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The contracts for the first two Galileo satellites were signed on Friday at the European Space Agency‘s research and technology center in Noordwijk, Holland. The contracts are for experimental satellites, […]

The medium resolution imaging spectrometer (MERIS) sensor aboard the Envisat environmental satellite is ready to begin operating, the European Space Agency announced Thursday. A test campaign has validated the software […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Science Applications International Corp. has selected 15 partners to join the U.S. Army future combat systems (FCS) program. The 15 new partners will lead teams of […]

Italy’s Netsystem has signed a long-term agreement to use a second transponder on SES Astra‘s satellite at 19.2 degrees East Longitude to provide satellite-based Internet service throughout Italy. This follows […]

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based provider of satellite-based communications, announced Thursday that it has been working with an unidentified customer in an effort to restore telecommunication services in […]

Major League Baseball International, which coordinates network planning and broadcast of Major League Baseball (MLB) games, has chosen Intelsat to broadcast the July 15 All-Star Game to viewers worldwide. Using […]

France’s Arianespace, U.S.-based Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries [PNK: MHVYF.PK] expect to complete a satellite launch alliance by the third quarter, according to Suzanne Chambers, Arianespace director […]

United Nations-led development efforts in some of the poorest and most remote parts of the globe are being guided by images from satellites provided by the European Space Agency. The […]

Andrew Wright, president of the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA), said that the Federal Communications Commission’s Report on 2002 Cable Industry Prices, released this week, “illustrates why consumers continue […]

PlanetLink Communications [OTC BB: PLKC.OB] , a Cumming, Ga.-based provider of satellite-based products and services, has signed a sales and marketing agreement with James J. Vogel, dba Market One Direct, […]

Nissan North America’s Infiniti division will begin offering XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] and Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] equipment as a factory or dealer installed option for its entire […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) plans to unveil its vision of the controversial deployment of ATC (ancillary terrestrial component) services in North America during the First International Conference on Advanced Satellite […]

SatLynx, the European two-way broadband service provider, believes markets in southern Europe offer the best opportunities for the company as it bids to make an impact on the European broadband […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched its second Mars probe, “Opportunity,” July 7 aboard a Delta II rocket. The launch, originally scheduled for June 28, was delayed numerous times […]

LiveTV, a unit of JetBlue Airways [Nasdaq: JBLU], has signed an agreement with Canadian low-cost carrier WestJet Airlines [Toronto: WJA.TO] to provide in-flight satellite TV service on the carrier’s fleet […]

A Canadian federal court has upheld a lower court order to seize satellite equipment and access cards from a number of dealers in Ontario and Quebec. The federal court also […]

DigitalGlobe, a Longmont, Colo.-based satellite imagery firm, is making available to non-military government customers a new color imagery product, as well as a subscription program and a civil government license. […]

Stratos [TSX:SGB], a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of global remote communications, announced that effective immediately it will provide Inmarsat leased services through a fifth satellite located at 143.5 degrees East Longitude. […]

Teledesic LLC‘s one-time plan to launch a $10 billion constellation of satellites to provide broadband services has been scaled back over the years and now appears to have ended, after […]

Former head of pay-per-view events at BSkyB, Marc Conneely, will join Gulf DTH as vice president, advertising sales and new business development. Gulf DTH owns and operates the Showtime network […]

Serbian television and radio channels Pink Plus, Extra and Radio Pink have signed up to deliver their programming via GlobeCast‘s digital direct-to-home platform at 13 degrees East Longitude across the […]

DaimlerChrysler [NYSE: DCX] has begun offering Smartnav, a satellite navigation system from Trafficmaster, as an approved accessory in the United Kingdom on its Voyager, Grand Voyager, Cherokee, Grand Cherokee and […]

NTN Communications [AMEX:NTN] a Carlsbad, Calif.-based provider of interactive communications and entertainment products for the hospitality industry, will offer two-way satellite communication services to Damon’s International, a casual dining restaurant […]

Telenor Satellite Services has signed a contract with Fugro Survey Ltd. of Aberdeen, UK, for Sealink maritime high-speed data communications aboard three of Fugro’s survey and research vessels. Under the […]

BySky, a satellite service provider based in Ruinen, The Netherlands, has signed a reseller agreement with Satlynx to deliver two-way broadband satellite services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), public […]

Russian Satellite Communications Co. and ChinaSatCom have signed a cooperation agreement to deploy a satellite telemedicine network in China, Russia and Southeast Asia. The project will involve the deployment of […]

The hybrid C-band/Ku-band AMC-9 satellite has begun commercial service and soon will start serving a number of SES Americom customers who are being switched from the AMC-2 bird during the […]

Because of the July 4th holiday in the United States, we will not publish SATELLITE TODAY tomorrow (Friday). Look for us again on Monday, July 7. Have a great holiday! […]

Orbit International’s [Nasdaq: ORBT] Behlman Electronics unit has received orders from the U.S. military to provide power supply components for a U.S. Army mobile satellite communications system and for Global […]

Dyband, an Ottawa, Canada-based supplier of IP traffic management products to service providers, governments and enterprises, Thursday announced delivery of a multi-site IP traffic management solution to the government of […]