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International Launch Services (ILS) and SES Satellite Leasing announced a contract for five SES satellites to be launched on Proton Breeze M vehicles through 2013, ILS announced June 18. Financial...

Beginning June 19, SatelliteToday.com will feature the latest news from CommunicAsia 2007. Be sure to check out the live blog at www.SatelliteToday.com/blog for updates on the goings-on in Singapore.

ProtoStar, a Bermuda corporation with principal U.S. operations in San Francisco, announced on June 18 its opening of a Singapore office. The company also named Eui Koh, former president of...

iDirect Technologies (iDirect), a global provider of satellite-based broadband communications solutions and the U.S. satellite communications arm of Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd., has expanded its presence in the Asia Pacific...

The China National Space Administration is planning a September launch of a third Earth resources satellite jointly developed by China and Brazil, Xinhua has reported. The state-run newspaper quoted the...

XM Satellite Radio is offering two new radio devices to its listeners, the company announced June 18. The XpressR offers a split-screen display of up to six channels with features...

Rockwell Collins International has chosen EMS SATCOM, a division of EMS Technologies Inc., to develop a satcom system for the Boeing 747-8, EMS Technologies announced June 18. Based on orders...

A Russian Dnepr rocket operated by Kosmotras lifted Germany’s TerraSAR-X radar satellite into orbit June 15, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Kosmotras announced. TerraSAR-X, manufactured by EADS Astrium under...

The Selonological and Engineering Explorer (SELENE) satellite, also known as Kayuga, is scheduled to be launched aboard an H-2A booster on Aug. 16 (Aug. 15, 8:30:48 p.m. EST) from the...

SES Astra and Verhaert Space received a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to maintain and operate a satellite ground station in Redu, Belgium, the companies announced June 15....