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SES Astra has signed a transponder deal with U.K. transmission service company Arqiva. The capacity subcontracted by SES Astra at the orbital position 28.2 degrees/ 28.5 degrees East will be […]

U.K. satellite operator BSkyB now has about 8.1 million subscribers, growth which analysts described as “a bit light.” “BskyB’s nine month results came in in-line with our forecasts,” Conor O’Shea, […]

DirecTV Group Inc. reported revenues of $3.4 billion and a profit of $235 million in the 2006 first quarter, the direct-to-home satellite operator announced May 4. Revenues were up 8 […]

Eutelsat Communications announced May 4 that EADS Astrium will manufacture the Hot Bird 9 broadcast satellite, which is scheduled to be launched in 2008. The spacecraft will be based on […]

Caprock Communications announced May 2 that Vine Trust, an international relief agency, asked Caprock to provide advanced satellite services to the Amazon Hope 2, a ship that serves as a […]

Verso Technologies Inc., completed interoperability tests with iDirect and has been named a member of the Idirect IP Alliance, Verso announced. The companies plan to offer an advanced GSM backhaul […]

SES Astra has signed a transponder deal with U.K. transmission service company Arqiva. The capacity subcontracted by SES Astra at the orbital position 28.2 degrees/ 28.5 degrees East will be […]

U.K. satellite operator BSkyB now has about 8.1 million subscribers, growth which analysts described as “a bit light.” “BskyB’s nine month results came in in-line with our forecasts,” Conor O’Shea, […]

DirecTV Group Inc. reported revenues of $3.4 billion and a profit of $235 million in the 2006 first quarter, the direct-to-home satellite operator announced May 4. Revenues were up 8 […]

Eutelsat Communications announced May 4 that EADS Astrium will manufacture the Hot Bird 9 broadcast satellite, which is scheduled to be launched in 2008. The spacecraft will be based on […]

International Datacasting Corp. announced that Profline B.V., its wholly owned subsidiary and base of operations in Europe, received an order from Belgium’s Radio Contact to supply equipment for a major […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. announced May 2 that the company received a one-year services contract valued at $1.5 million from an existing major U.S. enterprise customer. Globecomm’s wholly owned subsidiary, Globecomm […]

Sea Launch signed a contract with Intelsat Ltd. to place the IA-9 spacecraft in orbit in the fourth quarter 2007, Sea Launch announced May 1. IA-9, being built by Space […]

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (Asiasat) signed a contract with Space Systems/Loral Inc. (SS/L) to design and build the Asiasat 5, the satellite operator announced May 2. Asiasat 5 will […]

Revenue for Sirius Satellite Radio nearly tripled in the first quarter of 2006, but the company’s loss also grew, due largely to stock options paid to Howard Stern, Sirius announced […]

Lockheed Martin Corp announced April 28 that Joanne Maguire would succeed Thomas Marsh as executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space Systems when Marsh retires July 1. Maguire will be […]

Iridium Satellite unveiled May 1 a readily deployable emergency communications package for first responders gearing up for the start of hurricane season. The Iridium package provides a mobile, global, interoperable […]

The Lockheed Martin Corp. team developing the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) delivered a payload subsystem and associated software integral for the program’s first geosynchronous orbit satellite SBIRS will provide advanced […]

Spacedev Co. delivered a pair of subsystems to prime contractor Boeing Co. for the Orbital Express program, Spacedev announced May 1. The goal of the Orbital Express program, funded b […]

L-3 Communications‘ Narda Satellite Networks division received a contract to provide 174 Ground Multiband Terminals to the U.S. military, L-3 announced May 1. The systems are designed to operate in […]

With the expiration of its two-year no-compete deal with Intelsat, Loral Skynet once again can offer Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) to customers in North America via its Telstar 12 and […]

By Gerry Oberst Participants discussed who would be the winners and losers in the switch from analog to digital television at the "European Switchover Strategies 2006" conference in Brussels in […]

By Peter J. Brown Robust, appealing and affordable Ka-band solutions are attracting new customers thanks to a growing menu of services. Applications ranging from enterprise and government high- speed data […]

By Jason Bates When the first commercial imagery satellites were proposed, owners and investors had visions of billions of commercial dollars dancing through their heads. But the commercial market forecasts […]

GSM and cellular operators require reliable equipment, service level agreements and the ability to use satellite bandwidth most efficiently. For satellite service providers and equipment manufacturers, there are new advancements […]

By Owen D. Kurtin Last month’s column took a closer look at ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) technology and provides a natural lead-in to discuss the extraordinary spectrum-based valuations reportedly being […]

Technology Glowlink Rolls Out Geolocation product Glowlink announced the rollout of a geolocation product with integrated interference detection and monitoring capability. Targeted for the satellite communications market, the new product […]

Com Dev International Ltd. has received an authorization to proceed to supply multiplexer and switch equipment to an unnamed European satellite manufacturer for use in a commercial communications satellite, Com […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) announced April 27 that the U.S. Patent Office awarded the company a patent for next-generation satellite networks in which the space-based transmitter and receiver functions […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. announced April 28 that its board of directors has authorized the company to repurchase up to $50 million of its outstanding securities throughout the next 12 months. […]