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Panamsat Holding Corp. recorded a profit of $72.7 million in 2005, rebounding from a loss of $79 million in 2004, the company announced March 9. The 2004 loss was impacted […]

PA Panamsat Holding Corp. recorded a profit of $72.7 million in 2005, rebounding from a loss of $79 million in 2004, the company announced March 9. The 2004 loss was […]

A key House Armed Services Committee (HASC) member is warning contractors to make sure satellite and other space-based technologies are mature before fielding them or risk losing congressional support. "We’ve […]

Arabsat 4A, left in a wrong orbit during a Feb. 28 launch anomaly, can still be delivered into a usable orbit, Anatoly Perminov, head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency, said. […]

The digital satellite set-top box market, the largest of the digital TV set-top box markets, reached 65 million units in 2005 and is projected to grow to 79 million units […]

SES Astra has teamed up with conditional access (CA) vendor Nagravision, as SES Astra gets ready to launch digital TV services in Germany. Nagravision will provide an end-to-end, turnkey CA […]

Raytheon Co. has achieved in-orbit acquisition and data transfer via the U.S. Milstar satellite constellation with the company’s Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical-Terminal, Advanced Extremely High Frequency, Raytheon announced. This […]

Com Dev International Ltd. announced March 8 that it won contracts by Northrop Grumman to begin production of beam select subsystems and switch assemblies for use in the third Advanced […]

Mobile Satellite Services provider Inmarsat plc posted revenues of $491.1 million in 2005, up from revenues of $480.7 in 2004, driven by growth in providing services to the maritime sector, […]

Arianespace moved its Ariane 5 ECA to the launch pad in preparation for a scheduled March 9 launch of a pair of spacecraft, Arianespace announced. The mission with place Hisdesat’s […]

Landmark Aviation signed an agreement to distribute Arinc‘s high-speed satellite broadband communications systems for business aircraft, Arinc announced March 8. Landmark, a provider of business aviation services, will sell and […]

Gulfsat Communications Co. will use ViaSat‘s Linkstar broadband network to provide shared hub network services, ViaSat announced. Gulfsat will use the Linkstar network to provide networking and Internet services to […]

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems will supply mobile satellite communications equipment to Arabic TV station MBC TV to boost the station’s live news coverage in the Middle East. MBC broadcasting stations will […]

EADS Space Division posted earning before interest and taxes of 58 million euros ($69.3 million) in 2005, up from 9 million euros ($10.8 million) in 2004, as revenues remained relatively […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. agreed to buy back 11.6 million shares of stock from Credit Suisse, for about $750 million, Northrop Grumman announced March 7. Under the accelerated share repurchase agreement, […]

The next sunspot cycle will be 30 percent to 50 percent stronger than the previous one and begin as much as a year late, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) […]

World Communication Center (WCC), a provider of global satellite voice and data communications, announced March 6 the availability of an emergency satellite communications system. The Hot Shot Kit enables emergency […]

Wildblue Communications selected Andrew Corporation to expand the broadband satellite provider’s network of gateway earth stations in North America, Andrew announced March 7. Andrew will design and install a pair […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. will deploy an iDirect Technologies platform to support customers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets, iDirect announced March 6. The initial deployment will include […]

Echostar Communications Corp. will launch local high-definition (HD) TV channels in seven more cities, the company announced March 6. The addition of Albuquerque, Atlanta, Boston, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City […]

Eurostar is launching what it claims is the world’s first Arabic digital satellite receiver along with the Eurostar Home Media Center PC (HMC-3000), the company announced March 6. The HMC-3000 […]

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has called for U.S. government agencies to designate a senior agency official who has agency-wide responsibility, accountability and authority for geospatial information […]

Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (CSR), which offers satellite radio services under the XM Canada brand, has attracted more than 50,000 subscribers in its first three months of operations, the […]

The Russian space agency began its investigation of the Proton launch failure that left the Arabsat 4A satellite in the wrong orbit, International Launch Services (ILS) announced. Preliminary flight information […]

Peter Einstein, CEO of Middle East direct-to-home provider Showtime, which has around 200,000 subscribers, believes the company’s 2005 performance has set Showtime up well for the future. “In 2005, I […]

Trimble introduced a thumbnail-sized, surface-mount, low power module for providing GPS capabilities for next-generation portable handheld, battery-powered applications Trimble announced. The Copernicus GPS module is a drop-in, receiver that provides […]

Globalstar LLC launched a new rate plan targeted specifically for use in the United States in the event of an emergency, the company announced March 2. The Globalstar Emergency Plan […]

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. entered into an agreement that allows the marketing of its mobile communications services to the U.S. Department of Defense, C-Com announced. Under a memorandum of understanding, […]

The AMC-23 satellite has completed in-orbit testing and has begun operations from its orbital slot of 172 degrees East, SES Americom announced March 2. The spacecraft, placed into orbit in […]

KVH Industries Inc., which manufactures satellite antennas for boats, cars, and recreational vehicles (RV), continues to expand its efforts in the mobile market, and executives feel confident about the future […]