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[Satellite Today – 4-3-08] Location-based services (LBS) worldwide revenues will reach $13.3 billion by 2013, with the personal navigation and enterprise services categories generating the highest revenues, according to a […]

[Satellite Today – 4-3-08] Independent teleport Hawaii Pacific Teleport is launching a new satellite technology training course for engineers, managers and entrepreneurs, the company announced April 3.  The first course, […]

[Satellite Today – 4-3-08] SatelliteToday.com will feature the latest news from SatCom Africa 2008 and the 2008 NAB Show beginning April 8.     Be sure to check out the live […]

[Satellite Today – 4-2-08] Globalstar Inc. intends to raise $135 million that will be used, in part, to cover the procurement and launch of its second-generation satellites, Globalstar announced April […]

[Satellite Today – 4-2-08] Loral Space and Communications Inc. posted slight declines for the fourth quarter but increased revenue and operating income for the year, Loral announced April 2.     […]

[Satellite Today – 4-2-08] Thales will launch a connectivity to boost entertainment services to passengers on airplanes, the company announced April 1.     The service, dubbed TopConnect, will be delivered […]

[Satellite Today – 4-2-08] GeoEye Inc. has signed a multi-year agreement to allow Mitsubishi Corp. subsidiary Japan Space Imaging Corp. to collect and sell Earth imagery from the GeoEye-1 satellite, […]

[Satellite Today – 4-2-08] Telespazio has acquired full control of Aurensis SL, a Spanish company specializing in technologies for territorial applications and Earth observation services, aerial and satellite, Telespazio announced […]

[Satellite Today – 4-2-08] SES Astra has seen a strong performance in the Austrian market in 2007, the company announced April 2.     SES Astra said it had increased the […]

Atci ATCi designs, develops and manufactures a wide variety of advanced communications technology solutions and systems for military, government, civil as well as commercial customers. Core products include: satcom fiber […]

  Glowlink Upgrades Interference Detection System Satellite spectrum monitoring and interference detection company Glowlink released a new version of its Model 1000 Spectrum Monitoring and Interference Detection System.     Version […]

Hughes, Intelsat Deliver Rural Cellular Backhaul Services In Brazil Hughes Telecommunicacoes do Brasil signed an agreement with Intelsat to deliver a managed cellular backhaul solution in Brazil.     The system, […]

Air Force Extends Weather Agency Contract With Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded the U.S. Air Force Weather Agency Systems Engineering, Management and Sustainment 2 contract.     The […]

Intelsat Appoints Vice Presidents Intelsat Ltd. appointed Kurt Riegelman senior vice president of global sales and Tobias Nassif vice president of satellite operations and engineering.     Riegelman, who formerly served […]

[Satellite Today – 4-1-08] ProtoStar Ltd. has closed $245 million of debt and equity financing to complete the development and launch of its second satellite, the company announced April 1. […]

[Satellite Today – 4-1-08] SES Astra signed a framework contract for the marketing of its satellite based two-way broadband service Astra2Connect in Germany with Deutsche Telekom, SES Astra announced April […]

[Satellite Today – 4-1-08] Orbcomm LLC subsidiary Orbcomm Inc. has acquired 37 percent of Orbcomm Japan Ltd., Orbcomm Inc. announced April 1.     Orbcomm Japan Ltd. is Orbcomm’s representative in […]

[Satellite Today – 4-1-08] Com Dev International Ltd., has completed an end-to-end ground-based test of its advanced automatic identification system (AIS) payload and nanosatellite, the company announced March 31.     […]

[Satellite Today – 4-1-08] SpaceDev Inc. increased revenue by $2 million in 2007 and cut its net loss by $700,000, the company announced March 28.     SpaceDev reported net sales […]

[Satellite Today – 4-1-08] A public version of a TV database providing basic data on all the TV channels in the European Union and its two candidate will be launched […]

[Satellite Today – 4-1-08] GIOVE-A, the first satellite in the Galileo satellite navigation system, has completed its nominal mission lifetime, and the European Space Agency (ESA) has extended its operations […]

[Satellite Today – 4-1-08] Globecomm Systems Inc. has named Bill Raney senior vice president of sales and marketing, the company announced April 1.     Raney, currently vice president and general […]

[Satellite Today – 3-31-08] Gilat Satellite Networks will be acquired by a consortium of private equity investors in a deal valued at $475 million, Gilat announced March 31.     Under […]

[Satellite Today – 3-31-08] Pace Micro Technology will now pay less for the set-top box division and connectivity solutions Business of Philips, the company announced March 31.     As a […]

[Satellite Today – 3-31-08] TransCore has commissioned new ground station equipment to support the addition of a second satellite communications channel by regional partner Skygistics, a South African company that […]

[Satellite Today – 3-31-08] RigNet Inc., a provider of managed communications solutions for the oil and gas industry, has appointed Bill Sutton vice president and general counsel, the company announced […]

The next Missile Defense Agency budget may switch from a focus on items such as providing more Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptors to "robust" other systems such as sea-based missile […]

Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England said that U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs must receive continued support. "We need to continue to support the programs" that form the layered […]