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Members of the European Space Agency (ESA) approved a budget for 2006 through 2008 that includes a new earth observation program, ESA announced Dec. 6. The Global Monitoring for Environment […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Rocket System Corp. plan to launch the Multi-functional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSat-2) Feb. 15. The satellite will be lofted into orbit aboard an […]

Globalstar said Dec. 7 it received approval from the U.S. State Department to proceed with plans to launch up to eight spare satellites, with the first launch expected to occur […]

The major Inmarsat service providers – France Telecom Mobile Satellite Telecommunications, Stratos Global Corp., Telenor Satellite Services and Xantic – announced separately Dec. 7 the commercial availability of Inmarsat’s Broadband […]

Alcatel Alenia Space signed a deal with China Satellite Communication Corp. to design and manufacture the Chinasat 6B satellite, Alcatel announced Dec. 5. Chinasat 6B will be based on the […]

Sea Launch received a firm contract award from Hughes Network Systems LLC to launch the Spaceway 3 satellite in early 2007 aboard a Zenit 3SL rocket, the companies announced Dec. […]

Penny Glover, managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa for EMS Technologies Inc.‘s Satellite Networks Division, and her diving partner were reported missing following a Nov. 21 deep-sea dive […]

When the Connexion by Boeing service is mentioned, it likely brings up images of airline passengers using the satellite broadband service to surf the Internet during flight. Now Boeing is […]

With the winter season arriving, the city of Cincinnati, will be looking to GPS technology to help in the snow removal efforts. The city’s Department of Public Services currently is […]

U.K. cable operator NTL‘s move last week to acquire Virgin Mobile seems to be response to BSkyB’s move to acquire a terrestrial broadband service provider and certainly will put even […]

The members of the concessionaire for the Galileo program, the Galileo Operating Co., reached an agreement on the location of the various facilities that will be involved in the operation […]

International Launch Services (ILS) has delayed the launch of a Proton rocket that will carry the AMC-23 satellite into orbit for SES Americom. Liftoff had been scheduled for Dec. 5. […]

RIA Novosti reported Dec. 9 that a Soyuz rocket that will carry the first Galileo test satellite is scheduled to be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan Dec. 26. The […]

Ukraine direct-to-home satellite television operator Poverkhnost added three new high-definition channels produced by Euro1080 to its platform. Euro1080 is delivering its HD1, HD2 and HD5 channels to Poverkhnost’s studios in […]

DirecTV Inc. said Dec. 9 it has begun offering local high-definition (HD) channels to subscribers of its direct-to-home satellite television service in Boston, Dallas, Houston, Tampa, and Washington, D.C. DirecTV […]

Echostar Communications Corp. announced that new subscribers to its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service will be eligible to receice a free Sirius One satellite radio when they agree to […]

Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. said Dec. 9 its Flexcomm Pro-3500 baseband processing engine will be used for the development of a software communications architecture (SCA)-compliant waveform intended for use in […]

Galileo program officials announced Dec. 9 the opening of the Galileo Information Center for Latin America in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil. The center will provide a focal point for […]

SES Sirius CEO Per Norman expects Eastern Europe and high-definition television (HDTV) to be two of the strong growth drivers for the direct-to-home satellite operator in 2006. “I think we […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Rocket System Corp. plan to launch the Multi-functional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSat-2) Feb. 15. The satellite will be lofted into orbit aboard an […]

ATK has been named the prime contractor to design, develop, test and evaluate the first stage propulsion system for NASA‘s next-generation crew launch vehicle, ATK announced. The first stage will […]

Sea Launch received a firm contract award from Hughes Network Systems LLC to launch the Spaceway 3 satellite in early 2007 aboard a Zenit 3SL rocket, the companies announced Dec. […]

Mobile communications not only is critical to military operations, but also to enterprise verticals such as asset tracking, aviation and maritime services. Iridium Satellite LLC will be focusing on these […]

Bellsouth Corp. and PDI-SAT will jointly market and deploy voice, data and DirecTV services to residential multi-dwelling units across BellSouth’s service territory, the companies announced Dec. 8. Under a non-exclusive […]

Shareholders of SES Global approved a motion to cancel 50.1 million of the company’s shares that were repurchased, SES announced Dec. 8. SES acquired 77 percent of its shares for […]

Loral Space & Communications Inc.‘s common stock began trading Dec. 8 on the Nasdaq market under the symbol LORL, Loral announced. The company issued 18.7 million shares, or about 94 […]

Ball Aerospace said Dec. 6 it completed the integration of the engineering models for three of the instruments scheduled to fly on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory […]

Satellite radio services provider Worldspace Inc. announced Dec. 7 it surpassed 100,000 subscribers globally. During 2005, Worldspace has rolled out service in nine cities in India, which has enabled the […]

Spacenet Inc. said Dec. 5 that Scientific Games International Inc. (SGI) has selected Spacenet to provide 3,000 Skystar Advantage VSAT terminals for state lottery networks in Colorado, Pennsylvania, North Dakota […]

Eutelsat signed a deal with Morocco’s national public broadcaster, Société Nationale de Radio et de Télévision Marocaine (SNRT), to broadcast six television channels and four radio stations using Eutelsat’s Hot […]