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Datapath Inc. announced Jan. 24 that it has acquired the assets of Third Rail Americas Inc., a wireless broadband network provider. The acquisition provides Datapath with new capabilities that extend […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) placed the Advanced Land Observing satellite into orbit Jan. 24, JAXA announced. The satellite, dubbed Daichi, is designed to gather detailed topographical data that […]

Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd, Siam Commercial Bank Pcl (SCB) and a group of Thai investors, through Kularb Kaew Pcl, have reached an agreement to acquire a 49.6 percent stake in […]

Antoine de Chassy has been named the new president of Spot Image Corp., the U.S. marketing arm of France’s imagery satellite operator, the company announced Jan. 24. De Chassy served […]

David Hershberg, chairman and CEO of Globecomm Systems Inc., has been named the Herman Fialkov Business Person of the Year by The Long Island Capital Alliance, Globecomm announced Jan. 24. […]

Eutelsat‘s Hot Bird 7A satellite arrived in Kourou, French Guiana, in preparation for its scheduled Feb. 21 launch aboard an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, Arianespace announced Jan. 20. Hot Bird […]

Echostar Communications Corp. and Lifetime Television severed talks to restore two channels to Echostar’s Dish Network satellite service, which the satellite TV provider dropped over a contract dispute, the companies […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) postponed the launch of the Advanced Land Observing satellite until Jan. 24 due to problems with ground facilities used for launch, JAXA announced. The […]

Globecomm Systems Inc., announced Jan. 23 that the company has been awarded multiple satellite infrastructure contracts from an unnamed U.S. government customer valued at about $1.4 million. “The U.S. government […]

Ofcom has extended David Currie’s term as chairman for another two years beginning at the end of his current term. Currie’s term as head of the U.K. telecommunications regulator now […]

Ondas Media CEO Celso Azevedo is confident that satellite radio will have as big an impact in Europe as it has in the United States. Ondas Media plans to launch […]

EADS Space estimates that its share of work under the contract signed by Galileo Industries with the European Space Agency (ESA) will be about 200 million euros, EADS said Jan. […]

Globecomm Systems Inc., a provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications solutions, announced Jan. 19 that it has been awarded multiple contracts valued at about $3.1 million from an unnamed existing customer. […]

Echostar Communications Corp., raised $1.5 billion through a private debt placement, the company announced Jan. 20. Proceeds of the offering by the Echostar DBS Corp. subsidiary will be used to […]

NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. will host a weekly show on XM Satellite Radio beginning Feb. 13, XM announced. The show will cover the NASCAR circuit, as well as other […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) signed a 950 million euro ($1.2 billion) contract with Galileo Industries GmbH for the development and in-orbit validation of the Galileo satellite navigation constellation’s first […]

Echostar Communications Corp. filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission Jan. 19 to offer $1 billion in debt securities. The proceeds of the offering, being conducted by […]

Spot Image Corp., the U.S. marketing arm of France’s Spot Image, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the purchase of satellite imagery products and […]

SES Astra signed an agreement with Top TV, a free-to-air leisure and shopping channel in the Czech Republic, to provide for digital capacity on Astra 2C, SES announced Jan. 19. […]

Kurt Pauwels, managing director of Belgian direct-to-home (DTH) provider TV Vlaanderen believes 2006 will be a “breakthrough” year for digital television in the country. The new DTH operator launched digital […]

Bill Page, appointed vice president, broadcast sales, will head its new broadcast business division in Herndon, VA. Prior to joining Vocality, Page was at Brightstar Communications, Voyager and Reuters Television. […]

German-based ND Satcom, a global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, broadcast and defense communication network solutions, has seen the market’s demand for meshed and hybrid network topologies. According to the […]

NASA‘s New Horizons mission began its nine-year flight to Pluto after two days of delays. The satellite was launched aboard an International Launch Services Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral […]

Pace Micro Technology had a difficult second half of 2005, recording a loss of 8.9 million British pounds ($15.7 million) for the 26 weeks which ended Dec 3. At the […]

Spacedev Inc. raised gross proceeds of about $5.2 million through the sale of convertible preferred stock and warrants to a small syndicate of new and existing institutional investors, the company […]

Telesat Canada awarded a contract to EADS Astrium to build the Nimiq 4 direct broadcast satellite, the companies announced. The spacecraft, based on the E3000 platform, will carry 32 Ku-band […]

iDirect Technologies, a division of Vision Technologies Systems Inc., and Globecomm Systems Inc. have deployed their first hub intended specifically to support GSM networks over satellite, the companies said. The […]

Radyne Corp. named Carl Myron Wagner president and COO effective Jan. 30, the company announced. Wagner also is a candidate for CEO, Radyne said. Brian Duggan, who has served as […]

The launch of NASA‘s New Horizons mission to Pluto was delayed for the second straight day after NASA’s mission control center at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory lost power […]

The editors of Access Intelligence’s Via Satellite magazine selected Jean-Yves Le Gall, CEO, Arianespace SA, as its Satellite Executive of the Year 2005. In its 18th year, the award honors […]