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Roughly a year after launching its satellite broadband service in Southeast Asia, Shin Satellite plc expects its new Thaicom 5 satellite to be 60 percent used as it begins commercial […]

SIRI, XM Sirius Satellite Radio added 600,460 net subscribers during the second quarter of 2006 to bring its total subscriber base to 4.7 million, the company announced July 6. Rival […]

With the recent consolidation of some of the largest players in the Fixed Satellite Services sector, spectrum allocation shifts favoring terrestrial buildouts in the mobile services arena; and with the […]

Iridium is providing satellite data links for a new system of 31 ocean buoys being deployed by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The second-generation Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis […]

Globalstar applied for authority from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use its entire assigned Mobile Satellite Services spectrum for Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) services in the United States, […]

Intelsat Ltd. completed its acquisition of Panamsat Holding Corp., July 3 and will spend the next 18 months fine-tuning the operations of what is now the largest provider of Fixed […]

Germany’s OHB-System received a contract from Orbcomm Inc. for the in-orbit delivery of six satellites, OHB-System announced July 7. The order covers the first replacement spacecraft for the Orbcomm satellite […]

Telenor gained total control of Maritime Communications Partner (MCP), acquiring the remaining 61.3 percent of the company, which provides voice and data services to ferries and cruise ships, Telenor announced […]

The Syracuse 3B satellite arrived in Kourou, French Guiana, for its scheduled Aug. 11 launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, Alcatel Alenia Space announced. The next-generation French military communications satellite, […]

Radyne Corp. will supply ground components for the U.S. military’s Ground Multi-Band Terminal program under a contract from an unnamed integrator, Radyne announced. Radyne will supply satellite modems and power […]

Telus and XM Canada unveiled a streaming satellite radio service delivered via mobile phones, the companies announced. The Telus Mobile Radio-powered by XM Canada service delivers a portion of XM […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) received its 12th patent related to its planned ancillary terrestrial (ATC) service that uses a combination of satellite and terrestrial links to provide communications services, […]

SES Astra launched broadcasts of the German-French channel Arte high definition (HD) for the first time in Germany, SES Astra announced. “We recently succeeded in showing some important HDTV events […]

Boeing received a study contract from the U.S. Air Force to define the next-generation communications payload for a polar-orbiting satellite, the company announced July 6. Under the six-month, $1.5 million […]

Sirius Satellite Radio added 600,460 net subscribers during the second quarter of 2006 to bring its total subscriber base to 4.7 million, the company announced July 6. Rival XM Satellite […]

Hughes Communications Inc. applied to list its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market, the company announced July 5. Hughes began offering shares in February on the over-the-counter bulleting board […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) won a pair of contracts to provide components supporting regional satellite services in North America and Europe, the company announced July 6. The contracts […]

Eutelsat‘s Hot Bird 8 satellite was delivered to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan July 6, in advanced of a scheduled Aug. 5 launch aboard a Russian Proton rocket, International Launch […]

Eumetsat, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, completed commissioning of the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-2) satellite, Eumetsat announced. The spacecraft is being prepared for relocation to 0° […]

Telefonica International Wholesale Services signed with Inmarsat to distribute the Broadband Global Area Network service to Telefonica Wholesaler’s own channels. The contract will allow Inmarsat access to the 19 countries […]

Arianespace will sign a deal with Arabsat to launch the BADR-6 satellite for Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) in mid 2008, according to industry sources. In June, Arabsat announced EADS […]

The U.S. Air Force awarded Boeing a $138 million option to build three additional GPS satellites under the company’s existing Block 2F contract, Boeing announced July 5. The company will […]

Milsat Services GmbH, a company set up by ND Satcom and EADS Space Services, will supply a pair of secure military communication satellites, a ground network and communications services for […]

The Atlantic Bird 4 satellite entered full commercial service providing direct-to-home services in the Middle East and Africa from its new location at 7 degrees West, Eutelsat Communications announced July […]

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. delivered the Beijing-1 satellite to the Beijing Landview Mapping Information Technology Co. Ltd., the British satellite manufacturer announced June 30. The Earth observation microsatellite can collect […]

Boeing awarded Saft a contract to provide lithium-ion batteries for a pair of spacecraft being built for Mobile Satellite Ventures. The rechargeable batteries will provide up to 18 years of […]

India plans to develop its own satellite navigation system in order to ensure it has independent access to navigation signals that the country considers vital to future economic development, the […]

Qinetiq signed an agreement with C&N Inc. of Tokyo to supply GPS chips that will be installed in consumer electronics, Qinetiq announced July 3. Qinetiq will provide its Q20 high-sensitivity […]

The German Federal Cartel Office approved SES Astra‘s acquisition of satellite communications supplier ND Satcom, SES Astra announced June 30. In May, SES Astra announced that it would become the […]

Globalsat Technology Corp. will use Sarantel‘s Goehelix GPS antenna in Globalsat’s TR-102 personal tracker phone, the company announced. The omnidirectional reception antenna will allow the tracker system to function even […]