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Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI], the higher priced of two U.S.-based satellite radio services, took the unusual step of issuing a press release last week to put a positive spin on […]

By Paul Dykewicz PanAmSat President and CEO Joseph Wright, noted for his financial conservatism and cost-cutting, recently told me he isn’t worried at all about taking on a large debt […]

Satellite Today has learned that the European Space Agency‘s European Space Research and Technology Center is testing the design-worthiness of an experimental Galileo satellite built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. […]

Modern Times Group, (MTG), the owner of the Viasat direct-to-home (DTH) platform, is claiming a key victory over its Nordic DTH rival Canal Digital. It just announced that its application […]

CapRock Communications is the primary corporate sponsor of a project headed by a team of students at the University of Louisiana that is preparing to send a picosatellite (a small […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] has made some aggressive moves in targeting work from the U.S. Department of Defense, demonstrating a new mobile theater-of-operations directional communications technology that can give soldiers […]

ATK [ATK] completed its acquisition of the PSI Group following a review of the transaction by the Federal Trade Commission. PSI is a components designer and manufacturer for military and […]

SKY Television of New Zealand signed a five-year deal with New Zealand Cricket that gives it exclusive rights to all international and domestic cricket games until 2009. John Fellet, SKY […]

Satellite Today has learned that Russia is expected to, within a month, send a proposal to South Korea that calls for a technology transfer to South Korea that would allow […]

Vienna, Va.-based Tachyon Networks, a satellite broadband communications service provider for business and government users, is upgrading its network to deliver 512 kilobits per second (Kbps) remote transmission speeds to […]

The San Diego Telecom Council named ViaSat one of the winners in its first annual “Innovators In Telecommunications” awards. ViaSat won for its launch of the first DOCSIS-based, satellite-IP-delivery system. […]

Integral Systems Inc. [ISYS] inked a contract with SingTel Optus to expand the Optus C1 satellite control system to include support for the Optus D1 and D2 satellites. Under the […]

MultiChoice Africa, a pan-African DTH platform, is potentially two years away from launching a high-definition (HD) channel in South Africa. MultiChoice CEO Nolo Letele told Satellite Today, “We recognize that, […]

Long Beach, Calif.-based Sea Launch has been selected to launch PanAmSat‘s Galaxy 16 communication satellite from a sea-based launch site on the Equator. The agreement calls for Sea Launch to […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Air Force gave a $8 million contract to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) that calls for SpaceX to demonstrate a […]

Eagle Broadband Inc. [EAG] said Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) received approval from the General Services Administration to add Eagle’s SatMAX non-line-of-sight (NLOS) satellite communications repeater system to SAIC’s GSA […]

Satellite Today has learned that India’s space agency yesterday successfully launched that country’s first satellite for educational services from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) spaceport in Sriharikota on board […]

South Africa’s Telkom SA Limited chose Atlanta-based ILC‘s network-control software to monitor and control satellite earth stations. The new satellite Network Element Management System (NEMS) is intended to add momentum […]

Conax, the Norway-based Conditional Access (CA) supplier, signed its second key contract in China through its partnership with Star Communication Network Technology (STAR). STAR is Conax’ strategic partner in the […]

Massachusetts will join a growing list of states using GPS technology to track the whereabouts of sex offenders who are on parole or on probation. According to reports, nearly 219 […]

Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) unveiled a new family of solid-state C- and Ku-band VSAT transceivers designed for both indoor and outdoor use under a variety of operating temperatures. No […]

Multinational corporations in need of global communications networking are the target customers of a partnership formed by Intelsat, iDirect Technologies and Equant [ENT] to provide satellite-based, wide area network (WAN) […]

Spanish satellite operator Hispasat along with Hispamar Satellites confirmed that results of in-orbit tests carried out so far on the payload of satellite Amazonas have been positive. The Amazonas satellite […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] won’t pursue an expansion of its marketing relationship with Qwest Corp. In a statement released by the company, EchoStar said it will seek to expand relationships […]

Comtech Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Comtech Communications Corp. [CMTL], received a $77 million contract from an unnamed major U.S. prime contractor, with the equipment supplied from the contract going […]

France-based satellite manufacturer Alcatel Space [ALA] wasted no time in following up on last week’s order announced by rival Boeing Satellite Systems with DirecTV by signing a major pact of […]

Global service provider Intelsat is showing increased signs of conservatism by choosing to cut its losses and end its future commitments to the high-risk, Hong Kong-based direct-to-home satellite (DTH) TV […]

Boeing Satellite Services of El Segundo, Calif., is looking to rebound after building six flawed 702 model satellites that ultimately may lead to insurance payouts of more than $1 billion. […]

New advances in technology have led to the development and commercial introduction of batteries made for big GEO satellites reportedly more powerful and 30-percent lighter than today’s 600-pound nickel-hydrogen products. […]

A slew of big events this year have spurred occasional-use transponder demand. One of the big beneficiaries of the clarion cry for capacity in North America has been Princeton, N.J.-based […]