Focus: Telecom

Raytheon Gains $441.9 Million Sole Source Multiple Kill Vehicle Contract The Missile Defense Agency gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] unit Missile Systems a sole source contract worth up to $441.9 million...

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications [LORL] entered into a three year, fully secured $100 million revolving credit agreement led by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and...

[Satellite Today 11-03-08] Intelsat retired its Marisat-F2 satellite on Oct. 29 after 32 years of providing maritime communications to the South Pole, the company announced Nov. 3.     Marisat-F2, which...

[Satellite Today 11-03-08] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with OpenSky for the provision of IDC’s broadband satellite technology for the rollout of a new digital...

[Satellite Today 11-03-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) and its joint venture partner has selected Telesat to manage in-orbit operations of both the MSV-1 and MSV-2 next-generation satellites to be launched...

[Satellite Today 11-03-08] ICO Global Communications was awarded $236 million in punitive damages by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury in its case against Boeing Co. and its Boeing Satellite...

[Satellite Today 11-03-08] Marlink, a maritime satellite communications provider, has agreed to purchase the WaveCall brand from Sea Tel, Marlink announced Nov. 3.  Marlink said it will package its maritime...

[Satellite News 11-03-08] While ICO Communications may win up to a total of $707 million in a lawsuit judgment it won against Boeing Satellite Services International and parent company, Boeing...

China used a Long March 311 rocket to launch a telecommunications satellite for Venezuela, the first time China made and launched a bird for a Latin American nation, Xinhua news...

Economic uncertainty and a global credit crunch do not look to be having an impact on the satellite industry, as demand for communications remains strong. The world’s four largest fixed satellite services