Satellite News

The Svobodny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East will be closed after a launch scheduled for later…

The People’s Republic of China has confirmed that it did perform an anti-satellite weapon test but has no plans to…

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) has been awarded a patent by the United States Patent and…

Telenor Satellite Services has signed a three-year extension with Hurtigruten Group for at-sea maritime broadband communications on board Hurtigruten’s fleet of cruise and…

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to provide satellite communication terminals and maintenance, the company…

Jared “Jerry” Abbruzzese stepped down Jan. 22 as chairman of the board for TerreStar Networks Inc. and chairman of TerreStar Global Ltd., the majority-owned subsidiaries of Motient Corp. announced. The resignation, which…

Spanish highway operator abertis, through its telecommunciations subsidiary abertis telecom, has completed the purchase of 32 percent of European satellite operator, Eutelsat Communications, via a cash payment of EUR1.07 billion.

Alcatel Alenia Space announced that it has signed a EUR103 million contract with the Italian Ministry of Defense to provide the telecommunication satellite Sicral 1B.