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French pay-TV operator Canalsat is beginning to gain a significant amount of customers via non-satellite channels as the company bids to increase its subscriber numbers in France, a company official […]

Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., increasing the safety and security of U.S. ports became one of the many areas the federal […]

Given the amount of effort going into the marketing of Inmarsat‘s forthcoming Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service, the high-speed data access service should be a significant component of the […]

Intelsat Ltd. said Nov. 10 in its third quarter financial report that, based on failure review board analysis (FRB), the most likely cause of the of the total failure of […]

Sea Launch Co. delivered the second satellite designed to provide the service, Inmarsat-4 F2, to geosynchronous transfer orbit Nov. 8. The Zenit-3SL rocket lifted off from the platform at Sea […]

Jill Smith has been named president and CEO of Digitalglobe, replacing Herb Satterlee, the company announced Nov. 7. Smith most recently served as president and CEO of software company EDial, […]

International Launch Services (ILS) signed an agreement with Orbital Sciences Corp. for the launch of the Orbital-built Thor 2-R satellite, ILS announced Nov. 9. The mission, aboard a Russian-built Proton […]

The European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Venus Express spacecraft was launched Nov. 9 by a Russian Soyuz-Fregat rocket operated by Starsem, ESA announced. The spacecraft will enter orbit around Venus in […]

Echostar Communications Corporations and its Dish Network announced Nov. 9 that it has acquired the rights to broadcast all Pakistani cricket home games in the United States for the remainder […]

The European Union (EU) reached an agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco to participate in the Galileo satellite navigation program, the EU announced Nov. 8. The agreement will cover industrial […]

Iridium Satellite LLC reported that the number of subscribers to its mobile satellite service has grown 30 percent from the beginning of 2005 to Nov. 1. Revenues also are up […]

Lockheed Martin said Nov. 8 it delivered the second of eight GPS Block 2R satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., where it will be readied for a scheduled […]

Microspace Communications Corp., a provider of point-to-multipoint satellite services, said Nov. 7 it provided digital delivery for the Disney feature film “Chicken Little” Nov. 4 via its Velocity satellite service […]

NSE New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. reported Nov. 9 a profit of $6.1 million on revenues of $61.2 million in the third quarter 2005. “Revenues are 14 percent higher relative […]

Spacedev Chairman and CEO Jim Benson hopes the company’s newly unveiled MMB-100 microsatellite will change the satellite industry the way microcomputers changed the computer world. The microsatellite bus is intended […]

Skyterra Communications Inc., an affiliate of New York-based private equity firm Apollo Management LP, has executed an agreement to acquire the remaining 50 percent of Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) […]

Due to cost overruns and schedule delays on several major space acquisition programs, the U.S. Congress “is losing confidence in the Pentagon’s current acquisition system,” U.S. Rep. Terry Everett (R-Ala.), […]

Intelsat Ltd.‘s revenues grew 10 percent to $293.6 million in the third quarter 2005, though the satellite operator posted a net loss of $54.5 million, Intelsat reported Nov. 10. In […]

Iridium Satellite Nov. 9 named Avdata Systems Pty Ltd. and Advanced Global Communications new value-added developers for the Iridium system. Headquartered in Caloundra, Australia, Avdata Systems specializes in the development […]

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (Asiasat) announced Nov. 10 that it has established a new distribution platform. The Multiple Channels per Carrier (MCPC) DVB platform will provide video, audio, data […]

Alcatel Alenia Space is teaming up with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and the European Space Agency (ESA) for the SpaceForScience program, which provides telecoms and multimedia […]

International Launch Services (ILS) signed an agreement with Orbital Sciences Corp. for the launch of the Orbital-built Thor 2-R satellite, ILS announced Nov. 9. The mission, aboard a Russian-built Proton […]

Arianespace will launch the Spaceway 2 and Telkom-2 spacecraft Nov. 12 aboard an Ariane 5 ECA vehicle, Arianespace announced. The 45-minute launch window opens at 6:45 a.m. EST. Spaceway 2 […]

German pay-TV operator Premiere is targeting strong subscriber pick-up in the fourth quarter as the company launches high-definition (HD) services. Premiere plans to launch three HD channels Dec. 3, broadcasting […]

New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. posted a profit of $6.1 million on revenues of $61.2 million in the third quarter 2005, the company reported Nov. 9. “Revenues are 14 percent […]

The European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Venus Express spacecraft was launched Nov. 9 by a Russian Soyuz-Fregat rocket operated by Starsem, ESA announced. The spacecraft will enter orbit around Venus in […]

Great Circle Shipping, a Bangkok-based ship management company, is fitting 34 of its bulk cargo carriers with Thrane & Thranes maritime Iridium terminals under a service contract with Singapore Telecommunications […]

Echostar Communications Corporations and its Dish Network announced Nov. 9 that it has acquired the rights to broadcast all Pakistani cricket home games in the United States for the remainder […]

ILC and Envivio Inc. have teamed to help service providers roll out IPTV services, the companies announced Nov. 9. Pairing ILC’s network control software Maxview with Envivio’s complete line of […]

The European Union (EU) reached an agreement with the Kingdom of Morocco to participate in the Galileo satellite navigation program, the EU announced Nov. 8. The agreement will cover industrial […]