Satellite News

Satcon Technology Corp. has received contracts valued at more than $1 million to provide electronic components to a pair of North American-based satellite subcontractors, Satcon announced. The custom signal-processing devices, designated Class…

Six TV network groups representing 10 East and West Coast feeds have signed up for network transport aboard the Comcast Media Center (CMC)-SES Americom Total Digital…

Hughes Network Systems LLC and Helius Inc. announced an agreement that allow Helius technologies to be incorporated into Hughes’ new Digital Media suite of services, the companies announced. The service is designed to…

General Motors (GM) cut the option price of factory-installed XM Satellite Radio by nearly 40 percent for most of its 2007 model year cars, the automaker announced Aug. 16. The…

After placing the largest deposit among the 168 qualified bidders and leading after the early rounds, DirecTV Group Inc. and Echostar Communications Corp. have dropped out of an…

PMWireless DBS, a joint venture of direct-broadcast satellite providers DirecTV and EchoStar Communications, practically pulled out of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) advanced-wireless-services auction.

SpaceDev, Inc. has reported the financial results for its second quarter ending 30 June 2006.

Kosmotras, the company that markets Dnepr launches, said the crash of a Dnepr on 26 July was caused by a “short-time malfunctioning” of the rocket’s first stage engine.