contracts, the company announced Aug. 7. In the...

Commscope Inc. announced Aug. 7 that it is proposing to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Andrew Corp. in a deal valued at $1.7 billion. Commscope’s offer of $9.50...

Digitalglobe announced Aug. 7 that ITT Corp. completed and shipped the imaging sensor for the next generation Worldview 1 satellite. This sensor, which will be able to capture imagery with...

NDS, a supplier of middleware and conditional access solutions to satellite operators, has seen a nearly 10 percent increase in overall revenues for the year ended June 30, the company...

SES Global reported a profit of 215.6 million euros in the first half of 2006, up from a profit of 167.7 million euros in the first six months of 2005,...

A Proton Breeze M launch vehicle placed Eutelsat’s Hot Bird 8 satellite into orbit Aug. 5, International Launch Services announced. The satellite, built by EADS Space, will provide service over...

Iridium Satellite LLC completed a $210 million debt offering, the company announced Aug. 6. Iridium will use net proceeds of the credit facilities to repay the company’s existing credit facilities,...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will supply Australia’s Optus with additional Skyedge hub infrastructure and several thousand VSATs for a program that delivers broadband services in rural and remote areas of...

Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors has joined Harris Corp. as a teammate in the competition to develop the next-generation Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminal, Harris announced...

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, plans to launch the MetOp-A satellite Oct. 7, the organization announced. The launch of the spacecraft aboard a Russian Soyuz...