Satellite News

XM Satellite Radio will run adds for customers of Google Inc.’s Adwords program on the satellite radio provider’s non-music channels, the companies announced Aug. 3. Under the agreement, Google Adwords customers will be able to use Google’s automated dMarc media network to place radio ads on…

Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP) signed a deal with Intelsat to launch a channel on Intelsat’s IA-8 satellite to supply the direct-to-home channel in Brazil. Intelsat will provide RTP with a solution that includes signal turnaround, multiplexing and space…

The U.S. government awarded Geoeye a $19.6 million contract to provide imagery, products and services to multiple federal…

The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to continue work on a nanosatellite program, the company announced Aug. 2. Under the contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate, Lockheed Martin will take the Autonomous…

Intelsat announced that Station 53, a supplier of integrated communications services to luxury yachts, has signed a multi-year agreement to provide voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), data and Internet service through Intelsat’s GlobalConnex managed network.

aeroTelesis, Inc. has signed an agreement with Mabuhay Satellite Corporation to become the first beta partner that will utilise USM-based products. USM, Ultra Spectral Modulation, is a proprietary modulation technique that significantly increases spectral efficiency in satellite and wireless applications.

ViaSat, Inc. reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2007.

Alliant Techsystems reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2007.