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Sirius Satellite Radio added 441,000 net subscribers in the 2006 third quarter, raising its total base to 5.1 million, the company announced Oct. 4. In the same period, XM Satellite […]

Datapath Inc. announced Oct. 4 that it won a $181 million contract by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command to provide specialized satellite communications networks for the Joint Network Node (JNN) […]

Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd., an international ship-management company, has equipped its fleet of 132 ships with an Iridium Satellite-based e-mail system supplied by And Group. Each shipboard package includes a […]

NDS won a contract from Romtelecom, Romania’s largest telco, to provide a system for a new direct-to-home (DTH) platform, NDS announced. Romtelecom will deploy a full end-to-end system that includes […]

GMV Space Systems Inc. received a contract from Orbital Sciences Corp. to provide flight-dynamics software for the Thor 2-R telecommunications satellite, GMV announced. Orbital received a contract from Telenor ASA […]

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission granted anti-trust clearance to the United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture that will combine the government launch operations of Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin […]

Globalstar Inc. is planning an initial public offering of 6.5 million shares priced at between $16 per share and $18 per share, the company said in an Oct. 2 filing […]

Eutelsat Communications announced Oct. 2 that its Hotbird-3 satellite will begin operations from its new orbital slot at 10 degrees East before the end of October. The satellite, renamed Eurobird-10, […]

Shin Satellite Public Co. Ltd. deorbited its ailing Thaicom 3 satellite following a power loss, the company announced. Thaicom 3, built by Alcatel Alenia Space and launched in 1997, has […]

Globalstar Inc. has partnered with Ocens to launch a suite of data services, Globalstar announced Three services are available to Globalstar subscribers in the United States. Ocens Mail provides capability […]

Hyundai and XM Satellite Radio announced that the first Hyundai vehicles with standard, factory-installed XM Radio are hitting the showrooms. The first 2007 Santa Fe equipped with standard XM Radio […]

Atlanta-based EMS Technologies announced Oct. 3 that its EMS Defense & Space Systems won a $1.2 million contract from NASA to provide Ka-band antennas for the Mars Science Laboratory’s exploratory […]

Lars Bjerde has been named president of mobile satellite communications equipment provider Swe-Dish Satellite Systems, the company announced Oct. 2. Bjerde, who will join Swe- Dish in November, previously has […]

“Space and Satellites: State of the Investment Climate” is the topic of an Oct. 19 executive lunch sponsored by the Washington Space Business Roundtable. Hoyt Davidson, CEO and managing member […]

Retail sales of satellite radios continue to be sluggish, and a general lighter trend in retail traffic suggest that “should this trend continue into mid-October, it may very well be […]

Eumetsat announced Oct. 2 that the planned launch of the MetOp satellite would be delayed again after the spacecraft and the launch vehicle’s upper stage experienced a slight mechanical shock. […]

Boeing Co. announced that its team building the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system has selected a vendor for the optical sensor that will fly aboard the Pathfinder spacecraft. Boeing […]

Alcatel Alenia Space received a contract from prime contractor EADS Space to provide the main instrument for the Cryosat-2 spacecraft, Alcatel announced Oct. 2. CryoSat-2, scheduled to be launched in […]

The Union Cabinet approved the design, development and launch of the Gsat-8/Insat-4G communications satellite, the government of India announced Sept. 29. The spacecraft, which is scheduled to be in service […]

Intelsat Oct. 2 announced the promotion of Linda Kokal to senior vice president and treasurer. Kokal’s areas of responsibility and oversight include treasury, risk management, financial planning and analysis. She […]

Andrews Space Inc. has joined Rocketplane Kistler to work on NASA‘s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, the companies announced Sept. 28. Rocketplane Kistler and Orbital Sciences Corp. received a […]

Strong growth in Australia has helped Shin Satellite PLC reach 50,000 IPStar terminals distributed throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Shin announced Sept. 27. IPStar Australia Pty Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary […]

The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research and Development Engineering Center awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to development technology intended to automate and accelerate spectrum planning, the company announced Sept. 28. Lockheed […]

Microsoft Corporation and Hughes announced Sept. 28 a plan to roll out 5,000 broadband-enabled kiosks across India. According to a published report from The Hindu newspaper, information and communications-technology kiosks […]

Canada-based Bulldog Technologies, which combined cellular and satellite technologies in a unique cargo-tracking system, was reportedly forced to shut its doors last weekend. As first reported Sept. 29 in sister […]

Agents from Iran’s state security force last week climbed rooftops in western Tehran to confiscate satellite dishes, which are banned in Islamic Iran. According to a report by Iran Focus […]

EADS Astrium, the European satellite manufacturer, is enjoying a strong 2006 based on winning high-profile satellite contracts from operators, including Arabsat and Eutelsat among others. Antoine Bouvier, EADS Astrium’s CEO, […]

Dahl-Morrow International (DMI), an executive-recruitment firm for the satellite, security, telecommunications and information-technology industries, has opened a London-area office, according to a company statement. With more than 15 years of […]

Word of the Sept. 21 anomaly which rendered Intelsat Ltd.’s IS-802 satellite useless to customers in the Eastern Hemisphere has raised renewed concern about whether poor design is to blame […]

Rocketplane Kistler and Andrews Space Inc. have entered into a strategic relationship to work on NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, the companies announced Sept. 28. Rocketplane Kistler and […]