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The European Commission (EC) cleared the merger of the government launch operations of Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. into the United Launch Alliance joint venture. According to an Aug. […]

German satellite pay-TV operator Premiere, reported earlier this week it had more than 3.3 million subscribers at the end of June, a year-on-year increase of more than 14 percent. Premiere […]

Caprock Communications said earlier this week that BHP Billiton would use Caprock’s disaster recovery solution for its back-up communications system to ensure that constant communications are maintained during hurricane season […]

Spacenet Inc. earlier this week introduced a satellite backup solution to its Connexstar On-Demand suite of services. As an extension to Spacenet’s Connexstar VSAT and DSL offering, Connexstar Backup provides […]

New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. introduced Scott Schneider as the eighth member of the company’s board of directors, effective Aug. 7. He will serve as a member of the company’s […]

China is planning to launch a lunar probe in 2007, according to a report from the Xinhua news agency. The Aug. 9 report cited an official from the China Aerospace […]

Panamsat Holdings Corp. reported an increase in total revenue for the second quarter 2005 to $213.8 million, up from $206.8 million in the second quarter 2004. However, the revenue increase […]

Revenue for SES Global grew nearly 10 percent to 609.2 million euros ($752.6 million) in the first half of 2005, compared to revenue of 555.3 million euros ($686 million) in […]

Echostar Communications Corp. reported an 18 percent increase in total revenues to $2.1 billion in the second quarter 2005, compared to $1.8 billion in revenues reported in the second quarter […]

Telenor Satellite Services received approval from the Brazilian government to offer Inmarsat services throughout Brazil, the company announced Aug. 9. The approval, announced by the Brazilian government July 25, completes […]

SES Americom and Comcast Media Center will jointly develop a digital transport service that uses the AMC-4 satellite to distribute digital channels to cable systems, the companies announced Aug. 9. […]

The Real Madrid TV soccer channel is now available in Asia following the signing of a deal between Asiasat and Satlink Communications. Real Madrid TV will be available on Satlink’s […]

Sirius Satellite Radio begins broadcasting BBC Radio 1 programming at 9 a.m. EDT Aug. 10, the company announced. Under a deal announced in June, the BBC Radio 1 lineup will […]

XM Satellite Radio Aug. 9 unveiled two new receivers: the plug-and-play Audiovox Xpress Radio and the Delphi XM RoadyXT. The Xpress receiver is described as “the smallest satellite radio receiver […]

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Aug. 9 that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., recently received orders totaling $30 million related to its Movement Tracking System contract with the U. […]

CACI International Inc. announced Aug. 9 that it was awarded a delivery order contract by the Intelligence and Information Directorate of the U.S. Army Communication- Electronics Research Development and Engineering […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Aug. 9 that on the previous day, it discovered an anomaly in one of three sets of onboard observation equipment, the X-ray Spectrometer […]

Shin Satellite Plc’s profit more than doubled to 582.4 million Thai bhat ($14.2 million) in the second quarter 2005, compared to a profit of 248.9 million bhat ($6.1 million) in […]

Sirius Satellite Radio announced Aug. 8 a multi-year agreement to broadcast the “game of the week” for Ivy League football and men’s basketball, along with a select number of men’s […]

Gizmondo Europe Ltd. recently announced it is delaying the launch of its Gizmondo multi-entertainment handheld device in North America from Aug. 11 to an unspecified date closer to Christmas. Gizmondo […]

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB signed a new transponder deal with SES Astra as it steps up its plans to introduce high-definition (HD) television service in the United Kingdom. It […]

EMS Technologies Inc. received a contract to provide components for the U.S. government’s National Polar-orbiting Operational Environment Satellite Systems (NPOESS), EMS announced recently. Under the $4 million contract, awarded in […]

More than half of Quebec’s citizens believe the advent of satellite radio services will have a positive impact on Canada’s French culture, according to a survey performed on behalf of […]

Inmarsat CEO Andy Sukawaty confirmed to Satellite Today that everything is on track for the operator’s launch of BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) services later this year. Based on Internet […]

EMS Technologies Inc. announced last week it has executed non-binding letters of intent with unnamed strategic buyers for its Space & Technology/Montreal and Satnet divisions and currently is engaged in […]

International Launch Services (ILS) is in final preparations for what will be the first Atlas 5 launch for the U.S. government. The company will be sending NASA‘s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter […]

ViaSat Inc., which offers VSAT products for voice and data applications, broke a company record with revenues of $100 million during the fiscal 2006 first quarter, up from $84.2 million […]

Following its ratification of the European Space Agency (ESA) Convention, Luxembourg became ESA’s 17th Member State, effective June 30. Cooperation between ESA and Luxembourg began with the signing of a […]

International Launch Services is in final preparations for what will be the first Atlas 5 launch for the U.S. government. The company will be sending NASA‘s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter into […]

What was shaping up to be a very interesting and likely ugly battle regarding the reorganization of the bankrupt Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) has ended with the ad […]