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International Launch Services said it received authorization from the U.S. Air Force to begin operations for the launch of a national security payload on an Atlas 5 vehicle in mid-2007 […]

Xantic, a provider of mobile satcom solutions for voice, fax and high-speed data, finalized a key agreement with Inmarsat. The two companies have ratified their agreement to appoint Xantic as […]

The DirecTV Group Inc. said it has named Evan Grayer to be the vice president of broadband. Grayer will be responsible for evaluating broadband options for DirecTV and executing the […]

Arinc Inc. and Telenor said that they have signed a technology contract with Altobridge Ltd. to provide the link between Inmarsat satellites and GSM phones onboard planes, enabling GSM phone […]

NewspaperDirect said it would be delivering same-day newspapers to ships in Radisson Seven Seas Cruises fleet through its partnership with Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN). Cruise ship passengers will be able […]

QuetzSat SRL de CV said it has received a concession for the Ku-band broadcast satellite services frequencies at 77 degrees West from the Mexican government. QuetzSat is a Mexican partnership […]

Viasat Broadcasting, a satellite pay-TV operator in the Nordic region, is boosting its content offering thanks to an agreement with one of Sweden’s key broadcasters. It has signed a three-year […]

Foxtel Digital‘s executive director of content, development and delivery, Patrick Delany, is confident that the operator will see strong growth in 2005. The satellite and cable pay-TV operator, which launched […]

EADS Astrium said it has completed the production and test of the first Inmarsat-4 satellite. The satellite is based on EADS Astrium’s Eurostar E3000 satellite platform. The satellite is part […]

According to Reuters, the U.S. military began a five-day war game to see how space-based assets such as satellite communications and precision bomb guidance systems would fare in a hypothetical […]

According to Interfax The Academician Reshetnev Applied Mechanics Research and Production Association (NPO PM) will deliver a new generation satellite to Iran. “Under the contract, the project time from the […]

Banamex, the Mexico subsidiary of Citibank, will implement a satellite-based communications system for 1,100 locations that will enable site-specific delivery of audio content, including music, advertising and other promotional messaging, […]

EchoStar Communications Corporation announced that its Dish Network satellite service will offer local TV channels to Gainesville, FL, and the surrounding area. The following local TV channels will be available: […]

All systems remain on track for the long-awaited launch of Arianespace’s ECA upper stage. Flight 164, carrying a test payload as well as the commercial spacecraft XTAR-EUR is in its […]

As Satellite News was going to press, news came over the wire services that the U.S. military began a five-day war game to see how space-based assets such as satellite […]

While many industry observers did not feel the Zeus Holdings Ltd. purchase of Intelsat was in any danger of falling through following the recent satellite failures Intelsat experienced, most would […]

With the final bids in from the two consortia competing for the contract to deploy and operate Galileo, Europe’s satellite navigation system that will work in tandem with the U.S. […]

With the growing demand for portable VSAT terminals particularly from military users, the need for more portable power amplifiers is becoming an important criterion in terminal design. “One of the […]

While interactive television is fairly common in the European television markets, it hasn’t yet caught on in a significant way in the United States, but EchoStar Communications Corp. is hoping […]

Foxtel Digital, the Australian cable and satellite pay-TV operator, has been a success story for digital television services in Asia. It is one of the fastest growing digital pay-TV operators […]

International Launch Services (ILS) oversaw the launch of two rockets on Feb. 3, originating on both sides of the Atlantic. A Proton/Breeze M rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reported an increase in revenues for 2004, but the revenues boost came coupled with a reported net loss for the year. For the year ended Dec. […]

UK satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB added almost 200,000 subscribers in the second quarter ended Dec. 31, 2004. This was one of the highlights as the operator announced its six month […]

Stratos Global Corp. said it is doubling the high-speed data capabilities of its Inmarsat Fleet F77 maritime communications service up to 128 kilobits per second. Stratos said that with the […]

Comsat International Inc. said its Comsat Brazil subsidiary won a public auction to build, operate and mange the communications network for the national lottery and transaction clearinghouse network in Brazil. […]

Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, the programming subsidiary for Cablevision Systems Corp., said it recently secured a number of key distribution agreements with both EchoStar Communications Corp. and The DirecTV Group […]

The Russian Satellite Communications Co. said its Express-AM1 satellite went into operation at 40 degrees East on Feb. 1. The satellite was launched last October and is designed for federal […]

NDS Group, a supplier of Conditional Access (CA) and interactive technologies to direct-to-home platforms, has seen a significant increase in revenues in the second quarter ended Dec. 31, almost doubling […]

PrediWave Corp. said that PiTV selected its interactive broadcast TV platform for PiTV’s satellite television service. PiTV will leverage PrediWave’s technologies to deploy services such as digital video recording, video-on-demand […]

PolarSat said that is has shipped 15.8 tons of VSAT equipment to the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China. The shipment is the first delivery on a contract that, […]