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KVH Industries Inc. introduced Oct. 26 its new Tracvision M3 marine satellite TV system for vessels as small as 25 feet in length. The system includes the Tracvision M3 antenna, […]

Sea Launch Co.‘slaunch platform command ship departed the company’s home port to prepare for the launch of the Inmarsat-4 F2 satellite, Sea Launch announced. The launch is scheduled to take […]

Conditions are right for the ascendancy of high-definition television (HDTV) over its analog counterpart, according to Bryan Burns, vice president, strategic business planning and development at ESPN Productions. Citing statistics […]

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sent a second request for information to Lockheed Martin and Boeing Co. regarding the formation of the Untied Launch Alliance (ULA) joint venture. The companies […]

In an effort to improve the efficiency of its operations, as well as its response to potential emergency situations, the Whatcom Transportation Authority (WTA) recently installed an automatic vehicle location […]

When competition heats up, business plans are modified. Such is the case in Portugal. TV Cabo dominates the pay-TV landscape in Portugal, with about 1.6 million subscribers in a country […]

Scandinavian direct-to-home satellite services provider Viasat, part of the Modern Times Group (MTG), had about 750,000 subscribers at the end of September but sees its future growth being driven by […]

BSkyB‘s acquisition of Easynet could mark a dramatic business shift for the company and could provide a clue for the future direction of the direct-to-home (DTH) satellite industry overall. Customers […]

Spacedev Inc. will acquire Starsys Research Corp. for $9 million in cash and stock, the companies announced Oct. 26. Spacedev will pay $1.5 million in cash and $7.5 million in […]

Zeinal Bava, chairman of PT Multimedia predicts strong growth in the pay-TV market in Portugal. PT Multimedia owns TV Cabo, which is the biggest pay-TV operator in the country with […]

src=”nav01rt.gif”> Northrop Grumman Corp. delivered the final laser-gyro reference systems for the U.S. Air Force‘s Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program to prime contractor Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman announced. […]

src=”nav01rt.gif”> National Technical Systems Inc., unveiled several new specialized tests for satellite and launch vehicle systems and components, the company announced Oct. 28. The launch simulation tests combine extremely high-level […]

src=”nav01rt.gif”> IPStar New Zealand announced Oct. 27 it has approved National Communications Corp. Ltd. (Natcom) to begin selling products and services that use the IPStar (Thaicom 4) satellite. Natcom offers […]

src=”nav01rt.gif”> Astrata Group Inc. announced Oct. 28 it received a contract from Brunei Shell Marketing to deploy a wireless/GPS solution to track a new fleet of Road Oil Tankers used […]

src=”nav01rt.gif”> Worldspace Inc. announced Oct. 27 its satellite radio services are available to U.S. government agencies on the General Services Administration‘s GSA Schedule 70 contract. The move makes it easier […]

src=”nav01rt.gif”> According to an Oct. 28 report form Russian news agency Itar-Tass, the Russian satellite Mozhayets-5 failed to detach from the third stage of its Kosmos 3M rocket. “According to […]

src=”nav01rt.gif”> Northrop Grumman Corp. and Raytheon Co. won a program definition and risk reduction contract for the next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system — GOES-R, the companies announced Oct. […]

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) awarded an additional Cdn. 6 million ($5.1 million) contract to MacDonald Dettwiler (MDA) to complete a weather station for a NASA Mars mission scheduled for […]

KVH Industries Inc. introduced Oct. 26 its new Tracvision M3 marine satellite TV system for vessels as small as 25 feet in length. The system includes the Tracvision M3 antenna, […]

A Russian Kosmos 3M rocket launched multiple satellites Oct. 27, including a pair of imaging microsateilltes, a spacecraft built by European students and Iran’s first satellite, according to the European […]

Spacedev Inc. will acquire Starsys Research Corp. for $9 million in cash and stock, the companies announced Oct. 26. SpaceDev will pay $1.5 million in cash and $7.5 million in […]

XM Satellite Radio lost $131.9 million in the third quarter 2005, up from a loss of $118 million in the same period in 2004, the company reported Oct. 27. The […]

Eutelsat Communications Group withdrew its initial public offering due to “adverse market conditions,” the company announced Oct. 27. Eutelsat said the offering was oversubscribed, but the company was “concerned that […]

General Motors (GM) plans to build 1.55 million vehicles with factory-installed XM Satellite Radios in 2006, up from 1.4 million in 2005 and 1.17 million in 2004, the company announced […]

SES Americom announced Oct. 26 a five-year agreement with Skyview Satellite Networks that expands an existing agreement to delivery sports radio programming across the United States. Skyview delivers programming for […]

SES Astra announced Oct. 26 that South Asian cable and satellite TV provider Sony Entertainment Television will transmit its newly launched Max channel on the Astra 2A satellite, located at […]

Lockheed Martin completed the preliminary design review for the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), the company announced Oct. 26. The review validated the MUOS design to ensure that […]

Scopus Video Networks has been chosen by a consortium formed by Embratel, Star One and Bull to provide a compressed digital video distribution solution for Boticario, one of the largest […]

Telecommunication Systems Inc., (TCS) a provider of wireless communications, announced Oct. 25 a strategic partnership with ground systems manufacturer Thrane & Thrane Inc. to develop a portable broadband system for […]

Sea Launch Co.‘slaunch platform command ship departed the company’s home port to prepare for the launch of the Inmarsat-4 F2 satellite, Sea Launch announced. The launch is scheduled to take […]