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Rio Grande Electric Cooperative (RGEC) is using satellite communications to monitor energy conditions across its rural energy distribution network. As part of its new enterprise energy management system, the Texas-based […]

William C. Pratt has been named chief information officer (CIO) at New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI]. Pratt joins Sirius from McGraw-Hill Education, where he served as senior vice […]

The delivery of Thursday’s and Friday’s issues of SATELLITE TODAY were delayed due to technical problems. We apologize for the inconvenience.

French launch service provider Arianespace has ordered 30 new Ariane 5 ECA heavy-lift rockets from prime contractor European Aeronautic, Defence and Space Co. (EADS). The two companies announced Friday at […]

Alcatel Space and Astrium have signed an agreement for the joint production and marketing of high-powered satellites that will use the European AlphaBus platform developed by the two companies with […]

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB] has agreed to acquire privately held Applanix, an Ontario, Canada-based Global Positioning System (GPS) device maker, in a stock transaction valued at C$25 million (US$18.6 […]

Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB], a Dulles, Va.-based satellite manufacturer, said it expects to report second quarter revenues of between $152 million and $157 million, operating income between $1 million and […]

EMS Satellite Networks, a division of EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG], Nera Broadband Satellite and the Newtec Group have successfully demonstrated DVB-RCS open standard interoperability for their broadband satellite products. Each […]

EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG], through its Space & Technology/Montreal division, has completed delivery of the last of three Inmarsat-4 L-band antenna feeds to Astrium Ltd. located in Portsmouth, England. These […]

National Bicycle Industrial, an affiliate of Japan’s Matsushita Electric Industrial [NYSE: MC], has introduced the industry’s first electric bicycle equipped with a Global Positioning System (GPS) device linked to security […]

Due to a technical problem, Thursday’s SATELLITE TODAY was not sent out until today. We apologize for the delay.

The U.S. and European delegations are close to a compromise on lowering the minimum dish size for fixed satellite services (FSS) in the 13.75-14 GHz band in exchange for power […]

SES Astra has high hopes for its SATMODE initiative. The Luxembourg-based company is teaming up with players such as Thomson, STMicroelectronics, Newtec, Canal Satellite in France to develop a low […]

Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, a unit of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], has been awarded a contract to build two communications satellites for SES Astra, a unit of SES Global […]

France’s Arianespace and Italy’s ELV have signed a collaboration agreement that would allow Vega launches and operations at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. ELV, as industrial prime contractor, will […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) has signed an agreement to supply TM SAT, a privately owned Russian satellite service provider, with a DirecWay broadband satellite network. That network would include a […]

Scopus Network Technologies, an Israeli supplier of digital broadcasting platforms to the cable and satellite markets, and Akelia Wireless, a UK-based developer of products for wireless communications applications in the […]

Intelsat is confident its entrance into the satellite pay-TV market in Hong Kong will be a success through its joint venture with Television Broadcasts (TVB). The venture, called Galaxy Satellite […]

Europe will become a more important market for conditional access vendor (CA) The Kudelski Group this year. This is the view of CEO André Kudelski, who cites the recent contract […]

The UK is experiencing one of the fastest growth rates in broadband use, although the take-up rates for satellite broadband remain low. These were two of the main conclusions of […]

By Thomas W. Watts EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] and DirecTV have had a fantastic run. In less than 10 years, they have captured 20 million of America’s 100 million TV […]

The International Telecommunication Union’s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) wrapped up its first week in Geneva with an ambitious agenda of spectrum-related initiatives. Among the list of 48 agenda items is […]

Satellite telephone usage in post-war Iraq is on the rise as U.S. and coalition forces take control of the country, with thousands of users making more than 1 million calls […]

Alcatel Space has received two contracts worth a combined $340 million to build communications satellites based on its Spacebus 3000B3 platform. One order, worth $190 million, was received from Brazilian […]

WorldSpace has high hopes for satellite radio in Europe. The success of XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] and Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] in the United States has shown that […]

Despite the fact that it is shifting an impressive 100,000 units a month, it appears UK digital terrestrial television (DTT) alternative Freeview is not having an impact on satellite pay-TV […]

105.5 degreesE: Asiasat 3S D The new domestic and international Pakistani TV channel, PTV National, has launched with a free-to-air service on 4108 MHz vertical, SR 6666, FEC 3/4, VPID […]

At the International Telecommunication Union‘s World Radiocommunication Conference now underway in Geneva, the U.S. government is looking for concrete action on a number of spectrum-related issues, U.S. Ambassador Janice Obuchowski […]

Canada’s Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP) has purchased 8,800 square kilometers of one-meter IKONOS satellite imagery to be used for disaster risk assessment and emergency preparedness […]

A Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led team has completed an accelerated on-orbit checkout of the last Milstar II secure communications satellite and transferred full operational control of the spacecraft to the […]