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Loral Skynet said it renewed an agreement with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) to distribute video, data, telecommunications and VSAT services on Loral’s Telstar 10 satellite. Additionally, SingTel also agreed to […]

Nordic Satellite AB (NSAB) last week awarded the first competitive commercial satellite contract of this year to Lockheed Martin to design and manufacture the Sirius 4 satellite. According to NSAB, […]

SES Astra‘s deal with the Croatian communications company Vodatel is one of the first indications of telcos in Eastern Europe deploying a progressive multimedia strategy using satellite communications. The deal […]

In what appears to be a page taken out of the playbook of the satellite radio industry, DirecTV Inc. has struck a deal with homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc. to get […]

February 11 is likely to be the key date this year for European satellite launch provider Arianespace. This is the date when we could finally see the long-awaited launch of […]

Telesat‘s recent acquisition of The Spaceconnection Inc. represents a significant step to meeting that company’s strategic goal of increasing its presence in the U.S. market. The price of the transaction […]

Motient Corp. last week said the signature of a binding term sheet with Telecom Satellite Ventures Inc. to acquire that company’s interest in Mobile Satellite Ventures LP and its general […]

Stratos Global Corp. executed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of Plenexis from private equity and venture capital company 3i. Stratos also announced the acquisition of a 49 percent […]

A recently uncovered patent filing from XM Satellite Radio could reveal a possible direction the company is looking to go in as the satellite radio market continues to evolve. The […]

Pace Micro Technology, the U.K.-based set top box (STB) manufacturer, is confident it will continue to grow its profits after releasing encouraging results this week. In the 27 weeks to […]

Telenor Satellite Services and Global Relief Technologies LLC are working together with International Medical Corps (IMC) to provide an integrated support system for immediate collection and dissemination of in-the-field data […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, is making a satellite available to help in the future detection of Tsunamis in Asia. It will make access to […]

General Dynamics‘ C4 Systems division won an $830 million contract from Lockheed Martin to help develop a satellite-based system to support the U.S. military’s network-centric communications initiative and will hire […]

SES Americom said its Americom-12 (AMC-12) satellite arrived in Baikonur, Kazakhstan and will be undergoing final preparations for its Feb. 3 launch by International Launch Services on a Proton/Breeze M […]

Shin Satellite PLC said Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) informed the company that it successfully concluded its antenna patterns and end-to-end payload tests in compact antenna test range (CATR) for the iPSTAR-1 […]

RaySat Inc. unveiled an antenna, the SpeedRay 3000, at the Consumer Electronics Showcase in Las Vegas, that will deliver high-speed Internet services to in-motion vehicles and distributes the connection to […]

Hughes Network Systems said it launched a new dedicated network operations center (NOC) to be hosted at its European teleport in Griesheim, Germany. The new NOC will support additional satellite […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) reported last week that it had a record year in 2004 in terms of subscriber growth for its Direcway satellite broadband product, ending the year with […]

Andrew Corp. named Jude Panetta the president of the company’s satellite communications group. Panetta was formerly the vice president and general manager for Andrew’s base station subsystems group, and he […]

According to a Jan 13 report by RIA Novosti, a microsatellite belonging to Moscow Lomonosov State University will be delivered to the Plesetsk space center on Jan. 15 and will […]

Small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) said it sold a 10 percent stake in itself to commercial rocket company SpaceX. The transaction enables the two companies to work […]

Vyvx said that is expanded its virtual teleport services to New Orleans, Minneapolis and Pittsburgh. The virtual teleport service extends the uplink and downlink services provided by Vyvx’s three physical […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, is making a satellite available to help in the future detection of Tsunamis in Asia. It will make access to […]

Telenor Satellite Services and Global Relief Technologies LLC are working together with International Medical Corps (IMC) to provide an integrated support system for immediate collection and dissemination of in-the-field data […]

Stratos Global Corp. executed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of Plenexis from private equity and venture capital company 3i. Stratos also announced the acquisition of a 49 percent […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)said it will discontinue operation of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite after the Spring following the latest extension of its in-orbit life. […]

Motient Corp. said it signed a binding agreement with Telecom Satellite Ventures to acquire its stake in Mobile Satellite Ventures LP and its general partner, MSV GP Inc. The result […]

General Dynamics C4 Systems said it demonstrated its Satcom-On-The-Move terminal, a vehicle-mounted Ku-band satellite terminal for the U.S. Army. The terminal, which C4 Systems said is the first such system […]

Hughes Network Systems said it launched a new dedicated network operations center (NOC) to be hosted at its European teleport in Griesheim, Germany. The new NOC will support additional satellite […]

Lockheed Martin won a satellite manufacturing contract with European satellite operator Nordic Satellite AB (NSAB). With satellite contracts likely to be at a premium this year, Lockheed will be delighted […]