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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has completed initial functional verification. and calibration and verification tests of the Advanced Land Observing Satellite and operations began Oct. 24, JAXA announced. Daichi […]

General Motors of Canada Ltd. delivered its 50,000th vehicle with factory-installed XM Satellite Radio, the company announced Oct. 24. GM Canada installs XM in more than 50 models and in […]

Nallatech, a manufacturer of high-performance field programmable gate array (FPGA) components, announced its development of a test platform for space-borne processing with Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Space Technology sector. As part […]

Iridium Satellite has expanded its value-added partner program, adding three manufacturers and a reseller, Iridium announced Oct. 25. The new value-added manufacturers are Fastwave Communications of Perth, Australia; Uplogix of […]

The U.S. District Court in Miami voided a proposed settlement that Echostar Communications Corp. had reached with several TV stations to allow the satellite-TV company to continue broadcasting local network […]

Higher volumes in satellite programs helped Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Space Systems segment post gains in revenues and operating profit in the 2006 third quarter, the company announced Oct. 24. The […]

Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Aerospace segment, which includes the company’s satellite operations, reported a 10 percent improvement in operation margin in the third quarter of 2006 despite a 6 percent drop […]

SES Americom has integrated video encryption technology developed by Harmonic Inc. with the satellite operators IP-Prime Internet Protocol (IP) distribution service, the companies announced Oct. 24. Harmonic Prostream 1000 provides […]

Harris Corp. received a 12-month contract to provide the U.S. Navy with a Harris AN/WSC-6E(V)9 multiband shipboard satellite communications terminal (MSSCT) for the Lockheed Martin Littoral Combat Ship, Harris announced […]

Orbcomm Inc., launched an initial public offering of 11.2 million shares at an estimated offering price of $12 to $14 per share, the company announced Oct. 19. The company will […]

Qinetiq Group PLC, an international defense and security technology company, announced Oct. 24 the appointment of George Tenet as an independent non-executive director. Tenet served as director of the U.S. […]

Kudelski Group signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire control of OpenTV Corp., which manufactures middleware and other technology solutions for direct-to-home operators, from Liberty Media Corp., Kudelski announced Oct. […]

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems is presenting details of a new mobile office product, the next generation of its Highly Mobile Office (HMO) line. Swe-Dish introduced the HMO family, which provide an […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Oct. 23 that it has inked a $5.3 million contract for 50 Auto-Explorer satellite terminals to support the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division. The contract, […]

Vernon Irvin will serve as chief marketing officer for XM Satellite Radio, the company announced Oct. 23. His appointment will take effect Nov. 14, and Irvin will oversee XM’s strategic […]

Satamatics, a provider of asset-tracking and monitoring services, announced Oct. 23 that it connected its 100,000th subscriber through its distribution partner, Track 24. The milestone marks a 43 percent annual […]

The People’s Republic of China plans to launch its first direct-broadcasting satellite by the end of October and is planning to launch its second geosynchronous meteorological satellite before the end […]

Echostar Communications Corp. launched Oct. 19 its Dish Network High-Speed Internet powered by Wildblue, a satellite-delivered broadband Internet service offering bundled TV service. The two-way satellite service provides high-speed data […]

Intelsat has purchased a Glowlink Model 8000 Satellite Geolocation System to monitor sources of potential interference to its satellite signals, Glowlink announced Oct. 20. The spectrum monitoring and geolocation system […]

The U.S. Air Force honored the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) Life Extension Team with the 2006 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award for its efforts in developing innovative methods […]

Rainer Grohe, executive director of the Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU), says the Galileo project is one of the most significant space projects ever undertaken in Europe, but also believes the […]

The Federation of Obstetric and Gynecological Societies of India (FOGSI), in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), announced their cooperative launch of a satellite-based educational program for medical […]

Even as concern over oil prices and the war in Iraq have "the level of [investor] uncertainty … about as high as I’ve ever seen it," Hoyt Davidson, CEO and […]

An analysis of land-change data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) found that 217 square miles of Louisiana’s coastal lands were transformed to water after hurricanes Katrina and Rita swept […]

Galileo is one of the most ambitious space projects ever undertaken in Europe, as a partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission (EC) works to bring […]

LORL Loral Space & Communications Inc. will sell $300 million of stock to its largest shareholder, MHR Fund Management LLC, Loral announced Oct. 17. The proceeds, combined with existing resources, […]

Digital+, the Spanish pay-TV operator, has seen very slow subscriber growth in the last quarter, although it did reach an important milestone by surpassing 2 million subscribers. Sogecable, the owners […]

Outlays To Reach $15 Billion Peak In Fiscal 2016 U.S. spending on ballistic missile defense should average about $10 billion per year, with a possibility the annual outlays might be […]

The Air Force gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $1.067 billion contract for up to three more Wideband Gapfiller Satellites (WGS), if all options are exercised, Boeing announced. Signing the […]

A ballistic missile defense shield test went well, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. Integrated Ground Test 01 (GTI-01), a test of hardware, software, and communications interfaces of the Ballistic […]