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Arianespace Wins ProtoStar 1 Contract

Arianespace received a contract from Asian direct-to-home (DTH) operator ProtoStar to place the ProtoStar 1 satellite into orbit in the first half of 2008, Arianespace announced Jan. 8. The satellite,...

Air Force Exercises EPS Contract Option

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force Milsatcom Systems Wing have exercised an $8.4 million contract option to activate Phase 2 of the Enhanced Polar System (EPS) payload study, Boeing announced...

DigitalGlobe Acquires GlobeXplorer

DigitalGlobe has acquired GlobeXplorer, a geographic data integration and publishing company, from Stewart REI Group, DigitalGlobe announced Jan. 8. The combination will make it easier for DigitalGlobe to offer its...

EchoStar Unveils Mobile TV Offering

EchoStar Communications Corp. introduced a mobile TV package Jan. 8. The MobileDish in-car satellite service uses a roof rack-mounted RaySat antenna to provide EchoStar’s Dish Network to customers in vehicles....

SkyTerra Closes Acquisition Of BCE's Share Of MSV

SkyTerra Communications Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of BCE Inc.’s stake in Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), SkyTerra announced Jan. 8.   SkyTerra issued about 22.5 million shares of...

HughesNet Subscribers Total 325,000

With an 18 percent increase in subscribers during the 2006 fourth quarter over the same period in 2005, Hughes Network Systems LLC reported that residential subscriptions to its HughesNet service...

Telekom Serbia To Deploy Gilat's SkyEdge System

Telekom Serbia, a telecom carrier in Serbia, will deploy Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.’s SkyEdge broadband satellite hub and several hundred VSATs to serve residential and corporate customers, Gilat announced Jan....