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Orbital Recovery Ltd. said its ConeXpress Orbital Life Extension Vehicle (CX-OLEV) successfully passed its baseline design review milestone, clearing the way for space tug to be formally offered to customers […]

Hispasat said it certified Integrasys‘ SatmotionPocket to be fully compliant to its radio and IP broadband hub systems requirements, adding that the Integrasys tool has been integrated to Hispasat hub […]

SES Astra said the SES Group increased its shareholding in Satlynx from 41 percent to 77 percent, resulting in SES Astra taking full operational control of the company. As a […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. announced a special offer to New York Mets fans in the New York tri-state area and parts of Pennsylvania who otherwise are not able to watch the […]

Motorola Inc. and WorldGate Communications Inc. claim they have conducted the first true-to-life videophone call over satellite broadband connections using the Motorola Ojo personal videophone. The phone call originated from […]

Intelsat selected Convergent Media Systems as a provider of worldwide distribution services for its business TV offering. Intelsat’s global fiber and satellite network will be used to transmit live and […]

America Online and XM Satellite Radio said they are joining forces to create a new online radio service. According to the companies, the new service brings together the best of […]

Iridium Satellite LLC said its total number of subscribers grew 19 percent and revenues grew 26 percent during the first quarter of 2005, compared to the totals reported during the […]

Alcatel Space said the Apstar 6 communications satellite was successfully launched April 12 on a Long March 3B vehicle from the Xichang satellite launch center in China. Alcatel built the […]

Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall and Anatoli Perminov, director general of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, signed a partnership contract regarding the production and supply of Russian equipment and systems […]

With Panamsat formally coming out of its quiet period, it is no surprise to see the company’s public relations machine starting back up. In the past two weeks, two announcements […]

GlobeCast no longer sees itself purely as a satellite services provider. That is the key message as the operator gets ready to launch a new offering, which it believes will […]

In a previous Spotlight, we highlighted the use of satellite telephones to help keep soldiers in Iraq in touch with their families. WorldGate Communications Inc. is looking to take that […]

While companies like Iridium Satellite LLC and Globalstar LLC have been able to recover after a shaky first stab at the market, the mention of those names and Mobile Satellite […]

A Congressional hearing about the progress being made toward meeting the goals of the Open-Market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications (ORBIT) Act quickly focused on a couple of […]

Although the decision to shut down Cablevision‘s Rainbow DBS operations, which did business under the Voom brand name, was made public earlier this month, work on a $740 million contract […]

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB announced a number of deals with suppliers as it gets set to launch HDTV (High Definition Television) services in the United Kingdom and Ireland in […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, said that August 23 will be the launch date for the MSG-2 satellite, which will be renamed Meteosat-9 once it […]

SES Astra said UPC agreed to lease a fourth transponder on the SES satellite fleet located at 19.2 degrees East. The latest leased transponder is on the Astra 1E satellite. […]

The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications said Vadim Belov, who was elected director general earlier this month, has officially assumed his position within the organization. Russian Telecommunications Administration nominated […]

Eagle Broadband said its board of directors promoted David Micek to the position of president and CEO from his position as COO. Micek succeeds Dave Weisman, who will continue to […]

United Press International reported that KDDI Network and Solutions Inc. will offer Iridium satellite services to the Japanese market, marking the first time in five years the service will be […]

Hypothetical talk of mergers between Intelsat and New Skies Satellites BV, as well as Inmarsat and ICO, dominated a U.S. Congressional hearing, held April 14, reviewing the status of the […]

Iridium Satellite LLC said its total number of subscribers grew 19 percent and revenues grew 26 percent during the first quarter of 2005, compared to the totals reported during the […]

Intelsat selected Convergent Media Systems as a provider of worldwide distribution services for its business TV offering. Intelsat’s global fiber and satellite network will be used to transmit live and […]

Motorola Inc. and WorldGate Communications Inc. claim they have conducted the first true-to-life videophone call over satellite broadband connections using the Motorola Ojo personal videophone. The phone call originated from […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. announced a special offer to New York Mets fans in the New York tri-state area and parts of Pennsylvania who otherwise are not able to watch the […]

Asia Pulse reported April 14 that SK Teletech Co., the handset-developing arm of SK Telecom Co., said its new IMB-1000 cell phone, which is capable of receiving satellite television broadcasts, […]

SES Astra said the SES Group increased its shareholding in ND Satcom from ten percent to 21.1 percent. The transaction was realized through the conversion of an existing shareholder loan […]

Hispasat said it certified Integrasys‘ SatmotionPocket to be fully compliant to its radio and IP broadband hub systems requirements, adding that the Integrasys tool has been integrated to Hispasat hub […]