Satellite News

A Boeing Delta 4 rocket placed a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite into…

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) upheld its earlier ruling that Canadian satellite-TV providers cannot include satellite radio services in their offerings, the CRTC announced Nov. 3. The ruling means that…

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. signed a contract with the National Space Research and Development Agency of Nigeria for a small Earth observation satellite, Surrey Satellite announced Nov. 6. Nigeriasat-2 will be based upon a new generation of small satellite technology and…

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. cuts its third quarter loss as revenues improved 57 percent, the company announced Nov. 6. XM lost $84 million in the 2006 third quarter, which closed Sept. 30, down from a loss of $132 million in the same period a year ago. Revenues jumped from $153…

Raytheon Company said it achieved a key milestone on the Modernised User Equipment programme by successfully acquiring and tracking for the first time a new M-code military signal transmitted by the latest-generation global positioning system satellite.

SES Americom announced that MTV Networks, Scripps Networks, The Weather Channel, Fox News Channel and a host of popular TV and music networks have signed IP-PRIME transport agreements, taking SES Americom’s IPTV lineup to 290 channels.

Gilat Satcom Ltd., a telecommunications operator focused on the developing world, warned that full year results will not match market expectations following a third quarter loss.

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reported its results for the quarter ending 30 September 2006.