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Gencorp Inc.‘s aerospace and defense segment, Aerojet, posted revenues of $165.7 million in the second quarter of 2006, a 16 percent increase over revenues from the same period in 2005, […]

The boards of Eltek ASA and Nera ASA announced they have agreed to merge to create a Norwegian telecom giant, which will improve the companies’ position in transmission, telecom power […]

The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center contracted Rockwell Collins to develop next-generation GPS technology for the modernized user equipment receiver card development program. The program is intended […]

ESA awarded a contract to Swedish Space Corp. to provide a site for the northern telemetry, tracking and command antenna for the Galileo satellite navigation system at Esrange Space Center […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio signed with France’s Sodielec to develop terrestrial repeater prototypes for Worldspace’s expansion across Western Europe. The contract, worth 800,000 euros ($1 million), includes design and development of […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC announced June 28 that subscribers to Hughesnet, the company’s two-way broadband satellite Internet service, reached 300,000 during the 2006 second quarter, an increase of 19 percent […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) received a contract from Echostar Communications Corp. to build a satellite based on the 1300 series platform, SS/L announced June 30. Financial terms of the deal were […]

The launch of Satmex 6 on an Ariane 5 ECA May 27 was the best news Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) and the Latin American region has received for […]

By Gerry Oberst Just as the satellite radio sector in the United States seems to be gaining strength, regulators in the United Kingdom seem to want to sell the spectrum […]

By Nick Mitsis The year 2005 was a robust year for services and hardware within the global satellite communications industry, with even stronger activity forecasted for the next few years. […]

Ongoing military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq are putting more emphasis on the need for reliable, robust and bandwidth-rich satcom-on-the-move (SOTM) solutions. The U.S. military and Allied Forces relies primarily […]

Technology MSV Unveils New Satellite Communication Repeaters Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced the availability of a pair of new vehicle-mounted repeater products that operate with the MSAT-G2 Mobile Satellite Radio. […]

By Owen D. Kurtin The role that Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) by Internet Protocol (IP) is likely to play in the satellite industry has been a constant topic of industry […]

Loral Space and Communications Inc. promoted Patrick DeWitt to CEO of Space Systems/Loral and chose John Celli to succeed him as president and COO of Space Systems/Loral. DeWitt has worked […]

Harris Corp. signed an agreement with Sky PerfecTV, a Japanese direct-to-home satellite service company, to provide a high-definition (HD) version of Harris’ playout automation application and its media ingest application, […]

Transformational Space Corp. (T/Space) added Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Near Earth LLC to its team competing to build a follow-on vehicle to the space shuttle, T/Space announced June […]

Globalstar Satellite Services Ltd. received a license from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to provide satellite voice and data services in the country, Globalstar Inc. announced June […]

Vega Group plc won a five-year contract extension from Serco Group plc to continue providing technical support for the Skynet military satellite communications program, Vega announced June 29. The $3.4 […]

In the articles “Geosage Introduces True-Color Global Satellite Imagery,” and “Boeing Exploring Future Of Connexion Business” (Satellite Today, Jan. 28) we misidentified the companies Geosage and Connexion By Boeing. We […]

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced June 27 it would open the East Coast Node of its Coastwatch program in Annapolis, Md., which will provide access to […]

DiTV opened an authorized service center in Taipei, Taiwan, to provide customer support for Norsat International Inc. The center will offer the capability to diagnose, repair, overhaul and upgrade satellite […]

Trimble supplied reference stations and software to help establish the first infrastructure network in Perth, Western Australia, Trimble announced June 28. The infrastructure will use next-generation GPS signals to provide […]

NASA’s Langley Research Center awarded Aerojet a five-year contract to develop technology for a rocket-powered landing system for NASA’s Crew Exploration Vehicle. The landing system will reduce the downward velocity […]

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. received a contract from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center to design and manufacture two cloud cameras for the Glory mission, which is part of the […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. supplied Impsat with a Skyedge satellite hub, which will be used to provide services to enterprises throughout Argentina, Gilat announced June 27. The platform will provide […]

Space Systems/Loral selected Ampac-ISP Corp. to supply thrusters for the Telstar 11N communications satellite, the first commercial mission for the thrusters. The thrusters, which will be used for orbit insertion […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has delayed the launch of the Radarsat-2 imaging satellite until March 2007, the company announced June 28. The launch most recently had been set for […]

Boeing Co. placed a satellite into orbit July 27 for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, the first mission for the company’s Delta 4 launch vehicle to originate from the U.S. […]

Unipart Group, a supplier of aftermarket automobile parts in the United Kingdom, invested 2.5 million British pounds (about $4.6 million) in a Web-based satellite vehicle tracking system from Masternaut. The […]

Eagle Broadband Inc. will supply its Satmax satellite communications technology to Norfolk Southern Corp., Eagle Broadband announced June 27. Norfolk previously installed a Satmax system in 2005 that allows customers […]