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DirecTV Group Inc. DirecTV Group Inc. posted a profit of $1.4 billion on revenues of $14.8 billion, the company announced Feb. 7. In 2005, DirecTV attributed the revenue gains to […]

By focusing on large missions such as the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, NASA’s astrophysics program is squeezing out smaller missions, the U.S. National Research Council said Feb. 7. […]

Despite initially losing the key soccer (Bundesliga) rights in Germany, pay-TV operator Premiere has bounced back in style, ending 2006 with a subscription base totalling just shy of 3,410,000 million. […]

South Africa-based ComputaMaps has released BrightEarth, a natural-color image mosaic covering 95 percent of the Earth’s land surface at a resolution of 14.5 meters, the company announced Feb. 9. The […]

The launch of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)’s Falcon 1 rocket has been delayed until no earlier than March 9, CEO Elon Musk said on the company’s Web site. The […]

Raytheon Co. has delivered the second of two advanced infrared sensor payloads to Northrop Grumman Space Technology for the missile-warning Space Tracking & Surveillance System Block 6 program, Raytheon announced […]

A far-flung volunteer search effort for missing Microsoft database researcher Jim Gray by his fellow high-tech professionals has demonstrated an unprecedented array of technological capabilities. Described as a capable sailor, […]

[2/12/07] Degraded performance from Globalstar’s constellation of satellites led the company to warn its customers that they may lose two-way voice and data service as early as next year. Many […]

While satellite radio has blazed a trail in the United States, it is still amidst its early days in Europe, although there have been one or two significant recent developments. […]

Sea Launch’s Odyssey launch platform lost its flame deflector and the aft doors of the hangar have been knocked off their supports, the company announced Feb. 9. The flame deflector […]

Degraded performance from Globalstar’s constellation of satellites led the company to warn its customers that they may lose two-way voice and data service as early as next year. Many of […]

Bruce Henoch has joined Stratos Global Corp. as vice president for legal and regulatory affairs, the company announced Feb. 7. Henoch comes to Stratos from the law firm of Shulman, […]

Australian direct-to-home operators Foxtel and Austar have signed a four-year rights deal to broadcast Australian Football League games. The deal is between Seven Network, Ten Network and Foxtel and runs […]

Anaren Inc. will develop and produce the integrated beamforming assemblies for the Globalstar-2 satellite payload, Anaren announced Feb. 7. The contract, awarded by prime contractor Alcatel Alenia Space, is valued […]

Iridium Satellite has appointed eight new value-added partners offering Iridium-based products and services for remote asset management and other machine-to-machine data applications, Iridium announced Feb. 9. Among new resellers are […]

[2/9/07] Sea Launch’s Odyssey launch platform lost its flame deflector and the aft doors of the hangar have been knocked off their supports, the company announced Feb. 9. The flame […]

SATELLITE 2007 is less than 2 weeks away! Register today for SATELLITE 2007, the premier global event for satellite-enabled communications. Experience the largest exhibit show floor in the satellite communications […]

[2/8/07] DirecTV Group Inc. posted a profit of  $1.4 billion on revenues of $14.8 billion, the company announced Feb. 7. In 2005, DirecTV attributed the revenue gains to subscriber growth […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. has delivered the payload module for the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite to prime contractor Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman announced. The Lockheed Martin-led […]

ICO Global Communications Ltd. (ICO) has been granted milestone extensions for the construction and launch of its ICO G1 satellite, the company announced Feb. 5. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission […]

The Swedish-led Prisma satellite system has successfully passed a critical design review (CDR). The CDR was hosted at Swedish Space Corp. (SSC)’s Engineering Center in Stockholm and included SSC engineers […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio, a global satellite-based digital radio services provider, has licensed Certicom’s conditional access system to secure its satellite digital radio (SDR)-based broadcast services for the European market, Certicom […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. reported recorded revenues of $36.7 million in its 2007 second quarter, up from $29.9 million in the same period a year ago, the company announced Feb. 7. […]

[2/7/07] Globalstar’s customers may lose their two-way voice and data service as early as next year, the company has announced. Many of the company’s 40 satellites are suffering from degraded […]

Nayna Networks Inc., a provider of next-generation network systems will acquire privately held Professional Satellite & Communications LLC (ProSat), a supplier of residential broadband satellite systems, Nayna announced. ProSat, which […]

GeoEye made the final payment on the $50 million credit facility that funded the acquisition of Space Imaging, GeoEye announced Feb. 5. GeoEye completed the acquisition in January 2006, and […]

Pace Micro Technology, a supplier of set-top boxes to satellite pay-TV operators, posted a profit of 1.4 million British pounds ($2.76 million) in the six-month period that closed Dec. 2, […]

Integral Systems Inc. will declassify its board, resulting in a single class of directors with each one up for election every year, the company announced Feb. 6. In response to […]

Motient Corp. has appointed William Freeman to its board of directors, the company announced Feb. 5. Freeman is chairman of TerreStar Networks Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Motient.  He previously […]

The first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit spacecraft platform has completed engineering thermal vacuum testing, Lockheed Martin announced Feb. 5. SBIRS will provide early warning of missile launches and […]