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Satellite rivals Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio split the retail sales market in the 2006 second quarter, as the boost Sirius got from the addition of Howard Stern […]

The U.S. Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) performed a drop test of Airlaunch LLC‘s Quickreach launch vehicle from an Air Force C-17, the company announced […]

SES Astra has announced that its Astra 1KR satellite is operational. The satellite, launched in April aboard an Atlas 5 rocket, is located at 19.2 degrees East and carries 32 […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has started test of the main engine for the Vega launch vehicle, ESA announced June 15. Test on the engine’s directional control already have been […]

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. started building the first flight primary mirror segment for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope, the company announced June 14. Ball Aerospace is the main optical […]

Norsat International Inc. announced June 15 it established a maintenance depot in Baghdad to support the in-theater operations of the U.S. Armed Forces. The depot will manned by certified field […]

Eaglepicher Technologies signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. for lithium-ion batteries, Eaglepicher announced June 15. The three- year contract includes a qualification program, hardware to support spacecraft integration […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) signed a deal with Spot Image SA that allows the space agency to order more than 10,000 images per year from Spot satellites, ESA announced […]

Sea Launch is scheduled to loft the Galaxy 16 communications satellite into orbit for Panamsat Corp. June 17. The launch, aboard a Zenit-3SL rocket, is scheduled for 3:50 a.m. EDT […]

Loral Skynet has launched a group of satellite-based contingency services, the company announced June 15. The services are designed to provide organizations with backup network services in the event terrestrial […]

Raytheon Technical Services Co. LLC signed with the U.S. Navy Inventory Control Point a $31.5 million contract to provide logistics support for the USC-38 satellite communications system. Under the five-year […]

TV Vlaanderen, a new direct-to-home provider in Belgium, signed a deal with SES Astra for more satellite capacity at Astra’s orbital position at 19.2 degrees East. TV Vlaanderen hopes to […]

A Russian Soyuz rocket launched the Resurs-DK imagery satellite June 15 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, according to Itar-Tass. The satellite can collect imagery with a resolution of 1 meter and also […]

Astrata Group Inc. received an order from AST Europe Group AB for 50,000 Fleet Management/AVL devices and associated software, Astrata announced June 14. The order is expected to produce 13.45 […]

Planetlink Communications Inc. received a contract to provide GPS-based asset tracking services for a pair of moving and storage companies, Planetlink announced June 14. The agreements expand Planetlink’s deal with […]

NASA selected GMV Space Systems Inc. to provide mission planning and scheduling software for the first NASA Goddard mission to the moon. GMV’s Flexplan tool, which uses an algorithm generator […]

Sistemas Satelitales de México received a contract from Comsat México to provide Ku-band satellite capacity aboard the AMC-4 satellite, SES Americom announced June 12. The capacity will be used to […]

Microelectronics Technology Inc. will provide Ku-band satellite terminals to Shin Satellite Public Company Ltd., Microelectronics announced. The company will supply 100,000 Ku-band IPStar Outdoor Unit Systems that will be marketed […]

Arabsat has renewed a key partnership with BBC World Service, which will enable audiences in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East to listen to BBC radio. Programming in Arabic […]

Google Earth has been updated and released in beta form, Google announced June 14. The Internet-based satellite mapping service has added an interface to allow users to better control the […]

Skyline Software Systems Inc. has created a Web-based mapping service that provides 3-D imagery of the Earth using a combination of high-resolution satellite imagery, aerial photography and map data, the […]

DirecTV announced June 14 its national operations center would move to Denver in early 2007 to form the hub of all sales and service support for DirecTV. The facility will […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. named Mark Valerio vice president and general manager of special programs for its Space Systems Co, the company announced June 14. Valerio will lead one of Space […]

Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co. signed a contract with Boeing Satellite Systems International for the launch of the Thuraya-3 satellite aboard a Zenit- 3SL rocket, Sea Launch announced June 12. Thuraya […]

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Robert Murrett has been nominated for appointment to vice admiral and assignment as director of the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Department of Defense announced […]

Swales Aerospace has delivered the last of five microsatellite platforms and the dispenser probe carrier for NASA‘s Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (Themis) mission, the company […]

Taide, a subsidiary of Telenor Satellite Services, has completed installation of an advanced communications network for Kuwait Airways in cooperation with Hasibat Information Technologies of Kuwait, Telenor announced. Taide has […]

GPSFlight will provide weather and atmospheric data for UP Aerospace Inc. for the inaugural launch of the Spaceloft XL rocket, scheduled to take place in New Mexico this summer, GPSFlight […]

IP.Access Ltd. announced June 12 its NanoGSM picocell offering completed testing for interoperability with Idirect‘s VSAT satellite equipment. The two companies formed a partnership to offer a solution for enhancing […]

Comtech PST Corp. received a $1.1 million order for high-power amplifiers from an unnamed maker of aviation electronics and communications systems for high power amplifiers, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced June […]