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[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 […]

[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 […]

Near Earth LLC has formed Near Earth Advisory as a distinct business unit focusing on advisory services, the company announced Feb. 5. Services will include valuations, fairness opinions, custom research […]

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 […]

Advantech Satellite Networks Inc. has been awarded a contract to provide a VSAT communications network for Saudi Aramco in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Advantech announced. The contract includes the […]

Integral Systems Inc. has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to support the Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) program, the company announced Feb. 5. The contract, valued at $4.5 million, […]

The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander are in transit from Sea Launch’s launch site at the equator, the company announced Feb. 5, six days after the explosion […]

Patrick DeWitt, CEO of Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected Via Satellite magazine’s 2006 Satellite Executive of the Year, Via Satellite and SS/L announced Feb. 5. Under DeWitt’s leadership, SS/L […]

Dresdner Kleinwort is the latest investment bank to give its opinions on BSkyB’s recent results, and out of the investments banks to have analysed BSkyB so far, it is one […]

The second satellite for Arianespace’s initial heavy-lift Ariane 5 flight of 2007 has arrived at the Spaceport in French Guiana. India’s Insat-4B landed Jan. 31 at Rochambeau International Airport near […]

BSkyB has reached a two-year agreement with the Rugby Football League (RFL) to screen live National League One and Two rugby leagues. Live coverage will begin in April. In Germany, […]

SES Americom’s AMC-18 satellite completed in-orbit tests and has begun operations, the company announced Feb. 1. Built by Lockheed Martin and placed into orbit in December by an Arianespace Ariane […]

NASA signed Space Act agreements with PlanetSpace Inc. and Transformational Space Corp. to support the companies’ development of commercial systems that could transport humans and cargo to low-Earth orbit, the […]

SpaceDev has completed a series of three hot-fire tests of its hybrid upper stage motor, the company announced Feb. 1. The tests, conducted at the company’s test site in Orange […]

Days after the catastrophic failure of Sea Launch’s Zenit-3SL vehicle carrying a satellite for SES New Skies, the launch provider is assessing the damage to the launch platform and looking […]

See World Satellites Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of FTS Group Inc., expects to post an increase of 35 percent to 38 percent in year-over-year top line sales for the […]

French direct-to-home operator Canalsat ended 2006, its final year of competition with rival TPS, with nearly 3.5 million subscribers, a net increase of 272,000 compared with 2005, parent company Vivendi […]

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. has been awarded a development contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to continue work on a geostationary small satellite platform, the company announced Jan. 31. […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) received two advanced technology contracts from EADS Astrium to provide a pair of data reception and transmission subsystems, MDA announced. One of the advanced […]

Telenor Satellite Services has added Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service as well as other satellite services to its offerings under its U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Technology […]

A Sea Launch marine crew is performing a comprehensive assessment of the Odyssey Launch Platform following the catastrophic failure of the the launch provider’s Zenit-3SL vehicle carrying a satellite for […]