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[Satellite Today 06-04-09] Iridium Satellite reported a 41.9 percent decline in net income to $9.7 million in its 2009 first quarter financial report, released June 3.     The company’s equipment...

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] AT&T CruiseCast officially launched its in-car satellite service in partnership with RaySat Broadcasting Corp. and AT&T, the companies announced June 3.     The service combines satellite radio...

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] A Texas district court judge has ruled that Dish Network and EchoStar Corp. are in contempt of a 2006 ruling that the two companies infringed on a...

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] The Measat-3a commercial satellite has arrived at its launch site at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and is in final preparations for a late June liftoff, Orbital Sciences announced June...

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] Egyptian commercial airline Egyptair will equip its new fleet of Airbus 330-300 with OnAir in-flight passenger communications supported by Inmarsat SwiftBroadband, Inmarsat announced June 2.     Mobile...

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] President Obama has nominated Rob McDowell to serve another term on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the FCC announced June 2.      McDowell, appointed by former...

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] Philip Father, CEO of ProtoStar, and Paul Brown-Kenyon, COO of Measat will discuss the Asian satellite market June 9 during a Via Satellite webinar.     “CEOs Assess...

[Satellite Today 06-04-09] DirecTV President and CEO Chase Carey is resigning from the company, effective July 1, to accept a new position at News Corp. DirecTV announced June 3.    ...

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Swiss aerospace, defense and security technology group, Ruag has purchased Oerlikon Space AG, the space division of Swiss technology developer Oerlikon for an undisclosed amount of cash,...

[Satellite Today 06-03-09] Global Satellite USA launched its new Inmarsat FleetBroadband 150 service, developed for the leisure, fishing, coastal merchant and small defense vessel markets, the company announced June 2....