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The Russian State Commission has completed its investigation into the Proton M/Breeze M anomaly that left the Arabsat 4A satellite in the wrong orbit eight weeks ago, during a mission […]

Geoeye, a leading satellite remote-sensing imaging company, announced its partner European Space Imaging (EUSI) received an additional contract from the European Commission to supply Orbview-3 high-resolution map-accurate imagery. The contract […]

ITT named Chris Young as president and general manager of its Space Systems Division on April 18. Previously, Young served as vice president and director for the divisions commercial & […]

Raytheon Company named Chuck Enoch vice president of space systems for the company’s Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS) business in Aurora, Colo. In his new position, Enoch will lead the […]

GeoEye, announced April 21 the appointment of Paolo E. Colombi as vice president of International Sales. Colombi has more than 25 years of experience in sales, operations and international management […]

Newtec unveiled a product offering for transmitting IP data over DVB-S2 satellite links, the company announced. The new concept expands the existing Azimuth family of DVB-S and DVB-S2 modulators, demodulators […]

XM Canada signed a multiyear distribution agreement with Harley-Davidson motorcycles, XM Canada announced April 21. Under the deal, select motorcycles will offer XM Canada as a pre-installed service. Harley-Davidson currently […]

XM Satellite Radio unveiled its plans to raise $800 million through a pair of debt offerings and also announced a contract that will return shock jocks Opie & Anthony to […]

XTAR Llc, a joint venture between Loral Space & Communications and Hisdesat, announced April 24 that the second component of its X-band satellite network, XTAR-LANT, has completed in-orbit testing and […]

Alcatel Alenia Space will manufacture the AMC-21 satellite for SES Americom, which will broadcast programming for PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) affiliated television stations throughout the United States and the Caribbean […]

SAT Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc announced April 24 that it has delivered an additional MonicsNet Satellite Carrier Monitoring site to SES Astra, thereby extending their […]

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems introduced a new concept by combining two of the company’s products available on the market. The Two-In-One concept consists of the new FA150K Lite and the compact […]

Sirius Canada Inc. and Pana-Pacific announced April 20 that they have formalized their wholesale distribution agreement for Sirius Satellite Radio products in Canada. Pana-Pacific and Sirius Canada will jointly market […]

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced April 20 that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., has received orders totaling $12.6 million on its movement tracking system contract with the U.S. Army. […]

Intelsat Ltd. CEO David McGlade believes the operator’s prospects for revenue growth in Asia are good, although it make take time for the operator to realize its potential in the […]

An Atlas 5 rocket lofted the Astra 1KR communications satellite into orbit April 20, International Launch Services (ILS) and Lockheed Martin announced. The mission, the first launch of an SES […]

Tivo Inc. looks to be riding high following it win of a patent claim against satellite TV provider Echostar, but the direct-to-home operator is not conceding defeat just yet. A […]

Intelsat Ltd. lost $325.3 million in 2005, compared to $38.7 million in 2004, due to higher operating expenses, Intelsat reported April 18. The satellite operator reported revenue growth of 12 […]

British scientists discovered rivers flowing under the Antarctica ice shelf by examining small changes in elevation using data collected by a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite. The team found anomalies […]

ORB Orbital Sciences Corp. reported a profit of $8.8 million on its 2006 first quarter on revenues of $192.1 million, the company announced April 20. In the same period in […]

The launch of Digitalglobe’s next-generation Worldview 1 commercial imagery satellite has slipped by an estimated six months to mid 2007 but is not expected to create a gap in coverage, […]

BY RICHARD MULLEN A satellite system for monitoring the Earth’s climate and weather patterns probably is safe from congressional budget cutters because it will provide vital information, both defense-related and […]

BY RICHARD MULLEN A satellite system for monitoring the Earth’s climate and weather patterns probably is safe from congressional budget cutters because it will provide vital information, both defense-related and […]

The first MetOp meteorological satellite arrived at its launch site last week, the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, following shipment from EADS Astrium in Toulouse, on board an Antonov-124 transport plane. […]

GeoEye, a U.S.-based satellite imagery company, announced last week its partner European Space Imaging (EUSI) received an additional contract from the European Commission to supply OrbView-3 high-resolution map-accurate imagery. The […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced last week their scramjet experiment performed in Australia last month experienced problems after the rocket’s nose cone failed to jettison. The scramjet experiment […]

Iridium Satellite LLC, the global supplier of mobile satellite communications services, announced that Carmen Lloyd, CEO, is retiring from the company. The Board of Iridium Holdings LLC, the holding company […]

The Astra-1KR telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SES Astra of Betzdorf, Luxembourg, was launched successfully Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard an Atlas V launch vehicle […]

BY RICHARD MULLEN An advanced communications satellite that Lockheed Martin Corp. is producing for the Pentagon has passed a significant test of physical durability, the company said. The Advanced Extremely […]

A Lockheed Martin team successfully launched a scientific payload April 13 for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA’s) Critical Measurements/Countermeasures Program. Lockheed Martin leads the Targets and Countermeasures industry team, which […]