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July 19, 2007

Spanish direct-to-home provider Digital+ saw its subscribers drop in the 2007 second quarter, the company announced July 18. Platform owner Sogecable said Digital+ had 2.1 million subscribers at the end...

Tampa Microwave, RT Logic Release Satellite Simulator With Delay

July 19, 2007

Tampa Microwave has rolled out its latest line of satellite simulators, the company announced July 16. The SatSim Plus family integrates Tampa Microwave’s flexible link simulation system with RT Logic’s...

Hiwire, SES Americom Stock Lineup For Mobile TV Trial

July 19, 2007

SES Americom and Hiwire unveiled part of their roster of TV content companies and channels that will be used for an upcoming trial of a digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) mobile...

MDA Secures Role For European Mars Rover Mission

July 18, 2007

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) will design a robotic chassis for a planned European Space Agency mission to Mars, the company announced July 17. Under a contract from EADS...

Ball Aerospace Wins Contract For Landsat Imager

July 18, 2007

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. will develop the camera for NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission, the company announced July 16. Ball will manufacture the Operational Land Imager instrument, which will...

iDirect Supplies Platform For Intelsat Maritime Offering

July 18, 2007

iDirect Technologies will supply the platform for Intelsat’s Network Broadband Global maritime service, iDirect announced July 16. The service, unveiled by Intelsat in June, is part of the operator’s GlobalConnex...

BAE Systems To Manufacture FPGA Semiconductors For Older Satellite Designs

July 18, 2007

BAE Systems will produce and sell radiation-hardened, field programmable, gate array semiconductors for legacy satellite programs, the company announced July 16. Under a license agreement with Actel Corp., BAE will...

C-Com To Supply Mobile Antennas To China

July 18, 2007

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. will supply its iNetVu Mobile antenna systems to China’s government agency responsible for disaster management, the company announced July 17. The transportable systems will be installed...

Hughes Unveils Hybrid DSL/Satellite In Europe

July 18, 2007

Hughes Network Systems’ HughesNet Managed Network Services is available in Europe, the company announced July 17. The suite of virtual private network solutions for multi-site enterprise networks offers customers a...

U.S. Performance Boosts Pace Profits

July 18, 2007

An unexpectedly strong performance in the United States will lead to higher profits for set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology, the company announced July 17. Profit before tax for the...