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Telesat Canada reported third quarter 2005 earnings of Cdn. $25.3 million ($21.5 million) on revenues of Cdn. $112.2 million ($95.5 million), the company announced Nov. 2. In the third quarter […]

Nissan North America Inc. selected XM Satellite Radio as the factory-installed satellite radio solution for Infiniti and Nissan vehicles beginning with the 2008 model year, the companies announced Nov. 2. […]

Iridium Satellite LLC and Impeva Labs Inc. said Nov. 2 that they would expand their collaboration to implement a real-time container monitoring, tracking and security system on behalf of the […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) said Nov. 2 that SES Americom has endorsed HNS’ DW7000 platform and the Internet-protocol-over-satellite standard upon which it is based. The standard is used by the […]

The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) launched an online, interactive database to consolidate and tracks incidents of satellite radio frequency interference within the geostationary arc, the organization announced. The […]

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Nov. 1 that Space Communications Corp. (SCC) placed an order for a new communications satellite to be named Superbird 7. This is the first SCC satellite […]

Subscriber gains helped Sirius Satellite Radio post revenue of $66.8 million in the third quarter 2005, a 250 percent jump over revenues of $19.1 million in third quarter 2004, the […]

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB has teamed up with Vodafone to launch Sky Mobile TV to deliver broadcast video services to Vodafone mobile phone customers. There will be two Sky […]

Globalstar announced Nov. 1 it would offer simplex, or one-way, data services to customers throughout parts of the Caribbean, Central America and the northern part of South America via its […]

KVH Industries Inc. unveiled Nov. 1 an embedded automotive Tracvision system intended to support volume original equipment manufacturing and special program vehicle applications. Using the same hybrid phased-array antenna technology […]

DirecTV announced Nov. 1 the debut of CD USA, a weekly performance-based series. The hourly show, debuting Jan. 21, will feature a mix of music genres, including pop, indie, rock […]

It is hard to believe, but our SATELLITE 2006 Conference and Exhibition is only a little more than three months away! From February 6-9, Washington, DC, will be the center […]

By Gerry Oberst We wrote in our September column about efforts in Europe to reshape media rules and the various ways these efforts could affect the satellite industry. As we […]

By Jason Bates After spending much of the 20th century behind the Iron Curtain, many Central and Eastern European countries are embracing their relatively new economic and political freedoms and […]

by James Careless Carefully, cautiously, Russia is embracing satellite services. Look across the nation and you will see earth stations connecting oil and gas exploration sites, banks, government offices, schools […]

By Peter J. Brown Satellites have always enjoyed an advantage over terrestrial alternatives when it comes to beaming one-way transmissions over vast distances. Broadcasting the same signal to any number […]

By Owen D. Kurtin Earlier this year, this column devoted a four-part series to the earlier-than-anticipated exits of private equity purchasers of Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) companies into initial public […]

People Boeing Space And Intelligence Systems Appoints Vice President/General Manager Boeing announced that Howard Chambers was named vice president and general manager of Space And Intelligence Systems (S&IS), an operating […]

Project Exploration is a Chicago-based non-profit organization whose goal is to make natural science accessible to the public, especially urban youth. In October 2003, University of Chicago paleontologist Dr. Paul […]

I recently attended a summit that, in part, brought to the discussion floor the topic of corporate and government distance learning networks and where the next-generation trends and uses are […]

In 1991, Home Depot was well on its way to conquering the home improvement retail market in the United States. At the time, the retailer was supporting 28,000 employees in […]

EMS Technologies Inc. signed a definitive agreement to sell the assets and operating liabilities of its Space & Technology/Montreal division to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), the companies announced […]

Lockheed Martin announced Oct. 31 it received a $10 million, six-month contract from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the program definition and risk reduction phase of […]

Sirius Satellite Radio and DaimlerChrysler announced Oct. 31 they have extended their exclusive relationship through Sept. 1, 2012. The agreement covers all Chrysler Group and Mercedes-Benz vehicles and Freightliner Trucks. […]

Garmin International Inc. will offer GPS automotive units with XM Satellite Radio capabilities, the companies announced Oct. 31. The portable Streetpilot 2730 will combine GPS capabilities with XM Navtraffic, weather […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) reported Oct. 31 that a failure in the electrical power system on board the Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative (SSETI) Express spacecraft is preventing […]

Korean satellite pay-TV operator Skylife is preparing to launch personal video recorder (PVR) services in Korea in 2006. The operator has announced that it will use NDS‘s XTV technology to […]

src=”nav01rt.gif”> Northrop Grumman Corp. and Raytheon Co. won a program definition and risk reduction contract for the next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system — GOES-R, the companies announced Oct. […]

src=”nav01rt.gif”> According to an Oct. 28 report form Russian news agency Itar-Tass, the Russian satellite Mozhayets-5 failed to detach from the third stage of its Kosmos 3M rocket. “According to […]

src=”nav01rt.gif”> Worldspace Inc. announced Oct. 27 its satellite radio services are available to U.S. government agencies on the General Services Administration‘s GSA Schedule 70 contract. The move makes it easier […]