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Bellsouth Corp. and PDI-SAT will jointly market and deploy voice, data and DirecTV services to residential multi-dwelling units across BellSouth’s service territory, the companies announced Dec. 8. Under a non-exclusive […]

Mobile communications not only is critical to military operations, but also to enterprise verticals such as asset tracking, aviation and maritime services. Iridium Satellite LLC will be focusing on these […]

Eutelsat signed a deal with Morocco’s national public broadcaster, Société Nationale de Radio et de Télévision Marocaine (SNRT), to broadcast six television channels and four radio stations using Eutelsat’s Hot […]

German satellite pay TV operator Premiere broadcast its first live high-definition (HD) program Dec. 3 as part of a field test for subscribers. The soccer match between VfB Stuttgart and […]

Spacenet Inc. said Dec. 5 that Scientific Games International Inc. (SGI) has selected Spacenet to provide 3,000 Skystar Advantage VSAT terminals for state lottery networks in Colorado, Pennsylvania, North Dakota […]

Globalstar LLC said Dec. 6 that Elsacom, an independent gateway operator and Globalstar service distributor in Central and Eastern Europe, won a 20 million euro ($23.6 million) contract to provide […]

The Modern Times Group (MTG), which owns the Viasat direct-to-home satellite television platform in the Nordic region, increased its stake in Nordic Betting Ltd. to 90 percent, MTG announced. MTG […]

Eutelsat After its first five trading days, Eutelsat finds its stock trading above the 12-euro ($14.16) initial public offering (IPO). The stock fell below its IPO price on its opening […]

SES Sirius made its mark serving the Nordic region under the name Nordic Satellite AB, but the satellite operator has outgrown its original market and its name. Now the company […]

Loral Space & Communications Inc.‘s common stock began trading Dec. 8 on the Nasdaq market under the symbol LORL, Loral announced. The company issued 18.7 million shares, or about 94 […]

Shareholders of SES Global approved a motion to cancel 50.1 million of the company’s shares that were repurchased, SES announced Dec. 8. SES acquired 77 percent of its shares for […]

Bellsouth Corp. and PDI-SAT will jointly market and deploy voice, data and DirecTV services to residential multi-dwelling units across BellSouth’s service territory, the companies announced Dec. 8. Under a non-exclusive […]

Mobile communications not only is critical to military operations, but also to enterprise verticals such as asset tracking, aviation and maritime services. Iridium Satellite LLC will be focusing on these […]

Sea Launch received a firm contract award from Hughes Network Systems LLC to launch the Spaceway 3 satellite in early 2007 aboard a Zenit 3SL rocket, the companies announced Dec. […]

ATK has been named the prime contractor to design, develop, test and evaluate the first stage propulsion system for NASA‘s next-generation crew launch vehicle, ATK announced. The first stage will […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Rocket System Corp. plan to launch the Multi-functional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSat-2) Feb. 15. The satellite will be lofted into orbit aboard an […]

Members of the European Space Agency (ESA) approved a budget for 2006 through 2008 that includes a new earth observation program, ESA announced Dec. 6. The Global Monitoring for Environment […]

The major Inmarsat service providers – France Telecom Mobile Satellite Telecommunications, Stratos Global Corp., Telenor Satellite Services and Xantic – announced separately Dec. 7 the commercial availability of Inmarsat’s Broadband […]

Globalstar said Dec. 7 it received approval from the U.S. State Department to proceed with plans to launch up to eight spare satellites, with the first launch expected to occur […]

Eutelsat signed a deal with Morocco’s national public broadcaster, Société Nationale de Radio et de Télévision Marocaine (SNRT), to broadcast six television channels and four radio stations using Eutelsat’s Hot […]

Spacenet Inc. said Dec. 5 that Scientific Games International Inc. (SGI) has selected Spacenet to provide 3,000 Skystar Advantage VSAT terminals for state lottery networks in Colorado, Pennsylvania, North Dakota […]

Satellite radio services provider Worldspace Inc. announced Dec. 7 it surpassed 100,000 subscribers globally. During 2005, Worldspace has rolled out service in nine cities in India, which has enabled the […]

Ball Aerospace said Dec. 6 it completed the integration of the engineering models for three of the instruments scheduled to fly on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory […]

International Launch Services (ILS) has delayed the launch of a Proton rocket that will carry the AMC-23 satellite into orbit for SES Americom. Liftoff had been scheduled for Dec. 5. […]

German companies will receive additional work on Europe’s Galileo program, under an agreement reached Dec. 5 among European companies involved in the project. The latest agreement, signed by the eight […]

Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (CSR), the Canadian affiliate of XM Satellite Radio, said Dec. 6 it will offer more than 3.4 million shares of stock in an initial public […]

Globalstar LLC said Dec. 6 that Elsacom, an independent gateway operator and Globalstar service distributor in Central and Eastern Europe, won a 20 million euro ($23.6 million) contract to provide […]

The Modern Times Group (MTG), which owns the Viasat direct-to-home satellite television platform in the Nordic region, increased its stake in Nordic Betting Ltd. to 90 percent, MTG announced. MTG […]

Radyne Corp. said Dec. 6 it completed shipment of a previously undisclosed order of DMD-20 satellite modems, valued at more than $1.6 million, to Chinasat Communications Group. The modems will […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio said Dec. 5 it launched subscription service in Chandigarh, the capital of India’s Punjab state. Chandigarh, the ninth city Worldspace has rolled out service to in 2005, […]