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Connexion by Boeing signed an agreement with its first ever maritime customer and added another airline to its satellite Internet service, the business unit of Boeing announced. Teekay Shipping Corp. […]

MB Tech Inc. completed field testing of its flat-panel direct broadcast service antenna and began production tooling, the company announced June 15. The antenna has been able to receive signals […]

Caprock Communications launched a satellite communications services program intended for use following natural disasters, the company announced June 15. The DR-250 communications package contains all the equipment needed to provide […]

The re-entry module of the Foton-M2 spacecraft returned a batch of experiments to Earth June 16, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. Foton, launched May 31 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in […]

France’s HD Forum Association announced the “HD-Ready” label has now been launched in France, which gives consumers a quality sign for the differentiation of display equipment capable of processing and […]

Telesat appointed Peter Concelmo director of sales for the U.S. broadcast market, the company announced June 16. Concelmo will be based in New York and be responsible for expanding Telesat’s […]

Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) reached an agreement with debt holders who filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against the company to extend Satmex’s deadline for responding to the petition. […]

Panamsat will supply satellite-based Internet access to New Caledonia, Panamsat announced June 14. Under the contract from the Office des Postes et Telecommunications (OPT)New Caledonia, Panamsat’s PAS-2 satellite will provide […]

Loral Skynet announced June 14 it signed an agreement with Singapore-based Ascent Media Network Services Asia to provide satellite capacity and access management services to ESPN Star Sports. Using dedicated […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) selected Magellan Aerospace’s MAC-200 small satellite bus for the Cassiope mission, Magellan said. The terms of the 18 million Canadian dollar ($14.5 million) contract […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC (HNS) announced June 14 that it has begun shipping the DW7000 family of next-generation broadband satellite routers to customers in the Asia/Pacific Region. The DW7000 product […]

Iridium Satellite LLC said June 14 it closed a $32 million senior secured credit facility with Bank of America N.A. “Our financing activity with Bank of America has enabled us […]

Pace Micro Technology signed two new set-top box deals in Asia, including a key PVR (Personal Video Recorder) deal in New Zealand. The company signed a deal with New Zealand’s […]

Spacedev was awarded a $100,000 contract by the U.S. Air Force to develop a hybrid propulsion system for nanosatellites, the company announced June 14. Spacedev will define the parameters and […]

Ecaps received a contract from the Swedish National Space Board (SNSB) to begin development of an environmentally friendly control system for a technology demonstration satellite, Volvo Aero announced June 13. […]

The Odyssey Launch Platform and Sea Launch Commander vessels are en route to Sea Launch’s equatorial launch site for the company’s third mission of the year, the launch of the […]

Arianespace announced June 14 that the Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. of Japan (BSat) awarded Arianespace a contract to launch the BSat-3a spacecraft. The satellite will be launched on an Ariane […]

Sirius Satellite Radio signed an agreement with Sprint to make select Sirius channels available to Sprint PCS Vision customers, Sirius announced June 14. Music channels under evaluation by Sprint include […]

Paradigm Services Ltd. unveiled its new portable system designed to allow British soldiers to communicate with family and friends via the Iridium satellite network, Paradigm announced June 14. The system, […]

Speedcast Ltd. selected Idirect Technologies to provide the technology for Speedcast’s new satellite broadband platform, Idirect announced. Speedcast will resell the capacity of its Idirect hub to service providers who […]

Globalstar LLC announced June 13 that it entered into a $140 million multi-year agreement with Qualcomm Inc. to manufacture next-generation satellite voice and data products. The agreement secures Globalstar’s hardware […]

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will install the Connexion by Boeing Internet and television service aboard its 25 aircraft, Boeing announced June 14. Etihad, based […]

New Skies Satellites received a contract to distribute direct-to-home television programming for Hong Kong-based Asia Times Online, New Skies announced June 14. Asia Times will use the NSS-6 satellite to […]

EMS Satcom will provide its Enfusion HSD-128 high-speed data technology to ASIQ Pty Ltd. for use on an in-flight Internet system ASIQ is delivering to Saudi Arabian Airlines, EMS and […]

Iridium Satellite LLC said June 13 that KDDI Network & Solutions Inc. received authorization from the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to offer mobile phone and data services […]

Polarsat Inc. announced the market launch of its SkyIP 600 remote terminal, which provides satellite functionality for demand networks combined with TCP/IP functionality for Internet Protocol(IP)-based services and Web access. […]

Stratos Global Corp. will move its Regional Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service to the Inmarsat-4 F1 satellite July 9, Stratos announced. The move will provide customers with data speeds […]

New Skies Satellites said June 13 it signed an agreement with Malaysia’s Smart Digital Communications to deliver two-way broadband Internet transmissions in Southeast Asia via the NSS-6 satellite. Using an […]

Irish telecommunications company Smart Telecom awarded Eutelsat a contract to help provide high-speed Internet access to schools across Ireland, Eutelsat announced June 9. Eutelsat will provide its D-Star satellite broadband […]

Gilat Satellite Networks delivered its Skyedge satellite hub station and more than 1,500 VSAT terminals to Indian satellite communications provider HCL Comnet Systems & Services Ltd., Gilat announced June 9. […]