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Racepoint Group Inc., a Waltham, Mass.-based public relations and marketing consultancy, was hired Nov. 14 by Digitalglobe to serve as its agency of record. Racepoint Group will work with Digitalglobe […]

The first HDTV broadcast from space, featuring crew members of the International Space Station’s Expedition 14, was received on Nov. 15 and carried by Discovery Channel‘s HD Theater and Japanese […]

The Americom-18 (AMC-18) satellite has been delivered to Kourou, French Guiana, in preparation for its Dec. 8 Ariane-5 ECA launch, SES Americom announced Nov. 15. AMC-18, an all C-band satellite, […]

The Measat-3 communications satellite has been shipped to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan from Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems‘ satellite-manufacturing facility in El Segundo, California, Boeing reported Nov. 14. Measat-3 […]

Protostar Ltd.,a Bermuda-based corporation with principal U.S. operations in San Francisco, worked closer to its Asian satellite service by successfully closing on $210 million in financing to purchase and launch […]

Satellite tracking and lie-detector tests ought be used as tools to protect children from sex offenders in the United Kingdom, according to a children’s advocate quoted in British press reports […]

A satellite-based navigation system to facilitate seamless air travel across the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans will be among improvements made through a Nov. 13 deal between the U.S. Federal […]

SES Astra and SES New Skies have inked a deal to broadcast France 24, a new French channel for international news, on an Astra satellite at 19.2 degrees East for […]

NASA has selected Proteus — a low-Earth orbit (LEO) multipurpose platform developed in cooperation with the French space agency CNES — as part of NASA’s Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO) […]

Nlets, a Phoenix-based supplier of secure, interstate, justice and public-safety network systems, announced Nov. 14 a one-year contract choosing AT&T as its satellite services provider. AT&T will provide a frame […]

Mary Ellen Kicza has been named assistant administrator at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s Satellite and Information Service, NOAA announced Nov. 13. Kicza, who had been serving as […]

Re/Max Satellite Network (RSN), a distance-learning solution created in 1994, has surpassed 25,000 users, Re/Max announced Nov. 13. Network registrations have risen steadily since the program crossed the 10,000 barrier […]

MSC.Software announced Nov. 13 that it will provide simulation software and services to the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French space agency. CNES engineers will use MSC.Software’s product offerings, […]

Globalstar Inc. introduced Nov. 9 its next-generation satellite telephone handset. The GSP-1700, manufactured by Qualcomm, weighs about 7.1 ounces, approximately half the weight of the Globalstar’s current satellite handset, and […]

EMS Satcom signed a memorandum of understanding with Vitrociset Belgium and Creaction International to develop a new satellite communications service to offer airtime services and equipment in Europe, the Middle […]

The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) has joined the Wildblue Enterprise Solutions roster of value-added resellers (VARs) in the enterprise market, the company announced Nov. 13. Wildblue Enterprise Solutions offers […]

Arianespace To Launch Up To Three Sats For TerreStar Arianespace, the large French commercial launch services firm, was tapped by TerreStar Networks Inc. to launch up to three satellites, according […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] delivered all V-Sensor deployable antenna assemblies that will be used to detect nuclear blasts, the company reported. The antennas are an adjunct payload on the Global […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] acquired and tracked a new M-code military signal transmitted by a global positioning satellite, the company announced. Part of the Modernized User Equipment program, The latest-generation global […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) gave L-3 Communications [LLL] a contract to assess its second generation Civil Aircraft Protection System (CAPS2) for the protection of commercial aircraft from man-portable […]

The Air Force gave The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) a contract for initial design work on the Lightweight Electro-Optical Space Sensor (LEOSS) program. During this phase of […]

The Air Force gave Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] a $126.2 million contract change to shore up the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) that is designed to track enemy missiles. […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $78.2 million contract for work on ICBM systems. Boeing will deploy a replacement Environmental Control System (ECS) for more than […]

The Air Force gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $299.8 million contract for production of the fourth Wideband Gapfiller Satellite (WGS). This is the first option to be exercised on […]

NASA is taking steps to contain risks on upcoming space shuttle flights, senior space agency officials said in briefing journalists. For example, while NASA has launched shuttles in daylight to […]

Democrats taking control of Congress by a narrow margin are likely to criticize ballistic missile defense programs, but won’t kill the plan to erect a multi-layered shield against enemy missiles. […]

Paris, Lux:SESG SES Global posted revenues of 481.18 million euros in its 2006 third quarter, a 54 percent increase from revenues of 313 million euros in the same period a […]

DirecTV Group Inc. reported Nov. 8 that its third quarter revenues increased 13 percent to $3.7 billion in the 2006 third quarter, while net income more than tripled to $370 […]

Igor Zabolotny, deputy director general for business development for the Russian Satellite Communication Co. (RSCC), has been added to the Eutelsat board of directors, RSCC announced Nov. 7.