Author: JJ McCoy

A payload of 14 satellites was delivered on April 17 in the first launch of a Dnepr rocket since a July 2006 failure, Russian officials reported. Egyptian, Saudi and U.S....

Symmetricom Inc., a provider of precise-time and frequency technologies to accelerate deployment and enable management of next-generation networks, rolled out its 9900 series of hybrid space crystal oscillators comprised of...

GlobeCast successfully provided the first-ever live, high-definition (HD) contribution service from Saint Peter’s Square to Centro Televisivo Vaticano (CTV), the official television station of the Vatican, GlobeCast announced April 19....

Radyne Corp. has received follow-on orders for more than $6.7 million for Ka-band power amplifiers and DM-240 satellite modulators to be used in DirecTV’s high-definition (HD) TV expansion. All of...

Phoenicia Group Libya, a U.S.-Libyan diversified business and consultancy group, announced April 18 its plans to offer BGAN satellite Internet solutions to corporate and government clients across Libya, marking the...

Hughes Network Systems signed a contract with TerreStar Networks Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of Motient Corp., to design, develop and manufacture a turnkey satellite base station subsystem (S-BSS) and...

Premiere will suspend the marketing of Arena (Bundesliga and sports content) while a Federal Cartel Office (FCO) investigation takes place into the deal between Unity Media, Premiere and Arena announced...

Globalstar Inc. is anticipating a May 21 launch window for the first of its four first-generation ground spare satellites to be lofted, the company announced April 18. The four satellites,...

[4/19/07] In a mission to try and identify and develop alternative means of geolocation in the absence of the Global Positioning System (GPS), a Boeing-led industry team has won a...

Digital+, Sogecable’s Spanish DTH platform, ended the first quarter of 2007 with nearly 2.1 million subscribers, having added a net 21,000 subscribers in the quarter to the end of March....