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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) has resumed measurements of the Earth’s polar ice sheets, clouds, mountains and forests with the second of […]

Orlando, Fla.-based ARINC said its SKYLink satellite broadband data system for business aircraft is in production following successful flight trials and final conformance testing. ARINC developed the SKYLink system with […]

Fairfax, Va.-based Xybernaut [Nasdaq: XYBR] has announced that the company is offering GPS receivers from Boston, Mass.-based Teletype as a value-add component for its mobile/wearable computers. Xybernaut said the initial […]

Paradise Datacom, a satellite equipment provider with operations in the U.K. and U.S., has chosen San Jose, Calif.-based LynuxWorks to provide software for its next-generation satellite data modems. Financial terms […]

Toulouse, France-based SPOT Image has signed a channel partnership agreement with Inta SpaceTurk, granting the exclusive rights to distribute SPOT 5 satellite image products and services within Turkey, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, […]

Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG] has closed a private placement of more than $1 billion with a group of 29 investors. The satellite service operator’s advisors to the […]

This week, we take a closer look at a company that is proving it can “Dish” it out as well as take a little competition in the direct broadcast satellite […]

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Auto-Q International [OTC BB: AUTQ], a London-based provider of vehicle tracking and monitoring systems for trucking fleets and consumers, received an additional purchase order totaling $125,000 from U.K. furniture and […]

Diamond Aircraft has selected Garmin International‘s G1000 integrated avionics system for the 2004 DA40 Diamond Star aircraft. The DA40 features a dual-display G1000 system, a 10-inch primary flight display (PFD) […]

Inforetech Wireless Technology, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based provider of GPS products for the golf industry, has changed its name to GPS Industries [OTC BB: GPSN] to reflect its broader market […]

U.K.-based Sarantel announced the availability of a small surface-mount version of its GeoHelix GPS antennas for applications requiring internal or tightly integrated surface mount antennas. The company said its GeoHelix-SMP […]

EchoStar DBS, a subsidiary of EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH], has closed its previously announced offering of $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes. Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar is the second-largest […]

Washington D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], the largest U.S. satellite radio service provider, reported this week that it reached 929,648 subscribers after adding 237,395 during the third quarter. That […]

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Connexion By Boeing, a business unit of Boeing [NYSE: BA], has appointed Elissaveta Ivanova as communications manager for Europe. She will be based in London and will manage Connexion by […]

STMicroelectronics’ [NYSE: STM] total chipset shipments to XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] now exceeds two million kits, according to the company. STMicroelectronics also has delivered samples of a one-chip receiver […]

Anchorage, Alaska-based Alaska Communications Systems Group [Nasdaq: ALSK] has reached a voluntary settlement with the state of Alaska regarding the comprehensive telecommunications service agreement signed by both parties in December […]

Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] has agreed to offer local TV channels via satellite to Eugene, Ore., and Memphis, Tenn. Local channels at the two locations will be offered […]

Arlington, Va.-based Iridium Holdings, the holding company for global satellite communications provider Iridium Satellite, has announced that Dan Colussy will retire as chairman of the board. Colussy, who shepherded the […]

Space Systems Loral (SS/L), a Palo Alto, Calif.-based satellite manufacturing subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications [OTCBB: LRLSQ], has received a welcome order from DirecTV, an El Segundo, Calif.-based satellite […]

Rainbow DBS, the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) division of Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC], announced plans this week to become the first satellite TV service to offer a comprehensive array of […]

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Sea Launch, a joint of Boeing [NYSE: BA] and foreign partners, successfully launched the Galaxy XIII/Horizons-1, a Boeing 601HP satellite, for PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] and JSAT of Japan. The satellite […]

SES Astra, a Luxembourg-based unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], and Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) of South Africa have agreed to invest in IP Direct, a satellite broadband venture started […]

League City, Texas-based Eagle Broadband [AMEX: EAG], a manufacturer of products that use the Iridium satellite constellation to provide communication services, has restructured its operations to increase revenue and become […]

Hauppauge, NY-based Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM] has been awarded multiple satellite infrastructure contracts and a service contract worth a combined value of approximately $4.4 million. The names of the customers […]

Emerging applications using the Global Positioning System (GPS) and renewed growth in existing markets will help to expand the global GPS market beyond $22 billion by 2008, predicted New York-based […]

DigitalGlobe, of Longmont, Colo., won a huge $500 million, five-year contract from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) to provide high-resolution imagery from the next series of U.S. commercial […]