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The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) established a new office to coordinate the integration of imagery collected by commercial and classified imagery satellites, NGA announced July 28. The Joint Operations...

Loral Space and Communica-tions Ltd. announced July 25 that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York confirmed the company’s reorganization plan, opening the door for Loral...

Space Imaging received a $5.9 million Clearview mid-year supplemental satellite imagery capacity contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This contract enables NGA to acquire additional commercial imagery from...

XM Satellite Radio and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced July 26 a partnership to develop the first MP3 player with satellite radio capabilities, but it is the potential for accessing...

Viasat Broadcasting reached the 700,000 mark for direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television customers in the Nordic and Baltic regions, the company announced. Viasat added 16,000 new subscribers during the second quarter,...

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,...

Direct-to-home satellite television operator Canal Digital is getting set to launch a number of high-profile business efforts as it bids to maintain its position as the leading pay-TV operator in...