Satellite News

XM reported revenue of approximately US$240 million, an increase of 57 percent from the US$153 million reported in the third quarter 2005. This increase in revenue was driven by subscriber growth year over year, and increases in average revenue per subscriber.

SES Global reported financial results for the third quarter 2006.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered all V-Sensor deployable antenna assemblies that will be used to detect nuclear blasts as an adjunct payload on the GPS-2F programme.

TacSat-2, scheduled for launch aboard a Minotaur I from Wallops Island in December, will serve as the predecessor for rapid satellite production, launch and operation, the U.S. Air Force said.

The second of five Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) remote sensing instruments, developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, was launched on 4 November 2006 on board the DMSP F-17 satellite.