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Spacehab Inc. subsidiary Astrotech received a contract from International Launch Services (ILS) to provide payload processing for the Astra 1KR satellite, Spacehab announced. The spacecraft, owned by SES Astra, initially […]

XM Satellite Radio surpassed 6 million subscribers, while rival Sirius Satellite Radio reached 3.3 million subscribers, triggering a $225 million stock payout to Howard Stern, the companies announced. Washington-based XM […]

Echostar Communications Corp. and its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite service unveiled a new high-definition (HD) television package, DishHD. The package includes five new Voom channels, bringing the total to 15, […]

Nera Satcom CEO Stig-Are Mogstad is confident that the terminal manufacturer will see some revenue growth in 2006 due to the introduction of Inmarsat‘s BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) services […]

Globalstar signed a definitive agreement to acquire three privately held companies authorized to provide Globalstar service in Central America, as well as a gateway in Nicaragua, Globalstar announced Jan. 5. […]

Radyne Corp. subsidiary Xicom Technology received an order valued at more than $1 million for tri-band satellite amplifiers from an unnamed U.S. company, Radyne announced Jan. 4. The amplifiers will […]

Eutelsat signed a capacity contract with Telekom Srbija, one of Eastern Europe’s leading telcos, for capacity on the Hot Bird 7A satellite. The contract calls for the lease of a […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio received authorization from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch its Afristar-2 satellite, Worldspace announced Jan. 4. Afristar-2, currently in storage in Toulouse, France, will be […]

Delphi Corp. has become a strategic investor and technology provider for Spain’s Ondas Media SA, which plans to launch a subscription satellite radio service in 2009, Delphi announced Jan. 4. […]

The Tata Group plans to launch its direct-to-home satellite TV service, Tata Sky, by June, the company announced Jan. 5. The service will be available in Mumbai initially before moving […]

Arianespace broke even in 2005 on revenue of 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), the company announced Jan. 4. Starsem posted sales of about 100 million euros ($118.8 million) and also […]

Orbcomm completed equity financings totaling more than $110 million which will be used primarily to fund Orbcomm’s next generation satellite program, the company announced Jan. 4. The investors were led […]

XM Satellite Radio unveiled four new portable radios Jan. 4, including a pair of units that can receive live XM signals as well as play stored digital music files,. The […]

Echostar Communications Corporation announced Jan. 4 that its Dish Network passed the 12 million customer milestone in late December. Dish Network reached 1 million subscribers in December 1997 and passed […]

Wildblue Communications Inc. dropped the installation price for its satellite Internet service by $100, the company announced Jan. 3. Installation of Wildblue’s equipment package is being offered for $79.95 through […]

EADS Astrium awarded a contract to Arianespace to launch the Skynet 5C satellite aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, EADS announced Jan. 4. Arianespace was selected in 2004 to launch Skynet […]

Bellsouth signed an agreement with SES Americom to test a satellite-based video distribution service as Bellsouth ramps ups its Internet protocol (IP) TV plans. BellSouth will test IP Prime, which […]

Eumetsat, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, has begun commissioning operations for the second of its new generation of weather satellites, Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-2). Eumetsat has […]

Com Dev International Ltd. was awarded a contract to provide satellite components to an unnamed Asian customer, Com Dev announced. Under the terms of the contract, valued at between $5 […]

Omega-Orion Enterprises Ltd. Co. has launched a new high-speed satellite Internet service, the company announced Jan. 2. The service will use the DOCSIS protocol used by cable companies for cable […]

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) test fired an upgraded version of the strap-on solid rocket motor for its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) for 58 seconds Dec. 29, ISRO […]

Echostar Communications Corporation dropped Lifetime and Lifetime Movie Network from its Dish Network satellite TV service in a contract dispute with Lifetime Television, the companies announced Jan. 1. Lifetime demanded […]

Technology Thrane & Thrane Brings Tracking And Lifeline To Commercial Fisherman Thrane & Thrane Inc. unveiled its Sailor VMS Systems, which provides global connectivity for commercial fisherman on Inmarsat-C, a […]

By Owen D. Kurtin Early last year, we predicted that just as the story of 2004 was the entry of private equity firms into the satellite operator sector, the story […]

By James Careless Distance learning via satellite is as close you can get to a true killer app. However, to fully provide competitive satellite distance learning solutions, you need to […]

By Nick Mitsis and Jason Bates In a year dominated by IPOs and high-profile mergers, it is easy to characterize 2005 as a year of beginnings instead of a year […]

By Peter J. Brown As Hurricane Katrina approached the U.S. Gulf Coast, she let everyone know that well before a natural disaster occurs, officials need satellite links close at hand. […]

By Gerry Oberst With its enormous landmass and advanced space program, the Russian Federation might be expected to have a thriving satellite communications market. But a high-level meeting took place […]

"…Via Satellite can’t be merely good, it will have to be better, striving to be the best…" Those were the words of then Editor and Publisher Irl Marshall, in 1986, […]

Boeing Co. appointed Jeff Trauberman to the position of vice president of business development in the Space and Intelligence business unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. Trauberman has been with […]