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Lockheed Martin submitted a proposal to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the definition and risk reduction phase for the agency’s next generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite(GOES-R) […]

In almost all global regions, high definition (HD) is expected to make a near term appearance and to have an impact on overall satellite capacity as a result, Northern Sky […]

Loral Space and Communication Ltd. lost $26.2 million in its 2005 second quarter ended March 31, down from a loss of $79.6 million in the same period in 2004, Loral […]

New Skies Satellites became the second private equity-owned satellite operator to launch an initial public offering (IPO) this year as the company, owned by The Blackstone Group, issued 11.9 million […]

SkyStream Inc. signed a cross-licensing agreement with Helius Inc. under which each company will license patented technology from the other in designing Internet protocol-based satellite and terrestrial networks. Financial terms […]

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 […]

Nordic media company Modern Times Group (MTG) continues to drive its channels into new Eastern European markets with an agreement that will see its Viasat subsidiary launch some of its […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. said the U.S. Air Force recently awarded the company a launch service contract involving two new small launch vehicles to serve the U.S. military’s need for responsive […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 Associated Press reported May 6 that Andrew Corp. is moving its satellite-TV dish manufacturing operations from Smithfield, NC to Mexico. Andrew took over the plant when it acquired certain […]

Dow Jones reported late last week that EchoStar Communications Corp. Charlie Ergan was “not surprised” by the drop-off of Dish Network subscribers coming from its partnership with SBC Communications. SBC […]

Norsat International Inc.’s board of directors appointed William Coyne III as the company’s new president and CEO. Coyne previously served as vice president and general manager of Sprint Communications’ Northeast […]

ATK and NASA tested the deployment and attitude control of an ultra-lightweight, high-performing solar sail propulsion system in a ground test, ATK said. The 400 square meter solar sail system […]

Using the Mars Global Surveyor in orbit around the red planet, researchers have discovered the landing site of the Viking Lander 2 and possibly the site where the Mars Polar […]

Xantic, a provider of mobile satellite communications, sold its worldwide software business line Amos to G&G. The transaction, which involves a combination of stock shares and assets, was completed May […]

TransCore unveiled new trailer tracking sensors, including what it describes as a first-of-its-kind infrared cargo sensor and a temperature sensor, for use on TransCore’s GlobalWave satellite communications products. TransCore said […]

At its annual general meeting held in Betzdorf, Luxembourg, shareholders of SES Global S.A. elected a new 18-member board of directors, cutting the number of members from the previous 21, […]

Space Imaging will have the exclusive rights to market data collected by the Cartosat-1 imagery satellite launched May 5 by the Indian Space Research Organization. Space Imaging’s agreement with Antrix […]

Bruce Churchill, president of DirecTV Latin America, believes the satellite pay-TV operator is unlikely to see much of a competitive threat from telcos in Latin America in terms of IPTV […]

DirecTV Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp. jointly filed lawsuits in Florida and Kentucky challenging the constitutionality of taxes levied against their direct-to-home satellite TV services, the companies announced. In separate […]

Boeing and Lockheed Martin announced May 2 the formation of a joint venture that unites the production, engineering, test and launch operations associated with U.S. government launches of Boeing Delta […]

(Editor’s note: This is the second article in a two-part series that examines the satellite broadband market in Europe. Part one of the series appeared in the May 2 issue […]

The British Council, a not-for-profit organization sponsored by the British government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, will be relying in part on satellite technology to help it achieve its mission of […]

It is set to be a busy year for DirecTV Latin America as the company tries to get back on track in the pay-TV markets of Latin America. The operator […]

One of the stated goals of this column is to test the adage, “a rising tide lifts all ships.” Last week, we had the first real opportunity since the inception […]

The Inmarsat-4 F1 satellite completed its in-orbit tests and early operations are progressing as planned, satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium said. The spacecraft will be moved from its test location at […]

SES Americom conducted the last operations on the Satcom C1 satellite, safely de-orbiting the satellite more than 280 km beyond the geosynchronous orbital belt, the company announced May 2. The […]

Nordic Satellite SB (NSAB) awarded International Launch Services (ILS) a contract to launch the Sirius 4 satellite in the second quarter of 2007 on a Proton Breeze M rocket. Nordic […]