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Nearly two years after announcing it would launch rockets from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sea Launch LLC unveiled July 26 that Panamsat Corp. would be the first to use the […]

Interactive TV solutions provider Two Way TV signed a two-year deal with Sky News, which will enable Sky News to boost its interactive capabilities in Australia and New Zealand. Two […]

In the days and months following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., much discussion has occurred regarding the safeguarding of nuclear materials. In […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) said July 26 it selected Covad Communications Group Inc. as a primary DSL broadband supplier for HNS’ Direcway Unified Broadband service offering. Through this relationship, […]

Viacom Inc. and DirecTV Inc. announced July 20 a long-term agreement that secures the continued carriage of a variety of Viacom-owned channels on DirecTV’s direct-to-home satellite television service platform. The […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) said July 19 that Russian satellite services provider JSC IP Net acquired a Direcway network operations center and DW7700 routers, enabling IP Net to deliver […]

EMS Satellite Networks, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., announced July 20 it delivered and installed a DVB-RCS redundant hub to Hellas Sat Consortium Ltd.‘s Athens teleport. The hub will […]

Encore Networks, a developer of virtual private network (VPN) security solutions, said July 20 that Italian service provider Netdish deployed Encore’s VSR-30 broadband routers to provide satellite backup for terrestrial […]

SES Americom announced July 19 it signed a deal to provide satellite distribution services to G4, a television channel dedicated to video games. G4 programming will be delivered to cable […]

NHK, Japan’s national public broadcaster, signed a deal with Eutelsat under which NHK will lease a full 36 MHz Ku-band transponder on Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird 3 satellite throughout February 2006, […]

SES Astra awarded the manufacturing contract for the Astra 1M television broadcasting satellite to EADS Astrium, SES Astra announced July 21. EADS Astrium will supply the payload and the platform, […]

Astrata Group Inc. signed an agreement with Denmark’s North Securities ApS to provide a GPS-based vehicle tracking system, Astrata announced July 20. Under the $3 million contract, Astrata will provide […]

Panamsat said July 19 it signed an agreement with Alcatel for the acquisition of the Europe*Star-1 satellite and two orbital slots, giving Panamsat a stronger presence in the European and […]

Raytheon Co.‘s Space and Airborne Systems delivered the first flight-ready GPS system for the U.S. Air Force‘s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft, Raytheon announced July 21. The system, which […]

The U.S. interactive television market is likely to see a great deal of innovation in the coming years as penetrating this market segment takes on increasing importance for global pay-TV […]

The June 21 failure of a Volna rocket that destroyed the Planetary Society‘s solar sail experiment was caused by premature shut-down of the first-stage engine. In its report to the […]

Small, volunteer emergency response organizations in the northwestern United States are getting help from the U.S. GPS system to help coordinate the life-saving efforts using donated receivers. Northwest Medstar, a […]

PA & NSE Panamsat had a big week as it added capacity to its fleet through the purchase of the Europe*Star-1 satellite, as well as two orbital slots. Reaction from […]

DirecTV Inc. announced a deal that will bring it six new channels aimed at the Filipino market and more than 80,000 subscribers to its direct-to-home satellite television service. DirecTV joined […]

Orbcomm Asia Ltd. filed a $50 million breach of contract lawsuit earlier this month against Orbcomm Inc. and its Orbcomm LLC and Orbcomm Holdings LLC affiliates. The suit alleges Orbcomm […]

XM Satellite Radio said July 19 it made a $25 million strategic investment in the common stock of Worldspace Inc., which provides satellite radio service to Asia, Europe, the Middle […]

Asiasat issued a request for proposal for Asiasat 5, a next-generation communications satellite designed to offer improved power and coverage across Asia. Asiasat 5 is intended to replace the Asiasat […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced July 18 the nomination of Amiram Levinberg as the company’s chairman and CEO, in conjunction with York Capital Management gaining an interest in Gilat. The […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. posted a profit of $7.6 million in the second quarter of 2005, down from a profit of $11.1 million in the same period in 2004, Orbital reported […]

Arianespace said July 18 that it would announce the new launch date for Shin Satellite Plc‘s IPStar satellite during the week of July 25. The satellite originally was slated for […]

Digitalglobe July 13 announced the availability of a product aimed at helping mappers, planners and geographic information systems specialists improve geospatial applications with current high-resolution satellite imagery data. Digitalglobe Citysphere […]

XM Satellite Radio announced July 12 the formation of a joint venture, Network Live, with AEG, America Online and entertainment and technology veteran Kevin Wall. Network Live will be a […]

Iridium Satellite LLC said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service fitted 200 primarily contract aircraft with Iridium equipment. The aircraft are part of the interagency Automated Flight-Following (AFF) […]

U.S. President George W. Bush July 12 signed off on a law that lifts the restrictions in the Open-Market Reorganization for Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act that would otherwise […]

ABB of Quebec City, Quebec, received a contract to supply the primary components for a Japanese satellite that will measure greenhouse gases in support of the Kyoto protocol, ABB recently […]