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Geostage of Australia introduced June 26 a true-color medium-resolution global satellite imagery based on data collected by the U.S. government’s Landsat satellite, the company announced June 26. The dataset is […]

Speedcast Ltd. launched an interactive mobile TV platform available across Asia using an advanced multicast satellite delivery platform dubbed Mobicast. The service will provide more than 30 Mobile TV channels […]

Globalstar Inc. announced June 27 its sixth North American satellite ground station went into operation June 21. The Alaska station will provide enhanced coverage over parts of Alaska, northwestern British […]

Roadpost will provide Iridium satellite emergency communications for Medstar Health’s personnel and facilities, Roadpost announced June 26. Roadpost will install nine multichannel fixed terminals at Medstar’s hospitals and facilities and […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC granted Microelectronics Technology Inc. (MTI) of Taiwan the right to build the Internet Protocol over Satellite-compliant Hughes HN700 series terminals, Hughes announced June 27. The terminals […]

Digitalglobe names Russia’s Sovzond the exclusive distributor for its Quickbird satellite imagery in the countries that comprise the Commonwealth of Independent States, Digitalglobe announced June 27. “The market share for […]

Boeing Co. will halt new sales of its Connexion broadband satellite Internet service while it explores the future of the business, Boeing announced June 26. “The market for the service […]

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded Globecomm Systems Inc. a multiple award schedule contract, which will improve the company’s ability to offer its satellite communications solutions to authorized civilian […]

Echostar Communications Corp. extended its deal to broadcast the NFL Network and moved the channel to a less expensive package, Echostar announced June 26. Beginning July 13, NFL Network will […]

Compuprint Inc., an energy technology company that combines satellite-based technology with traditional exploration services, announced June 26 it completed a $1 million private placement with Kiev Investment Group, a partner […]

Quake Global unveiled a small, low-cost modem that works with Iridium Satellite‘s global short-burst service, Iridium announced June 23. The Q9612 modem, about the size of a deck of cards, […]

Canada’s Ministry of Natural Resources unveiled a deal to provide public access to satellite imagery of the country via the Internet, the ministry announced June 23. The five-year deal, valued […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) test fired the second stage motor for the Vega launch vehicle, ESA announced June 26. The test of the Zefiro 23, built by Avio, was […]

Century 21 Real Estate LLC introduce a satellite mapping function to its Web site via its relationship with Microsoft Virtual Earth and Microsoft Map Point, Century 21 announced June 22. […]

Satelinx signed a contract to provide 2,500 personal tracking units to Algeria’s S.A.R.L Algeria Online, Satelinx announced June 22. The order for the PT 300 units is valued at more […]

CanalSat CEO Guy Lafarge believes there will be a strong demand for high-definition (HD) services in France. The direct-to-home operator likely will be one of the leaders in bringing HD […]

Hughes Communications Inc. rounded out its board with the appointment of three executives, the company announced June 22. Stephen Clark, a venture partner with Intersouth Partners; Gene Gabbard, a private […]

Globalstar applied for authority from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use its entire assigned Mobile Satellite Services spectrum for Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) services in the United States. […]

In a significant high-definition (HD) TV deal, Rainbow Media Holdings LLC has signed a deal with Sky HD to launch a number of Voom HD programming brands in Korea. The […]

The final report from NASA‘s Exploration Systems Architecture Study threw its support behind using a shuttle-derived solid rocket booster (SRB)-based launch vehicle for the agency’s mission to return humans to […]

The U.S. government will fund NASA missions to the moon, Mars and beyond in coming decades, even though federal finances are constrained by daunting deficits, an industry leader predicted. For […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has demonstrated a prototype satellite navigation system accurate enough to direct vision-impaired pedestrians. This system, designed with the Spanish National Organisation for the Blind, is […]

In the highly competitive French pay-TV market, satellite operator Canalsat likely will lead the way in bringing high-definition (HD) services to customers. The operator, which is in the midst of […]

VSAT ViaSat Inc. acquired Enerdyne Technologies Inc., a provider of video data link equipment and digital video systems primarily for unmanned aerial vehicles, ViaSat announced June 21. The acquisition will […]

U.S. military and commercial satellites, long considered out of harm’s way, are vulnerable to multiple types of attack, an assault a determined enemy someday will attempt, according to military, government, […]

By Dave Ahearn Hours after testing yielded yet another successful destruction of a target ballistic missile, the top U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) leader gave assurance that the United States […]

China is developing weapons to destroy satellites in orbit, a senior Department of Defense leader said. Peter W. Rodman, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, reported the Chinese […]

By Dave Ahearn U.S. military and commercial satellites, long seen as above the fray and out of harm’s way, are vulnerable to multiple types of attack, an assault that a […]

A Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile (GEM) destroyed a target missile at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., according to the GEM maker, Raytheon [RTN]. It was the second consecutive test flight […]

A Boeing-led [BA] industry team and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) took a major step toward demonstrating the capability of the Airborne Laser (ABL) by successfully firing surrogate lasers […]