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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 […]

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 […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC will use Intelsat‘s newly launched IA-8 satellite to support HNS’ Direcway broadband satellite service. HNS will use an undisclosed number of Ku-band transponders on IA-8, launched […]

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 […]

Sirius Satellite Radio reported record revenues for its second quarter 2005, driven by increased subscriber numbers and low churn. However, the company also reported a widening net loss due to […]

Connexion By Boeing said Aug. 1 its in-flight wireless Internet service became the first to be verified through Intel Corp.‘s Wireless Verification Program, which measures the compatibility of Connexion by […]

XM Satellite Radio and the United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced Aug. 1 a new broadcasting and marketing partnership under which XM will broadcast live the 2005 U.S. Open men’s […]

Ford Motor Co. and Sirius Satellite Radio jointly announced Aug. 1 that Ford and Lincoln Mercury will begin offering Sirius satellite radio receivers as a factory-installed option on four 2006 […]

Satelinx International Inc. and Virtual Wave Inc., both providers of GPS tracking and location-based services, announced Aug. 1 they signed a letter of intent to merge in an all-stock transaction. […]

Nera Satcom announced its second order for broadband satellite terminals for Inmarsat’s BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) service in a matter of days. The MVS Group ordered 1,000 broadband satellite […]

Iridium Satellite LLC had about 127,000 voice and data subscribers as of June 30, a 20 percent increase compared to its number of subscribers at the same time last year […]

Certain creditors seeking to force Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) to file for bankruptcy in the United States have agreed to withdraw their petition for an involuntary Chapter 11 […]

Even though business opportunities are increasing throughout the Asia-Pacific region, regional directors and general managers of some of the leading satellite companies in Asia are moving forward cautiously with their […]

By Gerald E. Oberst Jr Providing capacity to broadcasters is a core business for most satellite operators, especially in Europe. Thus, a recent decision by European courts on whether a […]

By Peter J. Brown By the time this goes to print, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff should have the results of his comprehensive departmental review in […]

By Jason Bates Signal interference is a costly and growing problem for the satellite industry, but companies have had difficulties in collecting concrete numbers that portray the scope of the […]

by James Careless Not so long ago, satellite news gathering (SNG) trucks were large, lumbering tractor trailers loaded with huge C-band dishes, single channel transmitters and multi-person crews. But times […]

By Peter J. Brown Exactly when and where the hot zone–the impacted area surrounding the precise spot where a weapon of mass destruction device is unleashed–will suddenly appear is anyone’s […]

People CASBAA Appoints New Vice President The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) appointed John Medeiros as vice president for government relations and regulatory affairs. Medeiros will be […]

The Transport for London, the agency responsible for London’s transport system, is debunking an e-mail that is circulating claiming mobile phones will link up with satellites if a mobile phone […]

The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) has begun initial operations, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced July 28. During the Initial Operations Phase, the responsibility for providing the EGNOS […]

Radyne Corp. received a $2.3 million contract to supply satellite telecommunications equipment to an unnamed customers in the Asia-Pacific region, Radyne announced July 29. Under the contract, Radyne will provide […]

Maxwell Technologies Inc. received a contract from Orbital Sciences Corp. to provide a computer for NASA‘s Glory earth science mission, Maxwell announced July 28. San Diego-based Maxwell will provide its […]

Astrata Group Inc. will provide 3,600 Geolocation Platform units to Italy’s Motivegeeks for use in tracking and fleet management applications, Astrata announced July 28. Under the contract, Los Angeles-based Astrata […]

GMPCS placed an order for 1,000 personal broadband satellite terminals for use on Inmarsat‘s BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) service with Nera SatCom. GMPCS will use the Nera WorldPro 1000 […]

The launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-N (GOES-N) has been delayed indefinitely due to an unnamed issue with the satellite, NASA announced July 28. When rescheduled, the satellite will […]

Loral Space and Communica-tions Ltd. announced July 25 that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York confirmed the company’s reorganization plan, opening the door for Loral […]

XM Satellite Radio and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced July 26 a partnership to develop the first MP3 player with satellite radio capabilities, but it is the potential for accessing […]

Nearly two years after announcing it would launch rockets from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sea Launch LLC unveiled July 26 that Panamsat Corp. would be the first to use the […]

In the days and months following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., much discussion has occurred regarding the safeguarding of nuclear materials. In […]