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Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. expects to raise $36.8 million in an offering of 7 million shares of stock, the company announced Dec. 19. The company will sell up to 4.7...

AsiaSat announced Dec. 19 a new capacity deal with Afghan broadcaster Shamshad TV. The broadcaster will lease C-band capacity on AsiaSat 2 to distribute programming to broadcast networks across Afghanistan...

NASA has signed an agreement to make its archive of images and other information available through Internet giant Google, NASA announced Dec. 18. Under a Space Act Agreement, NASA’s Ames...

Croatia has become the 20th full member of Eumetsat’s community of states, the organization announced Dec. 15. Under an agreement signed earlier this year, Croatia will be able to fully...

Orbital Sciences Corp. launched the TacSat-2 satellite for the U.S. Air Force aboard a Minotaur I space launch vehicle Dec. 16, the first mission from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS),...

SeaMobile Inc. announced Dec. 18 that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Geolink, a satellite-based broadband communications and networking services provider to the European market. Terms of the...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has received the first signals from the Engineering Test Satellite No. 8 (Kiku-8), which was launched Dec. 18 from the Tanegashima Space Center, JAXA...

A Delta 2 rocket placed a classified payload into orbit on Dec. 14 for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, the first mission for the newly formed United Launch Alliance. The...

NovAtel Inc. has become the first company outside of Europe accepted as a full member of Galileo Services, a non-profit organization promoting the development and use of Galileo-enabled businesses, NovAtel...

Eagle Broadband Inc. has received a contract to provide an emergency communications system to Fort Bend County, Texas, the company announced. Eagle will provide its SatMax system and also pre-wire...