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Shin Satellite PCL earned 201 million Thai baht ($5.1 million) in its 2005 first quarter, up from a profit of 190.5 million baht ($4.8 million) in the same period in […]

ViaSat Inc. said May 12 it had a record 2005 in terms of orders, revenues and earnings. The provider of networking and communications equipment for government and commercial customers received […]

Telespazio CEO Giuseppe Veredice believes the operator has a lot to gain from the link-up between Alcatel and Finmeccanica in terms of their space activities. Telespazio was one of two […]

Intelsat Ltd. reported revenues of $293.2 million for the first quarter of 2005, which ended March 31, up from $233.9 million in revenues reported in the first quarter of 2004. […]

International Launch Services (ILS) said the window for its May 21 launch of the DirecTV 8 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will open at 1:59 p.m. EDT. The […]

International Launch Services (ILS) said the window for its May 21 launching of the DirecTV 8 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will open at 1:59 p.m. EDT. The […]

New Skies Satellite BV became the second Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) operator acquired by private equity owners in recent years to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of stock. New […]

The future is looking bright for Telespazio. The Italian joint venture, one of two companies formed when Alcatel and Finmeccanica merged their respective space activities, (SN, Jan. 31) concentrating on […]

Managed network satellite services provider Segovia is doing its part to help keep soldiers in Iraq in contact with their families in the United States and other parts of the […]

Satellite operators that broadcast television content soon could see a new market for their services–facilitating the delivery of broadcast content to mobile phones and other portable devices. Already, TU Media […]

With the satellite industry just starting to get back on its feet in the public eye–as evidenced by the recent performance of satellite industry stocks– the industry may need to […]

The big news last week for Wall Street observers was the May 10 initial public offering (IPO) of common stock for New Skies Satellite BV. If the performance of that […]

In anticipation of an upcoming competition, Raytheon unveiled its prototype of the network architecture for the Air Force‘s planned Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT), the next-generation constellation of satellites that […]

Xtar LLC completed the first field trials of the Space Systems/Loral-built Xtar-Eur satellite, placed on orbit at 29? East in February, Xtar announced. The demonstration for the U.S. Army‘s 7th […]

Inmarsat Group Ltd. earned $6.3 million in the 2005 first quarter, rebounding from a loss of $10 million in the same period one year ago, Inmarsat reported May 9. Revenue […]

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said the National Remote Sensing Agency’s Data Reception Station at Shadnagar, India, received imagery from the recently launched Cartosat-1. The satellite has been undergoing […]

Iridium Satellite LLC selected Cambridge Consultants as a strategic wireless technology development consultant. In this role, Cambridge will help Iridium evolve the design of its ground-based terminal equipment. Cambridge is […]

Profits at SES Global grew 9 million euros ($11.6 million) in the 2005 first quarter despite revenue remaining flat, the company reported May 9. SES earned 84 million euros ($108.8 […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) closed a $200 million private placement in its former subsidiary Terrestar Networks Inc., which was spun off to MSV’s shareholders as a stand-alone company. Terrestar, in […]

Telesat signed a multiyear agreement with ViaSat Inc. to purchase DOCSIS-for-satellite Ka-band consumer terminals. The terminals, which use a networking technology that utilizes satellite bandwidth more efficiently to lower the […]

While satellite pay-TV operators have performed strongly in recent years in terms subscriber gains, many continue to deal with the effects of smart card piracy. The illegal watching of content […]

Segovia, Inc., a provider of secure global voice, data and video broadband satellite services to the U.S. military, announced that it enabled U.S. troops stationed in Iraq to make more […]

Irdeto Access, a Netherlands-based provider of content security for Digital TV, IPTV and mobile and a subsidiary of multinational media group Naspers announced that it gave Instituto Presbiteriano Mackenzie, a […]

Harvey White, a co-founder of Qualcomm, has been appointed to ViaSat Inc.‘s board of directors, ViaSat announced May 12. White is chairman of SHW2 Enterprises, a business development and consulting […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. posted a profit in its fiscal 2005 third quarter as revenue improved nearly 27 percent from the same period in 2004, the company reported May 11. Globecomm […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, is continuing to work together with its North American counterpart, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to improve weather […]

Starchaser Industries unveiled its new Churchill Mk3 liquid rocket engine May 11. With a design thrust of 33,000 pounds, it is the largest engine built in the United Kingdom in […]

Norsat International Inc. lost 1.2 million Canadian dollars ($970,000) in its 2005 first quarter as sales slipped 42 percent from the same period in 2004, Norsat reported May 10. For […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) closed a $200 million private placement in its former subsidiary Terrestar Networks Inc., which was spun off to MSV’s shareholders as a stand-alone company. Terrestar, in […]

Satpoint, a provider of broadband satellite communications for marine platforms, introduced a service that provides Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to public switched telephone network termination services. The service allows […]