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EADS Space Services signed a framework agreement with the French Ministry of Defense to provide satellite telecommunications services for up to two years, EADS announced June 7. EADS Space Services […]

The government of New South Wales in Australia purchased imagery from the French Spot series of satellites, Spot Image announced June 7. Under the deal with Raytheon Australia, which holds […]

Scopus Network Technologies, a provider of digital TV video networking, equipped Sri Lanka’s CBNSat with digital broadcast capabilities for its direct-to-home services. CBNSat’s new platform will distribute up to 18 […]

EMS Satcom, the Ottawa-based division of EMS Technologies, said it launched its interactive video aimed at giving clients the tools to install the company’s Fleet 55 satellite marine communication terminal. […]

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems will develop an Internet protocol (IP)-based, Ku-band satellite network for Malaysian authorities based on its suitcase terminal already in use by other government organizations. The order includes […]

Arianespace pushed back the launch of a pair of satellites due to an unspecified technical problem with the Telkom 2 spacecraft, Arianespace announced June 6. The launch of the Spaceway […]

Cablevision Systems Corp. halted its contract with Lockheed Martin for satellites intended to broadcast high-definition television, the company said in a June 6 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange […]

The AFX newswire reported June 5 that the U.K. government is considering a plan to use satellite technology to tax vehicles based on the amount of miles driven. The satellite […]

Ukraine reached an agreement with the European Union (EU) to participate in the Galileo satellite navigation project, becoming the third non-EU country to join the program, the EU announced June […]

Satellite control software developed by Harris Corp. has assumed control of the Quickbird commercial imagery satellite owned and operated by Digitalglobe, Harris announced June 6. Harris installed its OS/Comet-based Satellite […]

Limoliner, a Massachusetts-based motor coach operator that offers service between New York City and Boston, installed a Tracvision A5 antenna on its 28-passenger luxury motor coach to bring DirecTV satellite […]

iDirect Technologies launched its Global Edge Connect solution to deliver last-mile wireless connectivity via satellite. Global Edge Connect is a wireless Internet Service Provider solution that will incorporate a carrier-class, […]

Sirius Satellite Radio said June 6 that it’s exclusive relationship with Ford Motor Co. has been extended through September 2011. The agreement covers all Ford brands in the United States, […]

Swe-Dish Satellite Systems added new functionality to its IPT Suitcase navigation solution offering, which the company claims will make the product as easy to use as a mobile phone. The […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) unveiled June 6 its managed telecommunications service, Direcway Unified Broadband, aimed at providing enterprise users with a generic broadband network solution. HNS will offer network […]

The commercial satellite industry generated $97.2 billion in revenues in 2004, up 6.7 percent from the previous year, according to the Satellite Industry Association‘s (SIA) “State of the Satellite Industry […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) said it signed a Space Act Agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regarding the development of human spaceflight hardware. Space Act Agreements […]

Russia announced it is preparing to launch an English-language television news broadcasting service targeted at foreign viewers around the globe. The new 24-hour news channel, named Russia Today TV, will […]

Shin Satellite PCL raised about 3.2 billion Thai bhat ($78.2 million) in a public stock offering, the company said June 2. The Thai satellite operator sold 208 million new shares […]

Radyne Comstream announced June 3 it changed its name to Radyne Corp. and adopted a simplified brand strategy. The company will manufacture and sell satellite and microwave communications equipment using […]

New Zealand pay-television operator Sky Network Television Ltd. said June 3 it has developed a plan to secure access to a back-up satellite in the event that its current satellite, […]

Lockheed Martin and Aerojet conducted the second test firing of the Atlas 5 upgraded Block B solid rocket booster (SRB). The test firing was performed late last month at Edwards […]

Saunders Kramer passed away May 30 in Washington, D.C., after complications following heart surgery. He was 84. Kramer, while working at Lockheed Missiles and Space in the late 1950s, was […]

With Mexican satellite operator Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V.‘s (Satmex) facing numerous questions about its future, a group of the company’s creditors filed an involuntary Chapter 11 petition against Satmex […]

Loral Space & Communications Ltd. moved a step closer to emerging from bankruptcy when the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved, June 1, the company’s […]

Tracking people using GPS technology, particularly paroled felons, is gaining media attention. Now GPS Tracks LLC is applying that concept to help people keep track of something a bit closer […]

While market conditions continue to be tough for satellite manufacturers, Alcatel Space CEO Pascale Sourisse is confident the company’s prospects for revenue growth prospects will remain strong. Whether it is […]

The biggest news affecting a publicly-traded company in the past five business days leading up to this issue’s June 3 publication was the launch of an investigation of Orbital Sciences […]

G2 Satellite Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Panamsat that focuses on providing communications solutions to the U.S. government, announced June 1 the launch of a new global managed network service […]

Arianespace said it would launch the Spaceway 2 satellite for DirecTV and Telkom 2 for PT Telkom Indonesia June 24. The spacecraft will be launched aboard an Ariane 5 ECA […]