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Aided by a competitor’s woes, Iridium Satellite LLC picked up 44,000 subscribers to reach 203,000 at the end of June, a 28 percent increase in the past year, the company...

Middle East satellite operator Nilesat is judging bids to manufacture its new 201 satellite and expects to make a decision “imminently,” possibly before the end of August. “We still have...

Lockheed Martin Corp. reported second quarter 2007 earnings of $778 million, a 34 percent increase over profits of  $580 million for the same period of 2006, the company announced July...

SES Americom and partner Hiwire have launched a test of a digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) mobile TV service they claim will deliver twice the channels and higher-quality pictures than other...

BT is rolling out a sports-content package which promises customers a low-cost option for watching Premiership soccer. BT hopes its offering will tap into a market unwilling to pay more...

Analyst: Satellite Industry Could Find Opportunity In Working With WiMax While many in the satellite industry fear the potential loss of some C-band spectrum to terrestrial providers, by working together...

The U.K. Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee (STC) is urging the government to take a more proactive approach toward its space policy. The U.K. space sector has “great economic potential,”...

Strengthened by increased revenues in its satellites and related space systems segment and the launch vehicles segment, Orbital Sciences Corp saw second quarter revenues increase to $273.3 million, up 39...

The proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio is likely to pass “on merits” unless political pressures hold sway against federal regulators, Bear Stearns said in a...

Along with helping save lives in an emergency, satellite systems also can play an essential role in preventing some crises, according to a study by Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF). A...