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Despite overcapacity in the commercial satellite market and the continuing decline in the number of commercial launches being conducted, satellite operators are having trouble finding rides to space because launch […]

Telesat Canada reported a profit of 43 million Canadian dollars ($38 million) in the 2006 second quarter, compared to earnings of 26.3 million ($23.2 million) in the same period in […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. awarded ATK a $90 million contract to supply first-, second- and third-stage Orion solid rocket motors for a variety of launch platforms. ATK will build the motors […]

Thrane & Thrane has made a 550 million kroner ($94.1 million) offer to buy Nera ASA‘s mobile satellite communications operations, Nera announced Aug. 2. Under the deal, Thrane & Thrane […]

Geoeye announced Aug. 1 the resignation of Timothy Puckorius, the company’s senior vice president of international sales and marketing. Puckorius left “to pursue other opportunities” but will continue to be […]

The U.S. Air Force awarded Harris Corp. a six-month, $1 million contract to complete a concept development study to incorporate the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) environmental satellite […]

Boeing, in cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratories, demonstrated how its Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) could link one satellite to another using a laser beam in […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. announced July 31 it completed range tests for its downlink phased array antenna for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency military satellite communications payload. The antennas will send […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to study the development of a joint Canadian-Italian hyperspectral satellite, the company announced July 31. […]

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. announced July 31 it divided its defense operations organization unit into two separate business units. National Defense Solutions will be led by Fred Doyle and […]

Sirius Satellite Radio now expects to finish 2006 with 6.3 million subscribers after adding more than 600,000 in the second quarter, the company announced Aug. 1. The company previously forecast […]

By Nick Mitsis Nearly a year in the making, Intelsat Ltd. announced the closing of its merger with Panamsat Holding Corp. July 3. The deal expands Intelsat’s fleet to 51 […]

By Gerry Oberst In a June report, the European Commission reported that the Galileo satellite navigation program is the largest pan-European industrial project ever. European scientists and industry have been […]

By Peter J. Brown As we ease into the second half of 2006, the United States rapidly is approaching an impressive milestone with respect to broadband service provision. Exactly when […]

By Jason Bates VSAT systems have established themselves as a technology ideally suited to corporate networking, enabling a new tier of users to take advantage of the enhanced flexibility the […]

By Gordon Feller The Russian economy is expected to continue its sustained and steady growth rate in 2006. When the final tally is in at the end of this year, […]

For a long time, establishing a satellite link required the user to stop or pause along the way, and that still remains a valid option today in many instances. However, […]

By Owen D. Kurtin This month we examine the net neutrality, franchise relief and media concentration debates. Anyone who thinks the satellite industry does not have a dog in this […]

Technology Delta Wave Unveils Tracking System Delta Wave Communications Inc. introduced a GPS-based asset tracking system. Rigtrac is installed onboard a truck and uses GPS coordinates to monitor the movement […]

Near Earth LLC added three members to its advisory board and one member to its investment banking team, the company announced July 29. Christopher Baugh, Robert Mancini and Bruce Wendt […]

Conexant Systems Inc. announced July 31 that sales of its DVB-S2 satellite set-top box demodulator and forward error correction decoder exceeded 1 million units. The decoder helps operators deliver content […]

The South African government announced July 27 it approved the creation of the South African Space Agency, which will manage and execute the country’s national space science and technology programs. […]

Mitsubishi Motors North America will offer Sirius Satellite Radio as a standard feature or factory option on four of its 2007 models beginning this fall and all of its 2008 […]

The U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center awarded Tampa Microwave an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, to supply satellite simulators for training and testing satellite terminals, Tampa Microwave announced […]

Com Dev International Ltd. won a contract to design and build equipment for an unnamed European military communications satellite program. The company will work on the equipment throughout the next […]

Globecast signed a deal with one of Korea’s largest broadcasters, Korean Broadcasting Systems (KBS) to broadcast the channel KBS World into the Middle East. Under a distribution partnership between Globecast, […]

NASA selected Lockheed Martin‘s Atlas 5 rocket to launch the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission in 2008, the organizations announced July 30. The mission which also will carry a secondary […]

While still assessing the fallout from the July launch failure that destroyed the Insat-4C communications satellite, Madhaven Nair, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) continues to look forward […]

Planetlink Communications Inc. will supply another shipment of GPS Fleet Tracking Systems to R&R Sales Group, Planetlink announced July 27. This second order is for 26 units, bringing the total […]

Eurockot Launch Services GmbH launched the Korean Kompsat-2 satellite July 28 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The satellite, built by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, will provide monitoring and mapping services using […]