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Today’s dual-payload launch of Arianespace‘s heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission will carry Japan’s JCSAT-10 commercial telecommunications satellite in the upper payload position, while the French Syracuse 3B military relay platform is […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC announced Aug. 10 it signed multiple contracts with Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications. The contracts, worth nearly $60 million, call for the development and supply of a high-speed […]

Alltel Wireless, announced Aug. 10 an agreement with XM Satellite Radio that will make Alltel customers the first in the United States to have access to XM Satellite Radio programming […]

OpenTV, a provider of middleware and other technology solutions to direct-to-home operators, posted double-digit revenue growth in the 2006 second quarter. In the three months that closed at the end […]

Qatar Airways plans to equip 14 of its aircraft with digital satellite TV systems by the end of 2006. The aircraft will install the Rockwell Collins Tailwind 560 satellite television […]

RT Logic, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc. announced Aug. 10 the availability of its next generation high-rate digital telemetry data processor to support wideband and remote sensing satellite […]

Tata Sky Ltd. has launched direct-to-home TV services across India, the company announced Aug. 8. The joint venture, set up by the Tata Group and News Corp.’s Star India, delivers […]

Americom Government Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of SES Americom, and Wheat International, a provider of long-range wireless services, set a record for mobile broadband Internet services during a public […]

Volvo Cars of North America and Sirius Satellite Radio announced Aug. 8 that Volvo will begin offering Sirius equipment as a factory installed option this summer. Starting with the 2007 […]

International Communications Group (ICG) announced Aug. 8 the introduction of an Iridium satellite conversion program for customers being affected by the pending shutdown of the Verizon Airfone air-to-ground telephone service […]

Spacedev Inc. has been issued a patent for its hybrid propulsion technology related to fine altitude and control systems on a spacecraft, the company announced Aug. 9. The “Hybrid Propulsion […]

DirecTV‘s profits more than doubled in the 2006 second quarter to $459 million, as revenues improved 10 percent to $3.5 billion, DirecTV announced Aug. 8. In the 2005 second quarter, […]

Loral Space & Communications Inc. posted a 41 percent increase in the 2006 second quarter to $192.9 million, driven by satellite construction contracts, the company announced Aug. 7. In the […]

Commscope Inc. announced Aug. 7 that it is proposing to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Andrew Corp. in a deal valued at $1.7 billion. Commscope’s offer of $9.50 […]

Digitalglobe announced Aug. 7 that ITT Corp. completed and shipped the imaging sensor for the next generation Worldview 1 satellite. This sensor, which will be able to capture imagery with […]

NDS, a supplier of middleware and conditional access solutions to satellite operators, has seen a nearly 10 percent increase in overall revenues for the year ended June 30, the company […]

SES Global reported a profit of 215.6 million euros in the first half of 2006, up from a profit of 167.7 million euros in the first six months of 2005, […]

A Proton Breeze M launch vehicle placed Eutelsat’s Hot Bird 8 satellite into orbit Aug. 5, International Launch Services announced. The satellite, built by EADS Space, will provide service over […]

Iridium Satellite LLC completed a $210 million debt offering, the company announced Aug. 6. Iridium will use net proceeds of the credit facilities to repay the company’s existing credit facilities, […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will supply Australia’s Optus with additional Skyedge hub infrastructure and several thousand VSATs for a program that delivers broadband services in rural and remote areas of […]

Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors has joined Harris Corp. as a teammate in the competition to develop the next-generation Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminal, Harris announced […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, plans to launch the MetOp-A satellite Oct. 7, the organization announced. The launch of the spacecraft aboard a Russian Soyuz […]

Inmarsat PLC reported a profit of $31.3 million in the first half of 2006, down from a profit of $42.8 in the first half of 2005, the company reported Aug. […]

ViaSat Inc. recorded record revenues of $128.7 million and new net contract awards of $134 million in the company’s 2007 first quarter, ViaSat announced Aug. 3. The company posted a […]

The U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center awarded Arrowhead Global Solutions an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for portable satellite communications terminals. The one-year contract includes four one-year options, and […]

Boeing Co. awarded Astrotech Space Operations a $1.6 million contract for payload processing, Astrotech parent company Spacehab Inc. announced Aug. 3. Under the contract, Astrotech will supply and install payloads […]

Mary Frost has been appointed CEO of Globecast America, the U.S. unit of Paris-based Globecast. Frost oversees Globecast’s strategy and operations in North and Latin America, based between the company’s […]

Sirius Satellite Radio appointed Adrienne Calderone to senior vice president and controller the company announced Aug. 3. Calderone will serve as the chief accounting officer responsible for public reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley […]

Geoeye appointed Martin Faga to the board of directors, the company announced Aug. 3. Faga also remains on the board of trustees at Mitre, where he served as president and […]

Romania Cable Systems (RCS) which launched direct-to-home (DTH) market in Romania in 2005 in areas not covered by the company’s cable offerings, hopes to double its number of DTH subscribers […]