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U.K.-based ViewAfrica Network and ViewAsia Network have launched a pair of regional platforms using the Intelsat 7 and Intelsat 10 satellites, Intelsat announced March 5. ViewAfrica is distributing a free-to-air...

Hughes Network Systems LLC will provide a broadband satellite solution for Islamabad, Pakistan-based Orocom Ltd., a technology systems provider, Hughes announced March 5. The system will enable Orocom to deliver...

The U.S. Air Force Feb. 28 awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. for launch services. Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $108 million contract under the Evolved...

The European Space Agency has released the technical details of the signals transmitted by the first Galileo test satellite, allowing receiver manufacturers and research institutions to use a real signal...

SES Americom deorbited the Satcom C-4 satellite, the company announced March 2. The spacecraft, built by GE Astro Space (now Lockheed Martin) and was placed into orbit in August 1992...

JSAT and direct-to-home operator Sky Perfect will join forces in the Japanese pay-TV market, the companies announced March 2. The two companies have formed a holding company, Sky Perfect JSAT,...

Nearly two weeks after XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio announced their plans for a merger, XM sought to assure existing subscribers and future consumers that its service would...

EchoStar Communications Corp. reported revenue of $9.8 billion in 2006, up from $8.5 billion in 2005, the company announced March 1. Profits slipped from $1.5 billion in 2005 to $608...

Boeing Co. completed a critical design review of its family of advanced beyond-line-of-sight terminals (FAB-T) program, the company announced March 1. The review — attended by senior U.S. Air Force,...

GIT Satellite and Iridium Satellite will provide communications for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, which begins March 4. GIT Satellite will donate a complete complement of Iridium equipment, airtime, and...