Author: Staff Writer

Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) signed a new capacity deal with German-Saudi company Detasad. For a 54-megahertz transponder on the Express-AM22 satellite. Detasad, working with gateway partner Telekom Austria, will...

Spacenet Inc. hired Andreas Georghiou as its CEO effective August 1, Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced. Georghiou has more than 25 years of satellite communications experience and previously served as...

Telenor Satellite Services unveiled its mobile satellite emergency communications response kit designed to allow emergency responders, government agencies and humanitarian relief organizations to establish essential communications during emergencies. The 28-pound...

Rocketplane Kistler and Orbital Sciences Corp. have formed a partnership to compete in NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program and develop other applications for Rocketplane’s space transportation system. Under...

The Canadian government selected Ramtelecom Inc. to provide a satellite service network that will secure high-speed data and voice services for remote federal government offices across Canada. Ramtelecom will create...

Apache Corp. approved Stratos Global Corp.‘s proposal to supply remote communications to more than 100 offshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, Stratos announced July 25. Stratos...

Revenue at Lockheed Martin Space Systems increased 29 percent to $2.1 billion in the 2006 second quarter, driven by growth in satellite and missile defense systems, Lockheed Martin Corp. announced...

Sarantel Group PLC dropped its revenue forecast for the company’s 2006 fiscal year after being informed by XM Satellite Radio demand for satellite radios is below expectations, Sarantel announced July...

Raytheon Co. and NASA completed data transfer and system compatibility testing for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP), the organizations announced July 24. The 12-day...

Trimble acquired and tracked the signal from Europe’s Galileo test satellite using a prototype receiver that can also receive signals from the U.S. GPS and Russia’s Glonass satellite navigation systems,...