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SES Americom won a multiyear contract to provide Local Communications Network Inc. (LCN) with C-band satellite bandwidth on the AMC-12 satellite, SES Americom announced June 8. The contract will allow […]

Sirius Satellite Radio orders its fifth satellite, dubbed FM-5, from Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the companies announced June 8. The spacecraft, scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2008, […]

End II End Communications named Michael Penny director of business continuity and disaster recovery, the company announced June 7. Penny’s position will include responsibility for product management and business development […]

The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) is sponsoring a program in conjunction with Wildblue to provide training, sales and marketing experience as well as a paid internship to college students […]

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. and Unasat Communications LLC agreed to a partnership under which the companies will integrate and market C-Com’s Inetvu Mobile satellite-based antenna system with the Unasat-deployed Surfbeam […]

The Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology signed a one-year agreement with Imageone, a Japanese satellite imaging company, to train an Imageone engineer on ecological remote sensing and analysis techniques. […]

Canada’s Telesat won a contract from the Canadian Coast Guard to provide ship-to-shore communications via satellite. Telesat will provide satellite equipment to selected Coast Guard vessels, including a satellite terminal […]

Sea Launch named Robert Peckham the company’s president and general manager effective June 5. He has served in the roles on an interim basis since March. Peckham has worked for […]

Frank Lanza, chairman and CEO of L-3 Communications, died June 6, the company announced. Lanza was recovering from an April surgical procedure, but doctors had said his recovery was proceeding […]

Satellite Imaging Corp. announced June 6 that Michael Johnson has bee named vice president of sales and business development. Prior to joining Satellite Imaging, Johnson worked with Kansas-based Triple-i Corp. […]

France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) is launching a pair of pricing initiatives to encourage commercial shipping companies to take the Connexion by Boeing maritime service. The first offers will […]

Globalstar announced June 6 it received temporary operating authority from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for its North American satellite ground gateway in Wasilla, Alaska. The gateway, the sixth […]

The U.S. Army awarded Datapath Inc. a $72.9 million contract to provide specialized satellite Earth terminals and support services for the Joint Network Node program, Datapath announced June 6. Under […]

Sea Launch‘s Odyssey Launch Platform and Sea Launch Commander have set sail in advance of the launch of Panamsat Corp.‘s Galaxy 16 communications satellite, Sea Launch announced June 5. The […]

XM Canada reached the 80,000-subscriber mark at the end of its fiscal year third quarter and added Toyota and Lexus as an automobile distribution partnership, Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. […]

EADS Atrium signed a contract with Arabsat to build the BADR-6 communications satellite, the companies announced June 6. Under the in-orbit delivery contract, Astrium will supply its Eurostar platform and […]

Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. announced June 5 it received a $1.4 million order under its General Services Administration schedule to provide Model 2011 mobile aviation satellite data communications transceivers and […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, to place space environment measurement equipment on the […]

Polsat CEO Dominik Libicki is hopeful the operator can do a deal with leading Polish telco TPSA to offer services via Internet Protocol. Polsat is the second largest satellite pay-TV […]

Falcon Communications Inc. signed an agreement with Intelsat to distribute the satellite operator’s Ampiage service, Intelsat announced June 5. Falcon will distribute Ampiage to the about 800 U.S. telcos the […]

Swales Aerospace received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide the platform for the TacSat-3 mission, the company announced June 2. The task order was made under Swales’ […]

NASA announced June 2 it awarded a contract with Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Inc. to use an Atlas 5 to launch the Mars Science Laboratory mission in the fall […]

Pakistan’s National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) signed an agreement with British Telecom (BT) June 1 to obtain the DVB-RCS satellite communication system that will enhance NADRA’s broadband capability. Under […]

Vocati Enterprises unveiled June 1 a new satellite service designed to keep business operating after a hurricane. The Systems for Automated Failure Recovery was developed in conjunction with GMPCS Personal […]

Inmarsat announced June 1 it teamed with Assemble Communications to integrate Inmarsat’s new Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) high-speed mobile communications service into a small lightweight kit used as a […]

Eutelsat will play a key role in a new high-definition (HD) TV trial taking place in France throughout the next two months. The operator is partnering with TDF to transmit […]

Amnesty International released the first-ever satellite images of the wholesale destruction of a large community in Zimbabwe — providing evidence to date of the devastating impact of the Zimbabwean government’s […]

Intelsat, PA Intelsat Ltd. and Panamsat have planned debt offerings in connection with Intelsat’s planned acquisition of Panamsat Holding Corp., the companies announced. Intelsat will offer $1.9 billion in senior […]

Satellite operators have enough Ka-band capacity to meet market demand, but new Ka-band service startups across the globe are faced with a lack of demand when it comes to serving […]

Deep flaws in space programs cause them to run far over cost estimates and trail well behind schedule, with a risk that they may not perform as required, flaws that […]