Satellite News

Hughes Communications Inc. lost $4.4 million in its 2006 second quarter after taking a charge for the write-off of equipment related to its June decision to shift its primary business focus to the…

Intelsat Ltd. reported revenues of $310.5 million in the 2006 second quarter, an increase of 7 percent from revenues of $289.8 million in the same period a year ago, the company announced Aug. 14. The revenue gains help Intelsat cut its net loss from $53.4 million in the 2005 second quarter to $42.7 in the…

A joint venture between DirecTV Group and Echostar Communications Inc. held the early lead in an auction of public wireless spectrum being conducted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) but fell back after eight rounds of bidding had been completed. Wireless DBS LLC was the top bidder in the…

WRSP Worldspace Satellite Radio posted higher revenues in its 2006 second quarter, but the company’s subscriber additions plummeted in comparison to the first three months of the year, the company announced Aug. 9. Worldspace added a little more than 6,500 subscribers in the 2006 second quarter, which closed…

NASA and the U.S. Air Force recently executed an agreement to work jointly in aeronautics search areas, NASA said. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne signed the memorandum of understanding–which covers areas such as…

Hughes Network Systems LLC announced Aug. 10 it signed multiple contracts with Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications. The contracts, worth nearly $60 million, call for the development and supply of a…

The Middle East potentially is one of the must lucrative markets in the world for satellite TV. With television being one of the main forms of entertainment, the opportunities for pay-TV operators to carve out lucrative businesses is strong. In particular, the role of satellite in this landscape is vital. In…

NASA’s two Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites offer a possible new approach to understanding how earthquakes work. Research recently conducted paints a clearer picture of how the Earth changed following the December 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, the 9.1-magnitude event in the…