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Intelsat announced March 29 that the Agency for the Safety of Aerial Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) signed a long-term, multi-million dollar contract to expand its use of satellite […]

Loral Space & Communications Inc. lost $74 million in 2005, excluding a gain related to its bankruptcy proceedings, compared to a loss of $177 million in 2004, the company announced […]

EMS Satcom‘s Enfusion AMT-3800 antenna received type approval from Inmarsat, EMS announced March 28. The fuselage-mount high-gain antenna is designed to fit smaller aircraft and provide a smaller, lighter solution […]

Garmin International Inc. introduced March 27 the GPSMAP 378 and GPSMAP 478 — a pair of portable GPS units that come pre-loaded with a comprehensive set of maps and charts. […]

Uplogix, a provider of automated network support solutions, has appointed Paul Strelzick as vice president of worldwide sales. Strelzick will oversee the company’s sales and business development operations and report […]

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. reported total revenues of $6 million and a net profit of $450,000 for the fiscal year ending November 2005. In the previous year, the company reported […]

Mainstream Data entered into an agreement with Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP), the national news agency for the Netherlands, to distribute news stories, photographs and graphics files to its newspaper and […]

ND Satcom, targeting a stronger performance in Eastern Europe, has opened a subsidiary in Moscow. ND Satcom Russia is intended to strengthen the company’s activities in Russia and the CIS […]

Telenor Satellite Services announced March 28 the signing of a three-year communications agreement with British Petroleum (BP) for global broadband services over satellite. Approximately 20 vessels are slated to use […]

XM Satellite Radio unveiled March 27 that it will add10 new commercial-free music channels and seven regional news and talk channels to its lineup by the end of summer. On […]

SES Astra added nearly 1 million households in 2005 to reach 16.2 million TV households receiving Astra satellite programming in Germany, the company announced. Nearly 6.3 million homes received digital […]

A fuel leak shut down the main engine of Space Explorations Technology Corp.‘s (SpaceX) Falcon 1 rocket, and the vehicle crashed less than a minute into its inaugural mission March […]

Eagle Broadband Inc. a provider of broadband, Internet Protocol (IP) and communications technology and services, announced that World Communication Center (WCC), a provider of global satellite voice and data communications, […]

Wildblue Communications Inc. announced that it would offer free installation for its high-speed Internet via satellite beginning April 1. Wildblue provides high-speed Internet access via satellite to homes and small […]

DirecTV’s will launch a package of channels tailored for fans of Italian soccer, the satellite operator announced March 23. Calciodirect will offer a trio of soccer channels, GolTV, Fox Soccer […]

Prime manufacturer EADS Astrium has completed the testing of the first Meteorological Operational (MetOp) satellite to Baikonur in advance of its scheduled June launch. MetOp-A, the first in a series […]

Sierra Atlantic Ltd., the sole Indian distributor for RSI Inc., has received certification for Envi to be used to process data from the Indian Cartosat-1 satellite. Envi, a remote sensing […]

Premiere, the German pay-TV operator, is confident it will be a leader in terms of providing high-definition (HD) services. The operator, which has 3.5 million subscribers in Germany, launched its […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC introduced today its new HughesNet brand, replacing Direcway. The new brand unifies the company’s range of broadband solutions and services, going beyond Direcway’s traditional “broadband by […]

With the expiration of its two-year no-compete deal with Intelsat, Loral Skynet is once again offering Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) services to customers in North America. " We have resumed […]

WRSP Worldspace Satellite Radio‘s recent financial results and subscriber numbers have been improved, but the company’s stock price has been taken on a short roller coaster ride throughout the past […]

Space Explorations Technology Corp. (SpaceX) postponed the inaugural flight of its Falcon 1 rocket by a day to March 24, the company announced. The company performed a static fire test […]

International Communications Group Inc. (ICG) announced March 22 that it has completed testing of its ACARS-compliant (Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System), Iridium-based messaging solution and delivered initial production equipment. […]

STMicroelectronics, a supplier of silicon chips for set-top boxes (STBs), announced March 22 a low-cost satellite STB receiver/decoder chip – the STI5188 – intended for high-volume free-to-air markets in Asia, […]

Raytheon‘s Intelligence and Information Systems business has won a six-month, competitive contract from the U.S. National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) National Ocean Service to develop a conceptual design, life-cycle […]

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB plans to launch a variety of new services enabled by its acquisition of Easynet, BSkyB announced. The satellite operator, which has been accelerating its plans […]

Tandberg Television announced March 21 that it is providing the video compression systems to enable China’s first national high definition (HD) TV roll-out. The HD video delivery system is based […]

Panamsat announced March 20 that it signed a multi-year agreement with Strong Technologies Llc of Dubai for programming distribution on its PAS-10 Indian Ocean Region satellite. The multinational company will […]

Eutelsat Communications announced March 21 that NTV-Plus, a Russian direct-to-home pay-TV platform, is boosting its capacity on Eutelsat’s W4 satellite from six to eight transponders. The new agreement for high-power […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. announced March 22 that its Pegasus space launch vehicle launched three small scientific spacecraft for NASA‘s Space Technology 5 program (ST5). In a mission that took place […]