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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 […]

With no objections from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), United Technologies Corp. completed its $700 million purchase of The Boeing Co.‘s Rocketdyne unit, both Boeing and United Technologies announced […]

When it comes to getting fire or rescue vehicles to an emergency site, time is of the essence. To aid in its response times, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR) in […]

Inmarsat is set to look back at 2005 as a momentous year. In June, the operator performed a successful initial public offering (IPO), and later this year it is set […]

The total number of leased C- and Ku-band transponders should exceed 4,950 in 2010, up from 4,125 at the end of 2004, according to Northern Sky Research. While demand for […]

Hughes Network Systems Europe (HNS Europe) received a contract to be the sole supplier of satellite broadband services to Provident International, a personal credit company. Provident required broadband connectivity from […]

The demand for satellite-enabled hardware for automotive manufacturers continues to grow. Sirius Satellite Radio announced that its hardware is available as both a dealer and post-production option for the 2005 […]

The New York Times Co. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said Aug. 3 they signed an agreement for the satellite radio company to carry content from the recently created […]

Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG), which provides premium movie content to cable and satellite television service providers across the United States, announced Aug. 2 that it would cease transmission of […]

The first satellite that will be part of Europe’s Galileo global satellite navigation system has been transferred to the Netherlands for testing. The European Space Agency announced that one of […]

Spacenet Inc. earlier this week said it extended its services portfolio with the new Connexstar Enterprise Partition (EP) service, which provides a partitioned central hub infrastructure and dedicated network bandwidth […]

ITT Industries said it received a one-year base contract from Telos Corp. to provide operations and maintenance support for the AN/GSC-39D Standardized Tactical Entry Point (STEP) facility at Al Udeid […]

WRSP Worldspace Inc., a provider of subscription satellite radio services to subscribers outside the United States, joined the satellite operator IPO Class of 2005 Aug. 4 when it’s the company’s […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) has leased “multiple” transponders aboard the Intelsat Americas-8 (IA-8) satellite, capacity that was purchased prior to the satellite’s June launch, in order to meet expected […]

New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. reported revenue of $59.7 million in its second quarter 2005, the company said Aug. 4. The net loss in the second quarter 2005 was $13.2 […]

DirecTV Group Inc. earned $162 million in its second quarter 2005, rebounding from a net loss of $13 million in the same period a year ago, DirecTV reported Aug. 4. […]

Worldspace Inc. closed its first day of trading on the Nasdaq market at $22.36. Worldspace’s debuted on the Nasdaq market Aug. 4 under the symbol WRSP with an initial public […]