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The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to continue work on a nanosatellite program, the company announced Aug. 2. Under the contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s...

Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP) signed a deal with Intelsat to launch a channel on Intelsat’s IA-8 satellite to supply the direct-to-home channel in Brazil. Intelsat will provide RTP...

XM Satellite Radio will run adds for customers of Google Inc.‘s Adwords program on the satellite radio provider’s non-music channels, the companies announced Aug. 3. Under the agreement, Google Adwords...

Globalstar Inc. unveiled a modem to provide satellite connectivity for laptop computers and other data-only applications, the company announced Aug. 3. The Skyhawk M1620 modem is designed to adapt to...

SES Astra signed some key channel contracts in Germany ahead of the launch of its new digital platform, scheduled for the first half of 2007. SES signed deals with the...

Atlantic Canada’s Aliant will launch a high-speed Internet satellite service to customers without access to terrestrial services, the company announced Aug. 2. Aliant partnered with Telesat Canada to provide the...

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Frequency Electronics Inc. multiple contracts to build a secure communications satellite system. The initial contracts, totaling $1.5 million, include obtaining long-lead materials and developing...

Lockheed Martin delivered the flight structure of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) spacecraft the company announced Aug. 2. The Advanced EHF system will supply highly secure, protected and...

Despite overcapacity in the commercial satellite market and the continuing decline in the number of commercial launches being conducted, satellite operators are having trouble finding rides to space because launch...

Telesat Canada reported a profit of 43 million Canadian dollars ($38 million) in the 2006 second quarter, compared to earnings of 26.3 million ($23.2 million) in the same period in...