Satellite News

XM Satellite Radio partnered with the Harley-Davidson Motor Co. to offer riders an…

The U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center awarded Globecomm Systems Inc. a contract to provide portable satellite…

The French Navy selected France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications and Eclipse to provide satellite broadband communication services…

Shin Satellite engineers have transferred customers from Thaicom 3 to Thaicom 5, the company announced. Thaicom 5, placed into orbit in May…

Northrop Grumman Corp. will supply navigation systems for a next-generation military satellite communications system under a subcontract from Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop announced July 17…

Raytheon Co. completed the preliminary system acceptance test for the GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation-Technology Demonstration System, the company announced July 18. The system checks GPS signals for errors as well as generates correction messages to improve the accuracy of the data. During the test…

Comsat International procured a pair of Skyedge satellite hubs and nearly 5,000 VSAT terminals to offer broadband services for Caixa Economica…

Lockheed Martin Corp. completed the fifth of eight modernized GPS 2R satellites for the U.S. Air Force, the company announced July 18. The satellites offer two new signals, enhanced encryption and anti-jamming capabilities for the military as well as a second civilian signal. The next launch of a GPS 2R…