Satellite News

Ottawa-based International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) named Edward DiCarlo vice president of sales and marketing, overseeing…

William Keiper and Carl Myron Wagner were elected to Radyne Corp.’s board of directors Sept. 26, the company announced. The elections expand the…

Spacenet Inc. received a contract to provide enterprise-grade, network management services to Texas-based H-E-B retail stores, Spacenet announced Sept. 28. Spacenet has…

Jim Benson announced Sept. 28 that he has stepped down as chairman and chief technology officer of Spacedev, a company he founded nearly a decade ago, to start a commercial space tourism venture, Benson Space Company. “I am…

The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) has confirmed the ground station for its ocean observing satellite, Jason-2, which is scheduled to…

An arbitrator denied XM Satellite Radio’s request to recover 20 percent of the value of two Boeing-built satellites, XM announced in a Sept. 27 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange…

Echostar Communications Corp. announced Sept. 28 plans to raise about $500 million through a debt…

A Federal District Court issued a Sept. 27 order dismissing Darlene Investments LLC’s fraud action against DirecTV, and holding Darlene liable for breach of contract, DirecTV announced. The…