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AT&T To Provide Satellite ServicesTo Nlets Nlets, a Phoenix-based supplier of secure public-safety network systems, has awarded a one-year contract to AT&T for satellite services. AT&T will provide a frame […]

Boeing Receives Air Force Launch Services Contract The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing Co. a $674.1 million cost-plus-award fee contract to provide Delta 4 launch services under the Evolved Expendable […]

DatapathApooints Member To Board Of Directors Datapath Inc., a global provider of satellite and wireless communications networks, announced Nov. 28 its appointment of James Balkcom, to its board of directors. […]

A captive audience of travelers waiting out delays in Denver International Airport (DIA) can bide their time watching DirecTV following the Dec. 28 launch of the satellite TV provider’s first […]

Calian Technologies Ltd. reported Dec. 27 its has received a contract valued in excess of $15 million Canadian dollars ($12.9 million) to develop radio frequency terminals for a new mobile […]

A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) uses satellite imagery to illustrate changes in land use associated with increasing urbanization and its impacts on local, regional, and national […]

Space Micro Inc. announced that its Proton 100k space computer has been launched aboard the TacSat-2 satellite. The Proton 100k Radiation Hardened Single Board Computer is the instrument computer of […]

France’s Corot astronomy spacecraft was placed into polar orbit Dec. 27 by an enhanced Russian Soyuz 2-1b rocket in a mission conducted jointly from Baikonur Cosmodrome by Arianespace and its […]

Lockheed Martin has delivered the flight structure for the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) satellite to the company’s Mississippi facility for integration with its propulsion subsystem, Lockheed Martin announced […]

Boeing Satellite Systems Inc. was awarded a $50.7 million contract modification to begin work on the fifth Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS), the U.S. Air Force announced Dec. 22. The contract […]

Following a day’s delay, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced Dec. 26 that a key receiving antenna on its Kiku-8 engineering test satellite had been deployed, pushing completion of […]

ViaSat Inc. has received a $4.6 million order from the Defense Communication and Army Transmission Systems (PM DCATS) for MD-1366 enhanced bandwidth efficient modems, which are used by the U.S. […]

Empost, the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) national courier company, is installing GPS units in more than 425 delivery vans and motorcycles as part of an advanced information technology communications system, […]

The Russian government has placed three Glonass navigation satellites and a communications spacecraft into orbit in a pair of launches, according to press reports. A Proton rocket lofted three modernized […]

Liberty Media Corp. (Liberty) announced Dec. 22 a definitive agreement to exchange its 16.3 percent stake in News Corp. for News Corp.’s 38.5 percent stake in DirecTV Group Inc. along […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Dec. 21 that it has been awarded a five-year, $5.5 million contract from Harris Corp. to provide support services for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s Telecommunications […]

Spacenet announced Dec. 22 the availability of its new StarBand Nova Pro satellite broadband Internet service for residential customers. Offered at StarBand’s lowest-ever price point, the Nova Pro service — […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. announced Dec. 22 that its pay-TV provider Dish Network passed the 13 million-customer milestone.

The Russian Federal Space Agency is awaiting Iran’s proposals for equipment to make the Iranian satellite Zohre, according to Dec. 22 Russian reports. The agency’s deputy director, Yuri Nosenko, was […]

XM Satellite Radio announced Dec. 19 that Joan Lordi Amble has joined the company’s board of directors. Amble serves as executive vice president and corporate comptroller for American Express Co.

David Stone, former assistant secretary of Homeland Security for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), has been named to the board of directors of SkyPort International Inc., the company announced […]

Ford Motor Co. of Canada and Audi Canada separately announced that Sirius Satellite Radio receivers will be delivered as factory-standard features in nearly all 2007 Ford, Lincoln and Audi vehicles […]

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced plans Dec. 19 to locate a satellite receiving station in India for capturing data from the future National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, announced Dec. 19 that an agreement has been reached with Estonia to become the third Baltic State to join the […]

The first satellite in Germany’s SAR-Lupe system was placed into orbit Dec. 19 by a Russian Cosmos 3M booster, satellite prime contractor OHB-System announced. The system of five identical satellites, […]

XM Satellite Radio has completed its new two-satellite system after XM-4 was handed over to the satellite radio operator by Boeing Co., the companies announced. XM-4 was placed into orbit […]

Arrowhead Global Solutions Inc. received an order from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with expanded commercial satellite capabilities, the company reported Dec. […]

NASA has signed an agreement to make its archive of images and other information available through Internet giant Google, NASA announced Dec. 18. Under a Space Act Agreement, NASA’s Ames […]

The newest modernized GPS Block 2R satellite has been declared fully operational by the U.S. Air Force, manufacturer Lockheed Martin announced Dec. 19. Launched in November, GPS 2R-16M joins two […]

AsiaSat announced Dec. 19 a new capacity deal with Afghan broadcaster Shamshad TV. The broadcaster will lease C-band capacity on AsiaSat 2 to distribute programming to broadcast networks across Afghanistan […]