Satellite News

XM Satellite Radio and General Motors (GM) announced Dec. 5 that the automaker will build more…

Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) has been contracted to provide Internet protocol (IP) capacity via satellite to South Africa-based Internet Solutions…

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has been selected by Alef Soluciones Integrales and Corporative Lanix to provide a Skyedge VSAT network to more than 7,700 Mexican public-school classrooms, Gilat announced Dec. 4. Deployment of the network hub and…

Leoterra LLC, a low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, and Terrestar Networks Inc., a subsidiary of Motient Corp., announced Dec. 5 they will perform a joint feasibility study toward providing interoperable, advanced global mobile broadband…

Sirius Satellite Radio announced Dec. 4 that it was updating its year-end 2006 subscriber guidance in light of lagging holiday retail sales. “While strong, this year’s retail sales results since the…

Alcatel-Lucent and Thales have signed a final agreement for the transfer of Alcatel-Lucent’s transportation, security and space assets to Thales, the companies announced Dec. 4. The deal follows a…

Spanish industrial group Abertis will pay more than 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) to become the single largest shareholder in…

The European Space Agency has opened a Web site that gives access to images acquired by Envisat, the world’s largest Earth observation satellite.