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Arabsat has signed a contract with a consortium of European companies, Astrium and Thales Alenia Space, to build its fifth-generation satellites, with Arianespace and ILS each agreed to launch one...

International Launch Services (ILS) and SES Satellite Leasing announced a contract for five SES satellites to be launched on Proton Breeze M vehicles through 2013, ILS announced June 18. Financial...

SES Astra and Verhaert Space received a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to maintain and operate a satellite ground station in Redu, Belgium, the companies announced June 15....

ViaSat Inc. has been awarded contracts worth not more than $19 million for the U.S. Navy’s Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS), ViaSat announced June 15....

Global mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat has named its first eight service distribution partners to support the launch of its new satellite phone services, the company announced June 15. Distribution...

A Russian Dnepr rocket operated by Kosmotras lifted Germany’s TerraSAR-X radar satellite into orbit June 15, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Kosmotras announced. TerraSAR-X, manufactured by EADS Astrium under...

The Selonological and Engineering Explorer (SELENE) satellite, also known as Kayuga, is scheduled to be launched aboard an H-2A booster on Aug. 16 (Aug. 15, 8:30:48 p.m. EST) from the...

Interactive video company Ensequence appointed Mike Kelley vice president of business development, the company announced June 14. Kelley will focus on interactive video programming, media sponsorships and advertising to networks,...

Radyne’s automatic equalizer technology is the latest feature available on the DM240XR line of satellite broadcast modulators, the company announced June 13. The technology provides an automatic group delay and...

Nasdaq has accepted an application from Motient Corp., controlling shareholder of TerreStar Networks Inc. and TerreStar Global Ltd., to trade Motient’s common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market, Motient announced...