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Raytheon Co.‘s Space and Airborne Systems delivered the first flight-ready GPS system for the U.S. Air Force‘s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft, Raytheon announced July 21. The system, which […]

The June 21 failure of a Volna rocket that destroyed the Planetary Society‘s solar sail experiment was caused by premature shut-down of the first-stage engine. In its report to the […]

Astrata Group Inc. signed an agreement with Denmark’s North Securities ApS to provide a GPS-based vehicle tracking system, Astrata announced July 20. Under the $3 million contract, Astrata will provide […]

More than 50 percent of all worldwide digital set-top boxes will be produced in China by 2010, according to IMS Research. In 2004, China produced more than 17 million digital […]

DirecTV Inc. added ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp.‘s Filipino entertainment and services package to DirecTV’s lineup. DirecTV also acquired ABS-CBN’s current direct- to-home satellite service subscribers. The deal between the two companies […]

SES Astra awarded the manufacturing contract for the Astra 1M television broadcasting satellite to EADS Astrium, SES Astra announced July 21. EADS Astrium will supply the payload and the platform, […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency to continue work on the Canadian contribution to a NASA Mars mission, the company announced July 20. […]

Garmin International, a unit of Garmin Ltd., recently released details on the GPSMAP 376C, a portable GPS navigator designed for maritime use that displays graphical weather data directly on the […]

SES Americom announced July 19 it signed a deal to provide satellite distribution services to G4, a television channel dedicated to video games. G4 programming will be delivered to cable […]

Encore Networks, a developer of virtual private network (VPN) security solutions, said July 20 that Italian service provider Netdish deployed Encore’s VSR-30 broadband routers to provide satellite backup for terrestrial […]

EMS Satellite Networks, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., announced July 20 it delivered and installed a DVB-RCS redundant hub to Hellas Sat Consortium Ltd.‘s Athens teleport. The hub will […]

Viacom Inc. and DirecTV Inc. announced July 20 a long-term agreement that secures the continued carriage of a variety of Viacom-owned channels on DirecTV’s direct-to-home satellite television service platform. The […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. posted a profit of $7.6 million in the second quarter of 2005, down from a profit of $11.1 million in the same period in 2004, Orbital reported […]

Russia’s state-owned satellite manufacturing companies may be consolidated under a single entity, according to press reports. Russia’s 10 satellite manufacturers would each become a subsidiary of the new corporation while […]

Echostar Communications Corp. cut the price of its service up to 32 percent for new subscribers in six U.S. cities, the company announced July 19. New customers in Atlanta, Dallas, […]

Northrop Grumman tested the software that will be used to control the 18 mirror segments of NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope, Northrop Grumman announced July 18. The tests demonstrated the […]

Telmap will provide a mobile navigation system for a new GPS service offered by Israeli-cellular operator Mirs Communications Ltd., the companies announced July 18. The Voice Navigator service combines GPS […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) said July 19 that Russian satellite services provider JSC IP Net acquired a Direcway network operations center and DW7700 routers, enabling IP Net to deliver […]

NHK, Japan’s national public broadcaster, signed a deal to lease a full 36 megahertz Ku-band transponder on Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird 3 satellite throughout February 2006, Eutelsat said. NHK will use […]

XM Satellite Radio said July 19 it made a $25 million strategic investment in the common stock of Worldspace Inc., which provides satellite radio service to Asia, Europe, the Middle […]

Panamsat said July 19 it signed an agreement with Alcatel for the acquisition of the EuropeStar-1 satellite and two new orbital slots, giving Panamsat a stronger presence in the European […]

Asia Pulse reported July 18 that SK Telecom Co.‘s mobile satellite television service surpassed the 100,000-subscriber mark, but the number is lower than expected, according to the South Korea Ministry […]

Crawford & Co. Catastrophe Services said July 18 it tested a new satellite communication truck, deploying the vehicle to Pensacola, Fla., in the aftermath of Hurricane Dennis. According to the […]

According to a new research report from Kagan Research, satellite radio subscribers are predicted to reach 46.8 million and annual revenue is predicted to reach $7.6 billion by 2014. The […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced July 18 the nomination of Amiram Levinberg as the company’s chairman and CEO, in conjunction with York Capital Management gaining an interest in Gilat. The […]

Arianespace said July 18 that it would announce the new launch date for Shin Satellite Plc‘s IPStar satellite next week. The satellite originally was slated for launch from Arianespace’s French […]

Asiasat issued a request for proposal for Asiasat 5, a next-generation communications satellite designed to offer improved power and coverage across Asia. Asiasat 5 is intended to replace the Asiasat […]

Russia has placed a moratorium on launches using the Molniya-M until it completes its investigation into what caused a June 21 launch failure, according to a July 15 report in […]

The People’s Daily Online reported China’s Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense handed over control of the FY-2C meteorological satellite to the China Meteorological Administration July 14. […]

Globetel Communications Corp. announced recently its Sanswire Networks LLC subsidiary entered into a joint venture with an unnamed venture headed by Leo Daly and J. Randolph Dumas aimed at deploying […]