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Eutelsat signed a contract with Algerie Telecom, a telecommunications provider in Algeria, to support a satellite broadband program that will service public administrations and enterprises throughout the country. Algerie Telecom […]

Novatel Inc. said July 6 it received an order for four WAAS (wide area augmentation system)-GUS (ground uplink system) type 1 signal generators from Raytheon Co. in support of the […]

A Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman team announced July 6 that it completed a major system design review of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSat) space segment program. The system will provide […]

Arianespace announced July 6 that workers discovered an anomaly with the ground equipment used to prepare the Ariane 5 launcher, resulting in an additional delay of the launch of Shin […]

The main office of Access Intelligence, publisher of Satellite Today, has moved. The mailing address, effective immediately, is: Satellite Today 4 Choke Cherry Rd. 2nd Floor Rockville, MD 20850 Please […]

Members of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice outlawed by the government of China, jammed several transponders aboard APT Satellite Holdings Ltd.‘s APStar 6 satellite July 3, according to Xinhua news […]

Thomas Weisel Partners LLC, an investment bank focused on growth sectors of the U.S. economy, and Near Earth LLC, an investment bank specializing in satellite- related industries, announced July 5 […]

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. delivered the first iNetVu Mobile satellite antenna to NASA‘s Kennedy Space Center Telescience and Internet Lab, C-Com announced July 5. The antenna is being used by […]

Comsat Laboratories received a contract from NASA to design and deliver a space communications test bed that emulates an interplanetary communication network, Comsat announced July 5. The test bed will […]

Avis Rent A Car announced July 5 that its new Hummer H3 sport utility vehicles available for rent at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix will be equipped with the […]

The Euronext Paris Indices Committee announced its decision to include SES Global in the CAC Next20 and IT20 indices of growing companies, effective Sept. 1. The CAC Next20 index is […]

Asiasat announced a deal under which Asian media and entertainment company Star will use Asiasat 2’s C-band capacity to provide programming primarily for back-up services. Star is currently using C-band […]

Panamsat announced July 5 that Panglobal TV, a joint marketing alliance between Panamsat and Globecast Australia, signed a multi-year agreement with TV Oceania to bring Japan Broadcasting Corp.‘s NHK World […]

The launch of Shin Satellite Pcl‘s IPStar satellite had been delayed three days to July 11, the company said in a filing with the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The satellite, […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. named Ronald Kadish, the former director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, to the company’s board of directors, Orbital announced June 30. Kadish retired from the Air […]

Alcatel and Finmeccanica completed the formation of a pair of new joint ventures: Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio Holding, the companies announced July 1. Alcatel Alenia Space (held 67 percent […]

Viasat Broadcasting, a wholly owned subsidiary of Modern Times Group (MTG), signed content deals to boost its direct-to-home and Internet protocol television packages in the Nordic and Baltic regions. Viasat […]

A team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. completed the delta preliminary design review on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program, Northrop Grumman announced June 29. The review […]

XM Satellite Radio said July 1 it added more than 640,000 new net subscribers during the second quarter of 2005, bringing its total number of subscribers to more than 4.4 […]

Alcatel Space received a contract from Thailand’s Shin Satellite Inc. for the construction of the Thaicom 5 communications satellite, Alcatel announced June 30. Thaicom 5 will be based on Alcatel’s […]

Echostar Communications Corp. announced July 4 that it added The Sporting News TV to the interactive programming lineup offered via its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service. The channel, available […]

SES Astra announced July 4 it entered into an agreement with Netherlands-based regional broadcaster L1 to provide free-to-air broadcasts of L1 TV and L1 Radio via the Astra satellite at […]

Spot Image announced July 4 that its board of directors named Herve Buchwalter as the company’s new chairman and CEO at a June 22 meeting. He succeeds Jean-Marc Nasr, who […]

As we went to press with this issue of Via Satellite, executives of Wildblue Communications Inc. made the long-awaited announcement about launching their service. Nearly a year after the Anik […]

By Gerry Oberst While U.S. policy makers are concerned about the broadcasting of indecent material and adult content, Europeans are wrestling with a different kind of content issue–satellite- delivered programming […]

By Mark Holmes High-Definition Television (HDTV) is a hot topic and one that offers strong revenue opportunities for companies in the satellite sector. Satellite pay-TV operators such as the U.K.’s […]

By Nick Mitsis With new management entering the communications satellite industry, business is centering more on exploiting its current assets and less on introducing new hardware. Once again, Via Satellite […]

By Peter J. Brown When it comes to delivering bandwidth in the battlefield, the U.S. military is in what is best described as rapid-recovery mode. The liberation of Kuwait more […]

People GLOBALSTAR Names New General Manager Globalstar LLC named Greg Tees the new general manager of Globalstar Europe Satellite Services. Tees will oversee Globalstar’s European business operations from the company’s […]

Intelsat said June 30 it is donating satellite capacity to facilitate the broadcast of five of the Live 8 concerts, though Intelsat spokeswoman Jodi Katz told Satellite Today that Intelsat […]