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Eutelsat signed a capacity contract with Telekom Srbija, one of Eastern Europe’s leading telcos, for capacity on the Hot Bird 7A satellite. The contract calls for the lease of a […]

Bellsouth signed an agreement with SES Americom to test a satellite-based video distribution service as Bellsouth ramps ups its Internet protocol (IP) TV plans. BellSouth will test IP Prime, which […]

EADS Astrium awarded a contract to Arianespace to launch the Skynet 5C satellite aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, EADS announced Jan. 4. Arianespace was selected in 2004 to launch Skynet […]

Wildblue Communications Inc. dropped the installation price for its satellite Internet service by $100, the company announced Jan. 3. Installation of Wildblue’s equipment package is being offered for $79.95 through […]

Echostar Communications Corporation announced Jan. 4 that its Dish Network passed the 12 million customer milestone in late December. Dish Network reached 1 million subscribers in December 1997 and passed […]

XM Satellite Radio unveiled four new portable radios Jan. 4, including a pair of units that can receive live XM signals as well as play stored digital music files,. The […]

Orbcomm completed equity financings totaling more than $110 million which will be used primarily to fund Orbcomm’s next generation satellite program, the company announced Jan. 4. The investors were led […]

Echostar Communications Corporation dropped Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network from its Dish Network satellite TV service in a contract dispute with Lifetime Television, the companies announced Jan. 1. Lifetime demanded […]

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) test fired an upgraded version of the strap-on solid rocket motor for its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) for 58 seconds Dec. 29, ISRO […]

Omega-Orion Enterprises Ltd. Co. has launched a new high-speed satellite Internet service, the company announced Jan. 2. The service will use the DOCSIS protocol used by cable companies for cable […]

Com Dev International Ltd. was awarded a contract to provide satellite components to an unnamed Asian customer, Com Dev announced. Under the terms of the contract, valued at between $5 […]

Eumetsat, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, has begun commissioning operations for the second of its new generation of weather satellites, Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-2). Eumetsat has […]

"…Via Satellite can’t be merely good, it will have to be better, striving to be the best…" Those were the words of then Editor and Publisher Irl Marshall, in 1986, […]

By Gerry Oberst With its enormous landmass and advanced space program, the Russian Federation might be expected to have a thriving satellite communications market. But a high-level meeting took place […]

By Peter J. Brown As Hurricane Katrina approached the U.S. Gulf Coast, she let everyone know that well before a natural disaster occurs, officials need satellite links close at hand. […]

By Nick Mitsis and Jason Bates In a year dominated by IPOs and high-profile mergers, it is easy to characterize 2005 as a year of beginnings instead of a year […]

By James Careless Distance learning via satellite is as close you can get to a true killer app. However, to fully provide competitive satellite distance learning solutions, you need to […]

By Owen D. Kurtin Early last year, we predicted that just as the story of 2004 was the entry of private equity firms into the satellite operator sector, the story […]

Technology Thrane & Thrane Brings Tracking And Lifeline To Commercial Fisherman Thrane & Thrane Inc. unveiled its Sailor VMS Systems, which provides global connectivity for commercial fisherman on Inmarsat-C, a […]

EMS Technologies Inc. signed a definitive agreement for the sale of its Satellite Networks division to Advantech Advanced Microwave Technologies Inc., EMS announced Dec. 22. Advantech, based in Montreal, manufactures […]

Arianespace launched two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit – the Insat 4a communication satellite for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the MSG-2 weather satellite for Eumetsat – aboard […]

New Skies Satellites B.V. donated satellite transmission services for a Dec. 19 TV broadcast by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for an anti-malaria campaign. The […]

Andrew Corp. will move assets acquired from Channel Master LLC into a new facility in Wayne County, N.C., in 2006 and expand the company’s workforce, North Carolina Governor Mike Easley […]

Boeing Co. appointed Jeff Trauberman to the position of vice president of business development in the Space and Intelligence business unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. Trauberman has been with […]

SES Astra selected International Launch Services (ILS) to launch the Astra 1KR satellite, SES announced Dec. 21. The satellite, the first SES Astra mission for ILS, will be launched from […]

Wildblue Communications announced Dec. 21 its intentions to “aggressively” enter the enterprise VSAT market in the first quarter of 2006 with its high-speed Internet access via satellite. Wildblue will offer […]

Broadcast International said Dec. 20 it signed an agreement with Producers Management Television (PMTV) to provide satellite network equipment, installation, integration, service, maintenance and help desk support for Harrah’s Entertainment […]

The Allied Defense Group Inc. announced Dec. 21 David Collins has been named president of Seaspace Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary that manufactures Terascan hardware and software products that provide […]

The Russian Space Agency postponed the launch of the Kazsat satellite until the first half of 2006 due to unspecified technical problems, according to a Dec. 21 report by the […]

Sirius Satellite Radio will provide live broadcasts of the Christmas Midnight Mass and the Christmas Day Mass Dec. 25 from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. The Midnight Mass […]