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The launch of the Corot satellite has been postponed due to a leak in the fuel circuit of the Soyuz rocket’s Fregat upper stage, the European Space Agency announced. The...

France’s Caisse des D�pots et Consignations will acquire a 25.5 percent stake in Eutelsat from French investment firm Eurazeo, the companies announced Dec. 7. This is the second major transfer...

Dominion Video Satellite Inc. has signed an agreement to offer HughesNet high-speed satellite Internet service, Hughes Network Systems LLC announced. Dominion provides the Sky Angel service, which delivers more than...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has appointed three new vice presidents in its Space Technology sector, the company announced. Steve Hixson has been named vice president of the newly created Advanced Concepts...

SAT Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc., will provide a carrier monitoring and interference detection system to SES Sirius for the company’s Stockholm teleport, SAT announced. The...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded a 14-month, $8.4 million phase-two study contract by the U.S. Air Force for further work on the Enhanced Polar System (EPS) satellite communications program,...

Orbital Sciences Corp. has formed a partnership with Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology of Alexandria, Va., to develop a small satellite that will be built entirely by...

Space Communications Ltd. has sold more than 50 percent of the total capacity on its Amos-3 satellite, which is slated for launch in the third quarter of 2007, the company...

Quake Global announced Dec. 6 that Volvo Trucks North America will install Quake Global’s Q2000+ satellite communicator as standard equipment in all Volvo trucks manufactured with US’07 engines. The Q2000+...

Spanish industrial group Abertis will pay more than 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) to become the single largest shareholder in European satellite operator Eutelsat, Abertis announced Dec. 5. Abertis, through...