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Stanley Deal has been named the new president of Connexion By Boeing, Boeing announced April 12. Deal, currently leading sales and marketing operations at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, will assume the […]

EMS Technologies Inc.‘s Defense and Space Systems division received a contract from an undisclosed U.S. prime contractor to build electronics for the U.S. Department of Defense, EMS announced April 12. […]

SES Astra signed a capacity deal to provide direct-to-home provider UPC Direct a fifth digital transponder at the orbital position 19.2 degrees East, SES Astra announced April 12. UPC Direct […]

Intelsat has introduced a new satellite-based content delivery and management service targeting telcos looking to enter the Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) markets, the company announced April 12. Dubbed Ampiage, the […]

Ultra Electronics-DNE Technologies released its new secure digital voice order wire interface option module for the CV-MCU product line, the company announced April 11. The new module, dubbed the CV-FOM-D/OW, […]

World Communication Center (WCC), a provider of global satellite voice and data communications, announced April 10 the addition of three business experts to its board of directors Ed Gorman, founder […]

ViaSat Inc. received a contract from DirecTV Inc. to supply four antenna systems to for use with high-definition TV services, ViaSat announced. ViaSat will provide four 9.1-meter Ka-band earth station […]

China Satellite Communications Corp. (China Satcom) completed its deployment of about 1,000 Gilat Skyedge VSATs, Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced April 11. The VSATs will provide rural telephony services in […]

The JCSAT-9 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for Japan’s JSAT Corp., is on track for an April 12 launch aboard a Zenit 3-SL rocket, Sea Launch announced. […]

SES Astra has acquired all minority shareholdings in European satellite broadband operator Satlynx, bringing SES Astra’s ownership from 77 percent to 100 percent. Satlynx, a joint venture between Israel-based satellite […]

GMPCS Personal Communications, a subsidiary of Telenor Satellite Services, announced April 10 that it has begun supplying the Hughes 9201 broadband satellite IP terminals to customers. Inmarsat hasgiven the terminal […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC unveiled April 10 its HughesNet High Availability Networks, the first new offering under the company’s recently announced HughesNet Managed Network Services. The service, targeted for enterprise-level […]

SES Global added New Skies CEO Dan Goldberg to its executive committee, SES Global announced. The move follows the completion of SES Global’s acquisition of New Skies in March. Goldberg, […]

Sweden’s Saab Ericsson Space and Austria’s Austrian Aerospace have been selected to develop and manufacture onboard equipment for the first four satellites for Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system, the companies […]

Wildblue Communications added five additional value-added resellers to its list of providers in the enterprise market, Wildblue announced April 10. Dove Digital Services, based in Louisiana; Horizon Technical Services Inc. […]

Arrowhead Global Solutions Inc. signed a master service contract with Xtar LLC to market and lease X-band capacity to U.S. and allied government agencies, Xtar announced April 10. Xtar, a […]

Arianespace received a contract from Mitsubishi Electric Corp. to launch the Superbird-7 communications satellite in the first quarter of 2008, Arianespace announced April 10. Superbird-7 is being built by Mitsubishi […]

The Israeli Earth Remote Observation Satellite (EROS) B remote sensing satellite has been delivered to Svobodny cosmodrome in Russia in advance of its scheduled April 25 launch, Itar-Tass reported. A […]

NASA has awarded a subcontract to Northrop Grumman Space Technology in Redondo Beach, Calif., to develop an ultra-cold mechanical helium cryocooler for an instrument aboard the James Webb Space Telescope. […]

Discovery Communications announced April 6 plans to launch Discovery Mobile, a 24-hour mobile programming network featuring original content. Discovery Mobile will be targeted to a younger demographic, ages 15-39, the […]

Eumetsat, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, has declared the first operational meteorological satellite of the EPS mission, MetOp, ready for shipment to the Baikonour Cosmodrome in […]

As of January, 6.7 million homes in France received channels from Eutelsat Communications‘ Hot Bird neighborhood, the company announced April 6. The findings are included in Eutelsat’s 2006 Survey on […]

LEO or GEO? That’s the question being pondered by Globalstar, as its first-generation fleet of 40 low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites ages. With the fleet designed to last into 2010, "we […]

Thales agreed to acquire Alcatel‘s 67 percent stake in satellite manufacturer Alcatel Alenia Space, the companies announced April 5. Thales will issue 26.7 million shares of stock to Alcatel and […]

An international team of scientists are working at a rapid pace to study environmental conditions behind the fast-acting and widespread coral bleaching plaguing Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Data from NASA […]

Despite the projected delay of at least several years in the first launch of the United States’ next-generation weather satellite, the availability of current environmental sensing spacecraft should prevent a […]

BY KEITH STEIN A developing and growing economy in China has caught the space bug and is dedicated to a "slow" but bold space exploration program, according to the Center […]

BY KEITH STEIN A developing and growing economy in China has caught the space bug and is dedicated to a "slow" but bold space exploration program, according to the Center […]

Globalstar has awarded Alcatel Alenia Space a study contract for the design of a new satellite constellation aiming at replacing Globalstar’s first generation satellites. In the frame of this study, […]

If a large asteroid such as the recently identified 2004 VD17 – about 500 meters (1,640 feet) in diameter collides with the Earth it could spell disaster for much of […]