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[Satellite News 08-11-11] The FSS satellite market is experiencing a steady 4.4 percent upswing in transponder demand and revenue, but a backdrop of slowing growth rates among customers and a […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-11-11] Satellite and cellular data communications solutions provider Orbcomm generated a 37.9 percent increase in its 2011 second-quarter revenues at $10.8 million — a performance which analysts […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-10-11] Emerging markets will experience stronger TV set shipment growth over the next four years than more developed markets, according to an IMS Research report issued Aug. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-11] U.S. satellite-television provider Dish Network reported a loss of 135,000 subscribers in its 2011 second quarter, according to the company’s latest results, issued Aug. 9. Analysts estimated […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-11] U.S. telco Verizon is adding mobile satellite solutions to its private IP service suite, the company announced Aug. 8.    By leveraging Verizon’s multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-11] The SES-2 satellite has arrived to the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana after being shipped by its manufacturer Orbital Sciences, in preparation for its launch on […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-10-11] Boeing Space & Intelligence Systems has completed a key compatibility test of its UHF hosted payload with the company’s 702MP-model IS-22 satellite, which is being built for […]

[Satellite News 08-10-11] Australian satellite company NewSat signed a three-year Jabiru-1 satellite capacity contract with U.S.-based global communications provider TrustComm, NewSat announced Aug. 10.             Under the terms of the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-09-11] Arianespace has successfully launched two direct-to-home (DTH) television satellites for SES Astra and Sky Perfect JSat on an Ariane 5 rocket from the European spaceport in […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-09-11] Asian media group Trace has signed a new lease agreement with Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. (AsiaSat) for additional C-band capacity on AsiaSat 5, the companies announced Aug. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-09-11] Manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has delivered SES’ QuetzSat-1 satellite to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to prepare for its launch onboard an ILS Proton Breeze M booster […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-09-11] Inmarsat has rolled out a free voice distress service on FleetBroadband to help users in case of emergency, the mobile satellite operator announced Aug. 8.    Built […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-09-11] Officials from China’s National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation confirmed Aug. 8 that the Chinese government is set to launch a high-definition civil survey satellite by […]

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[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11] LightSquared has entered into a multi-year wholesale agreement with integrated telecommunications services provider PowerNet Global, the companies announced Aug. 5.    PowerNet will become a wholesale customer […]

[Satellite News 08-08-11] Satellite voice and data provider Globalstar increased its service revenues and narrowed its net losses in the 2011 second quarter, however, the company confirmed that a defective […]

[Satellite News 08-08-11] Iridium Communications reported $11.7 million in 2011 second quarter earnings — a considerable leap from the $3.2 million generated in the same period last year, marking the […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-08-11] DirecTV reported the company’s lowest quarterly net subscriber gain to date at 26,000 during the second quarter of 2011 — a sign that some analysts say […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11]FSS satellite operator Intelsat has received multiple contracts from oil and gas managed communications provider RigNet to acquire new satellite capacity and renew its existing leases, Intelsat announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11] The delayed launch of ViaSat’s ViaSat-1 satellite took a toll on the company’s 2011 first quarter net income, which dropped $3.26 million from the same period last […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-08-11] Mobile satellite operator Inmarsat saw its 2011 second quarter earnings increase 32 percent from the same period last year to $222.7 million, however, analysts were much more […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-05-11] Telesat’s 2011 second quarter results showed minimal change from the company’s performance in the same period last year, however, the lackluster results also had Telesat CEO […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-11] Inmarsat and its machine-to-machine (M2M) technology partner SkyWave Mobile Communications have launched the IsatData Pro low data rate service for managing and communicating with remote assets, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-11] FSS operator Intelsat reported a 1 percent increase in its overall 2011 second quarter revenues at $642.5 million, compared with 635.3 million reported in the same period […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-11] Lower sales across its businesses caused Alliant Techsystems’ (ATK) 2011 fiscal first-quarter earnings to fall 4.2 percent from $74.6 million in the same period last year to […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-11] An unnamed U.S. government agency has contracted Globecomm Systems to lead efforts in providing government program management and services with subcontractor L-3 Narda Satellite Networks, Globecomm announced […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 08-04-11] Cable and satellite company Liberty Global reported a 21 percent increase in its 2011 consolidated revenues at $2.62 billion and reduced net losses of $330.7 million […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-11] Wholesale 4G-LTE wireless satellite network operator LightSquared has successfully transitioned approximately 50,000 public safety and enterprise customers from its MSAT satellites to LightSquared’s new SkyTerra 1 satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-11] Machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services provider Numerex launched a new multi-year, battery-powered satellite solution that uses a lightweight, rugged global tracking tag, the company announced Aug. 3. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-11] Dish Network renewed its multi-year partnership with U.S. rural communications services provider Frontier and will expand its bundled pay-TV offerings to Frontier’s markets, Dish Network announced Aug.3. […]