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[08/16/07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. completed the first phase of its nanosatellite research and experimentation with the conclusion of the CubeSat TestBed 1 mission, the company announced Aug. 16. […]

[08/16/07 – Satellite Today] Northrop Grumman Corp. has completed delivery of the antenna wings for the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite, the company announced Aug. 15. […]

[08/16/07 – Satellite Today] Globalstar Inc. reported a gain in subscribers in the 2007 second quarter but posted a larger loss as revenues declined, the company announced Aug. 14. Total […]

Arianespace has successfully launched two satellites, Spaceway 3 and BSAT-3a into orbit, the company announced August 14. An Ariane 5 rocket lifted both communications satellites into space at 7:44 p.m. […]

Sirius Satellite Radio is launching two new services which offer enhanced video options and portable audio entertainment to customers, the company announced August 15. Sirius is launching the first satellite […]

DirecTV, the U.S. pay-TV operator, has signed a deal with the Current Group, which will boost its position in the broadband space, the company announced August 15. The wholesale distribution […]

MultiChoice South Africa (MCSA), a DTH operator in south Africa, is teaming up with OpenTV as it prepares to roll out advanced digital television services on its DStv platform across […]

Integral Systems, a satellite systems provider, has begun a tender offer to purchase shares of its common stock, the company announced August 14. Integral is offering to purchase up to […]

Thrane & Thrane has sold its German-based European Satellite Link (ESL) subsidiary, the company announced August 14, in a deal which is expected to close later this month. After a […]

The global communications satellite market is expected to generate deliveries of nearly 300 satellites in the next 10 years, but the U.S. share of those orders could fall, Forecast International […]

NASA signed a $1.8 billion contract with Alliant Techsystems (ATK) for the design, development, testing and evaluation of the first stage of the Ares 1 and Ares 5 launch vehicles, […]

Vision TV, a new direct-to-home (DTH) operator in the Ukraine, has signed a deal with NDS for conditional access and middleware services, the companies announced Aug. 13. NDS will provide […]

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been awarded a study contract for a joint lunar orbiter mission that may be conducted by the United States and the United Kingdom, SSTL […]

DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-1 satellite has been delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in advance of its scheduled launch Sept. 18, DigitalGlobe announced. The imagery satellite, built by Ball Aerospace & […]

DirecTV Group revenues improved 17 percent to $4.1 billion in the 2007 second quarter but profits fell slightly to $448 million, the company announced Aug. 9. A year ago, the […]

Shin Satellite PCL posted a loss of 83 million Thai bhat ($2.7 million) in the 2007 second quarter despite a 16 percent revenue gain to 2 billion bhat ($65 million) […]

Norsat International has had its third straight quarter of profit and also reached the milestone of being debt free for the first time in almost 25 years, after eliminating short-term […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) has launched Custom Capacity Service, a service it claims allows the customer to have, in effect, its “own virtual satellite system” at a low cost. MSV […]

Boeing has won a key contract extension, worth $30 million, to supply broadband services to the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command, the company announced August 14. The Boeing Service […]

WorldSpace, the satellite radio operator, is launching a new Internet radio service in collaboration with MSN India, the company announced August 13. It announced the launch of a pilot Internet […]

Premiere CEO Georg Kofler, the man behind the German pay-TV operators’ renaissance, will step down at the end of the month, Premiere announced Aug.13. Kofler cited personal reasons behind the […]

iDirect Inc. and DTech Labs Inc. have integrated a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system over iDirect’s iNfiniti VSAT broadband platform, the companies announced Aug. 13. DTech’s Whisper VoIP system […]

Global broadband satellite network solutions and services provider Hughes Communications Inc. reported second-quarter increases in services, hardware sales and revenues, the company announced Aug. 10. For the second quarter ended […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio saw a slight drop in overall subscriptions during the second quarter of 2007, the company announced with its earnings report on Aug. 9. For the period ended […]

Australian direct-to-home (DTH) operator Foxtel ended June with close to 1.3 million domestic direct customers, the company announced Aug. 9. The operator added 150,000 of those customers in the last […]

Gilat Satellite Networks announced strong increases in revenues and profits when it reported its second-quarter results on Aug. 9. The publicly traded, Israel-based company which designs, develops and markets satellite […]

EchoStar Communications Corp., the Colorado-based parent of Dish Network satellite TV, reported boosts in subscriptions and total revenue as it announced its second quarter 2007 figures on Aug. 10. For […]

In a second-quarter 2007 earnings report, fixed satellite services provider Intelsat Ltd. claimed revenue of $543.2 million and a net loss of $31.7 million for the three months ended June […]

Intelsat Reports Quarterly Revenues of $543 Million In a second-quarter 2007 earnings report, fixed satellite services provider Intelsat Ltd. claimed revenue of $543.2 million and a net loss of $31.7 […]

Foam May Have Ripped Gash In Orbiter Vehicle Space Shuttle Endeavour suffered damage, a gash more than an inch long plus perhaps as many as four other hits, in heat […]