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The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a contract to SpaceDev to develop miniaturized lower-cost avionics for small launch vehicles, the company said. The $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research contract […]

U.K. pay-TV operator, BSkyB added 95,000 subscribers in the 2005 first quarter, breaking the 7.7 million barrier for total subscribers, the company said. The operator is on target to beat […]

The Inmarsat-4 F1 satellite completed its in-orbit tests and early operations are progressing as planned, satellite manufacturer EADS Astrium said. The spacecraft will be moved from its test location at […]

DirecTV Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp. jointly filed lawsuits in Florida and Kentucky challenging the constitutionality of taxes levied against their direct-to-home satellite TV services, the companies announced. In separate […]

Nordic Satellite SB (NSAB) awarded International Launch Services (ILS) a contract to launch the Sirius 4 satellite in the second quarter of 2007 on a Proton Breeze M rocket. Nordic […]

Orbimage Inc. said it expects revenues for 2005 to be between $50 million and $60 million, an increase of 62 to 93 percent from 2004 revenues. The company also expects […]

Inmarsat said it made the first voice call from a Nera BGAN terminal over the Inmarsat-4 satellite, a key step in preparation for the launch of its new Broadband Global […]

Lockheed Martin completed a “jitter” test of the Space-based Infrared System (SBIRS) High satellite, part of the U.S. military’s next-generation missile warning system, the company said. The heart of the […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to launch the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) on May 11 at 6:22 a.m. EDT […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) won a $100 million contract to provide launch services to the U.S. Air Force, the company said. Under the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the […]

SeaSpace Corp., a subsidiary of Allied Defense Group, won orders valued at more than $1 million for its new tracking antenna system, Allied Defense said. SeaSpace will deliver versions of […]

NDS Group plc said Viasat Broadcasting, a digital satellite pay-TV broadcaster in the Nordic region, will use the NDS XTV personal video recorder solution. Using this technology, Viasat subscribers will […]

The Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. will combine the production, engineering, test and launch operations associated with U.S. government launches of Boeing Delta and Lockheed Martin Atlas rockets. United […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reported revenues of $53 million for the first quarter of 2005, a slight drop from the $57.4 million in revenues in the first quarter of 2004. […]

Alcatel inked a key satellite broadband deal in Saudi Arabia, signing an agreement with the Almisehal Group to supply “DSL-in-the-Sky” broadband access satellite gateway and associated terminal equipment. The Almisehal […]

SES Astra and satellite service provider Globecast – launched – La TV Latina, the first multilingual Latin culture channel in Europe. La TV Latina is targeted to Latin culture and […]

Sirius Satellite Radio said former MTV VJ Adam Curry will produce a special program that will broadcast podcasts to Sirius subscribers. Podcasts are contents developed by individuals and downloaded onto […]

Star Choice Communications Inc. in Canada unveiled its new high-definition digital video recorder satellite receiver, the DVR530 HD. The receiver comes equipped with a dual tuner and a 160-gigabit hard […]

The British Skylark rocket motor performed its final mission May 2, launching a Maser 10 sounding rocket for the European Space Agency (ESA), Swedish Space Corp. said. The Skylark was […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. named Erez Antebi CEO of its Gilat Network Systems business unit. Antebi joined Gilat in May 1991 and most recently served as the company’s vice president […]

Wilbur Trafton, president and chief operating officer of Kistler Aerospace, has joined the board of advisors of Wifi Wireless Inc., Wifi announced. During his aerospace career, Trafton served as vice […]

Asia Pulse reported May 3 that TU Media Corp. formally launched its mobile satellite TV service, which allows subscribers to receive television broadcasts on mobile phones and other handheld devices. […]

The DirecTV Group Inc. reported first quarter revenues of $3.15 billion, an increase of 26 percent from first quarter revenues in 2004.The company’s net loss dropped from $639 million to […]

SES Americom conducted the last operations on the Satcom C1 satellite, safely de-orbiting the satellite more than 280 km beyond the geosynchronous orbital belt, the company announced May 2. The […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) said it is offering a comprehensive range of standard high-speed enterprise broadband service plans in North America. The Direcway Enterprise Service Plans include six primary service […]

The second-to-last Titan 4 was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, April 29, carrying a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office into orbit. This was the final launch of […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures was awarded its fifth hybrid satellite/terrestrial system patent, which covers 34 claims. The award of this patent brings the total number of award claims for MSV-originated ancillary […]

SES Astra said Cubavision Internacional is now available on ASTRA 19.2 degrees East in digital free-to-air. The information and documentary channel is operated by the Cuban Institute of Radio and […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. added two new Italian-language channels to its international programming line-up: Leonardo World and Video Italia. The new channels will be sold to subscribers of EchoStar’s Dish Network […]

Reuters reported May 2 that Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed a law that calls for convicted child sexual predators to be tracked by satellite. The Jessica Lunsford Act requires sentences […]