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Iridium Satellite has appointed eight new value-added partners offering Iridium-based products and services for remote asset management and other machine-to-machine data applications, Iridium announced Feb. 9. Among new resellers are GeoTrac International, Implicit Solutions, IonEarth, Premier GPS and ROM Communications. New developers include BriarTek, CosComm International and SatTrans. “All of these companies are actively involved...

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Globecomm Systems Inc. reported recorded revenues of $36.7 million in its 2007 second quarter, up from $29.9 million in the same period a year ago, the company announced Feb. 7. Net income jumped from $900,000 a year ago to $1.8 million in the most recent period, which closed Dec. 31. Globecomm attributed the revenue gains...

Northrop Grumman Corp. has delivered the payload module for the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite to prime contractor Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman announced. The Lockheed Martin-led team is under contract to provide three Advanced EHF satellites and the mission control system, to the U.S. Air Force. The satellites will provide about...

ICO Global Communications Ltd. (ICO) has been granted milestone extensions for the construction and launch of its ICO G1 satellite, the company announced Feb. 5. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted the company’s request to extend the dates outlined in ICO’s authorization for the construction and launch of the satellite, which include: Complete reference...

The Swedish-led Prisma satellite system has successfully passed a critical design review (CDR). The CDR was hosted at Swedish Space Corp. (SSC)’s Engineering Center in Stockholm and included SSC engineers and other experts. With design approval obtained, final manufacturing of the flight hardware can begin, followed by assembly, integration and testing of the two SSC-developed...

Worldspace Satellite Radio, a global satellite-based digital radio services provider, has licensed Certicom’s conditional access system to secure its satellite digital radio (SDR)-based broadcast services for the European market, Certicom announced Feb, 5. Worldspace plans to roll out its European service on a country-by-country basis, beginning with Italy, which will be serviced by its AfriStar...

Nayna Networks Inc., a provider of next-generation network systems will acquire privately held Professional Satellite & Communications LLC (ProSat), a supplier of residential broadband satellite systems, Nayna announced. ProSat, which markets DirecTV services in the United States, generated more than $40 million in revenues and reported $3 million in profit in 2006. This acquisition is...

GeoEye made the final payment on the $50 million credit facility that funded the acquisition of Space Imaging, GeoEye announced Feb. 5. GeoEye completed the acquisition in January 2006, and the debt was repaid early using cash generated by the assets purchased from Space Imaging, GeoEye said. “After completing the Nasdaq listing last fall and...

Pace Micro Technology, a supplier of set-top boxes to satellite pay-TV operators, posted a profit of 1.4 million British pounds ($2.76 million) in the six-month period that closed Dec. 2, Pace announced Feb. 5. Shipments of set-top boxes reached 1.8 million, up 60 percent over the same period in 2005. Pace’s results were boosted by...