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[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] Bridge Capital Holdings subsidiary Bridge Bank has increased its existing credit facility loan to The Brix Group from $12 million to $16 million, Bridge Bank announced Aug. […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] DeLorme, a provider of mapping and global positioning system (GPS) technologies, has released two new PN-Series GPS receivers, the company announced Aug. 6.     The Earthmate PN-60 […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] Ukraine’s state-owned space company Yuzhmash has postponed the delivery of basic parts for Orbital Sciences’ Taurus-2 launch vehicle’s first stage, Yuzhmash announced Aug. 4. Due to technical […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] Thales Alenia Space shipped the first three satellites in Globalstar’s second-generation constellation to Arianespace for a scheduled October launch on a Soyuz launcher from Baikonour, the satellite […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] Inmarsat will invest more than $1 billion in three Ka-band satellites that will be manufactured by Boeing, which be based on the Boeing 702 high-power platform and used […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] SES World Skies’ U.S. Government Solutions Division has delivered the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) sensor assembly to manufacturer Orbital Sciences for installation on the SES-2 satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has shipped the U.S. Air Force’s STPSat-2 satellite to the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska for its scheduled launch on an Orbital […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] Telesat’s 2010 second quarter revenues increased by 2 percent from the same period in 2009 to $205 million due to increased profits generated from Nimiq 5 and […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] Ofcom, the U.K. communications regulator, has asked the U.K. Competition Commission to investigate concerns regarding BSkyB’s sale and distribution of subscription premium pay-TV movies.      In a […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] European Media Port (EMP) will be the first provider of gateway teleport services for O3b Networks after the companies signed a long-term agreement that allows for the […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] Arianespace has been contracted by Intelsat to launch the Intelsat-20 satellite and also received a contract from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to launch the GSat-10 […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] Iridium Communications has received interest rate commitments on the $1.8 billion credit facility it secured with French credit export agency Coface and a syndicate of international banks […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-06-10] Airspan Networks, a broadband wireless access solutions provider, signed an agreement with LightSquared to market its 1.4 gigahertz (GHz) wireless spectrum for Smart Grid and Smart Utility […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-10] EchoStar Satellite Services has appointed Ken Carroll COO, the company announced Aug. 4.      Carroll will have oversight over capacity leasing, ViP-TV and other satellite-related businesses as […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-10] Remote workforce solutions developer GeoPro LBS contracted Beam Communications to distribute the GeoPro solution in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, GeoPro announced Aug. 3.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-10] EMS Technologies’ LXE mobile and global tracking businesses drove company profits in the second quarter of 2010, producing net earnings of $3.9 million and revenues of $88.5 […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-10] Orbit Technologies has won a $19 million systems contract with an unnamed military customer, the company announced Aug. 4.     The contract will see Orbit supply the […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-10] A U.S. Congressional Science and Technology Committee claims NASA personnel at the Goddard Space Center ignored potential organizational conflicts of interest issues by allowing ITT Corp. to […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-10] Hughes Communications enjoyed a strong fiscal 2010 second quarter as its adjusted EBITDA increased 29 percent to $52 million, with total revenues climbing 13 percent over the […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-10] The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide $1.2 billion in broadband access and adoption grants in the second funding round of the $7.2 broadband stimulus package […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-05-10] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) has been awarded a five-year contract extension with Crystal Cruises to provide its VSAT satellite communication services, the company announced Aug. 4.      […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-10] EchoStar Broadcasting Corp. will open a 77,000-square-foot data center in Cheyenne, Wyo., the company announced Aug. 3.     The data center will be located adjacent to EchoStar’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-10] ViaSat Enerdyne, a supplier of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data links, has released a multi-channel HD video encoder, which allows an IP-based data link to transmit […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-10] RRsat Global Communications Network, a provider of content management and global distribution broadcast services, has launched a new religious programming platform on Intelsat’s Galaxy 19 satellite, RRsat […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-10] In a justification and approval memorandum released Aug. 2, the U.S. Army said it might move away from Comtech for future Movement Tracking System 3 (MTS-3) contracts […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-10] Hughes Network Systems created a new business unit, HughesNet China, as part of a joint venture agreement with China UnifiedNet, Hughes announced Aug. 3.      HughesNet China […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-10] General Dynamics awarded Lockheed Martin a $71 million contract to provide communications hardware and equipment for the transmission subsystem of the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2 […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-10] ICO Global Communications has lost its judicial review action against the U.K. Office of Communications regulator Ofcom, which the company filed in 2009 after  Ofcom announced its […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-04-10] News Corp. has issued 340 million euros ($446 million) in financing to help pay-TV subsidiary Sky Deutschland turn its fortunes around in the German broadcast market, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10] Astrium won a contract worth 55.2 million euros ($72 million) from the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) to manufacture and launch an Earth observation optical […]