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[Satellite Today 05-08-09] Sirius XM Radio reported first quarter revenue of $605.5 million, up 5 percent from a year ago when the two satellite operators reported revenues of a combined […]

[Satellite Today 05-08-09] DirecTV Group Inc. posted earnings of $201 million in the 2009 first quarter, down 46 percent from the same period in 2008, the company announced May 7. […]

[Satellite Today 05-08-09] David Rehr, president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) will resign, the organization announced May 6.     During an interim period, Janet McGregor, NAB’s […]

The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $115 million contract to continue Pure Fleet upgrades of Army Patriot air and missile defense systems. That Army Aviation and Missile Command contract […]

The Tomahawk Block IV missile has been upgraded in effectiveness against moving maritime surface targets, with a longer-range capability, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. "This capability will allow the warfighter to […]

[Satellite Today 05-07-09] Optisat has released its S2-S receiver satellite unit, a product that combines DVB-S2 satellite front-end with DVB-ASI and GbE IP outputs, the company announced May 6.     […]

Scolese Says Any Ares I Replacement Must Be Capable To Carry Out Full Lunar Return Mission NASA today unveiled an $18.69 billion budget proposal that includes a major study of […]

[Satellite Today 05-07-09] Wegener released its MicroCasting solution, a satellite-delivered radio localization service that tailors national programming to local markets, the company announced.     The company also is promoting its […]

[Satellite Today 05-07-09] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) reported revenue of $20.7 million in its 2009 first quarter, a 6 percent decline from revenue of $22.2 million in the same […]

[Satellite Today 05-07-09] United Launch Alliance (ULA) and NASA successfully launched a Delta II rocket carrying the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Advanced Technology Risk Reduction (ATRR) mission for […]

[Satellite Today 05-07-09] Avanti Communications signed contracts to supply broadband products to Italian distribution companies Tempestini Group and Hitek Partners, Avanti announced May 6.     Tempestini Group specializes in developing […]

[Satellite Today 05-07-09] El Corte Ingles will distribute Eutelsat’s Tooway satellite broadband service to retail consumers in Spain, Eutelsat announced May 6.     The two companies signed a distribution agreement […]

[Satellite Today 05-07-09] AsiaSat selected Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to build the AsiaSat 5C satellite, AsiaSat announced May 6.     AsiaSat 5C will serve as a backup for AsiaSat 5, which […]

China did it again. Two Chinese fishing vessels veered dangerously close to a U.S. Navy intelligence-gathering ship, the USNS Victorious, as it moved peacefully in international waters, according to the […]

The Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System (NLOS-LM ) Precision Attack Missile (PAM) passed a captive flight test. That system is provided by NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Co. [RTN] and […]

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] End-to-end broadcasting solutions provider, Harmonic, said it suffered heavy losses in its 2009 first quarter financial report released May 5.     The company’s CFO, Robin Dickson attributed […]

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] SatMax Corp., a wireless satellite coverage provider, has completed its name change from Echo Satellite Communications, the company announced May 5.     The name change came at […]

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and MediaQuest are developing a high-definition (HD) direct-to-home (DTH) offering for commercial release in 2009, PLDT announced in its first […]

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] Spacenet Inc. has deployed its Connexstar satellite communications services as part of an incident response vehicle for Erie Insurance, Spacenet announced May 5.     The services utilize […]

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] Thuraya has made enhancements to its broadband solution, ThurayaIP, the company announced May 3.     Thuraya established a point Of presence and meet me point to augment […]

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) awarded Raytheon an information assurance and network operations contract to design, transition and operate a secure voice, video and data-information […]

[Satellite News 05-06-09] End-to-end broadcasting solutions provider Harmonic suffered heavy losses in its 2009 first quarter financial report, the company announced May 5.     CFO Robin Dickson said the 22 […]

[Satellite Today 05-06-09] The Swedish Space Corp. (SSC) will run a U.S. corporation, Universal Space Network (USN), as a subsidiary after the U.S. government approved SSC’s acquisition of USN with […]

[Satellite Today 05-05-09] SpaceConnection President and CEO Michael Antonovich resigned, effective May 15, according to a statement released May 4.     Antonovich said he was leaving the company to join […]

[Satellite Today 05-05-09] SeaMobile, a provider of satellite communications services to the maritime industry, named Jonathan Weintraub CEO, the company announced May 4.     Weintraub previously served as the company’s […]

[Satellite Today 05-05-09] Artel, a developer of information technology and managed network services, hired Rosalind Kadasi as its CFO, the company announced May 4. In addition to CFO responsibilities, Kadasi […]

[Satellite Today 05-05-09] AT&T CruiseCast soft-launched its $1,299 mobile satellite entertainment device for automotive vehicles at about 373 retail outlets, the company announced May 4.     AT&T CruiseCast, a joint […]

[Satellite Today 05-05-09] DirecTV will merge with its majority shareholder, Liberty Entertainment, in an effort to consolidate Liberty’s broadcasting and programming units, the companies announced May 4.     The new […]

[Satellite Today 05-05-09] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. hopes to raise $200 million through a private sale, the company announced May 4.     Comtech intends to grant the initial purchasers of the […]

[Satellite Today 05-05-09] Bezeq Israel Telecom will merge with Israeli satellite TV provider Yes, the companies announced May 4.     The conditions of agreement require Bezeq to raise its investment […]