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Paradigm Secure Communications signed a 15-year contract valued at about $186 million to provide a specific portion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization‘s (NATO) space segment requirements. Beginning in 2005, […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] scored another personnel win, this time on the corporate management side, when it named Mel Karmazin the new CEO of the company. He succeeds Joseph Clayton, […]

BT and Thane Direct have teamed up to launch TrendPro TV, a new German-language shopping channel. The channel is the first DTH service to take advantage of BT’s Astra 1G […]

Officials at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) postponed for the third time the launch of the Swift satellite, which will be used to observe gamma rays, Satellite Today […]

Satellite Today has learned that China has launched what is being reported “a small scientific experimental satellite.” The satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China’s Sichuan […]

Conax has signed an important new contract to supply Conditional Access (CA) to Focus Sat, a DTH operator in Romania. The deal sees Conax deliver its new Conax CAS7 system […]

A new technology developed by ARINC Inc. and Telenor that would allow users of GSM mobile phones to make calls during the in-flight portion of airline travel. The service, ARINC/Telenor […]

Intelsat Government Solutions Corp. changed its name to Intelsat General Corp. following the completion of the integration of the assets of the recently acquired Comsat General business. Intelsat said the […]

XM Satellite Radio said that plans to issue $300 million of 1.75-percent convertible senior notes due 2009, and it has granted the initial purchaser of the notes the option to […]

Primaris Airlines is outfitting its fleet of all-first-class aircraft with Iridium satellite phones, which are being supplied by Blue Sky Network. The first installation happened in April on a Boeing […]

SES Americom, a SES Global company, said its AMC-16 satellite that will support advanced video and broadband services for EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH], has been delivered to the Cape Canaveral […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said the launch of the Swift satellite, which will be looking for and gathering data on bursts of gamma rays, has been delayed, […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] will broaden its reach with a new promotion offering the Xact XTR1 “Stream Jockey” palm-sized receiver at more than 500 Target retail stores nationwide. The receiver, […]

Jetix Europe, reportedly one of the largest providers of childrens’ entertainment programming to satellite pay-TV operators, named Paul Taylor as its new CEO. Taylor has been interim CEO since July. […]

Satlynx has teamed with Fuchs Elektronik to provide Internet access via satellite to an entire U.S. film cast and crew while on location in various locations across Germany. The movie, […]

Orbimage Inc. [ORBM] reported increased revenues and a widening loss for the third quarter of 2004. The company reported revenues of $8.9 million, up from $1.1 million during the third […]

Satellite Today has learned that Alcatel has been named the prime contractor in a $27.2 million contract for the Liaison project, which aims to develop technology for use by public […]

BSkyB, the leading satellite pay-TV operator in the U.K., has revamped its interactive service portal, Sky Active, and it will deliver the new service portal later this week. The new […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] today said the Space-Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) team it leads successfully completed the system’s signal-processing assembly software critical design review with payload provider Northrop Grumman […]

Norwegian telecom supplier Nera will deliver a new broadband satellite gateway to Telenor Satellite Services (TSS) in a deal announced today. The new gateway – the Nera Satellite Gateway – […]

Satellite Today has learned the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the French National Space Centre signed an agreement late last week to move forward on their Megha-Tropiques atmospheric satellite […]

Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin [LMT] completed installation of a new network-centric satellite communications system for use by coalition forces in Iraq. The Coalition Multinational Network (CMN), developed for U.S. Central […]

New York-based SkyTerra Communications [SKYT] acquired a 22-percent equity stake in MSV Joint Venture by converting $51 million in notes, originally purchased in the venture during November 2001, into partnership […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] renamed its wholly owned subsidiary NetSat Express Inc. to a more branded Globecomm Network Services Corp., reflecting the evolution of the subsidiary’s business into a total […]

The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Society Of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) is hosting a panel discussion reviewing the current status of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) use of commercial satellite […]

SCS Corp. signed Infoterra, a European-based geospatial information company, to provide a complete satellite-image-based Global Seeps Study over its entire 16 million concession. The process will produce digital data providing […]

The prospective sale of Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Net-work Systems (HNS) to private-equity firm Apollo Management appears to be moving toward announcement. Satellite News has written about the potential deal but […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV Inc., the largest satellite TV service in the United States, concluded that it could at least break even on the five-year, $3.5 billion agreement with the […]

It is rare for the powerful National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) to lose an important Washington battle. As a result, the NAB’s decision to abruptly drop attempts to convince regulators […]

The ever-growing need to track assets for safety and security reasons has led the Copenhagen Airport in Denmark to upgrade the Global Positioning System (GPS) technology it uses. Copenhagen Airport […]