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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved Intelsat Ltd.‘s acquisition of Panamsat Holding Corp., and Intelsat expects to close the deal July 3, the company announced. “The transaction will be...

Telenor Satellite Services will add a new Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite terminal to its portfolio, Telenor announced June 20. The Wideye Sabre 1, developed by Addvalue Communications Pte...

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. will build a new ground station for downloading Radarsat data in Italy, the company announced June 20. The station, dubbed Marsec, will join MacDonald Dettwiler’s...

Maps Geosystems will be the sole distributor of Digitalglobe satellite imagery in the Middle East and sub-Saharan region of Africa, Digitalglobe announced June 19. Maps, headquartered in Sharjah, United Arab...

A Russian Proton rocket placed the Kazsat satellite into orbit June 18 for the government of Kazakhstan, according to Russian press reports. The satellite, built by Russia’s Khrunichev, carries 12...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) names Mike Yglesias vice president of RF engineering, the company announced. He will be in charge of the overall design segment of the MSV terrestrial radio...

Delta Wave Communications Inc. introduced June 17 a GPS-based asset tracking system. Rigtrac is installed onboard a truck and uses GPS coordinates to monitor the movement of the vehicle, sending...

Garmin will be corporate sponsor and an official supplier of GPS units to the USA Triathlon National Teams Program, USA Triathlon announced June 16. Garmin will provide Edge 305HR+Speed/Cadence Sensor...

Sea Launch lofted Panamsat‘s Galaxy 16 satellite into orbit, the company announced June 18. The Zenit-3SL rocket lifted off from Sea Launch’s floating platform at the equator at 3:50 a.m....

Skylife, the Korean satellite pay-TV operator, has announced a deal with Rainbow HD Holdings to bring high-definition (HD) programming to Korea. According to the terms of the agreement, Rainbow HD...