Satellite News

SSTL, a designer and manufacturer of small satellites, has added three members to its board: Martin Sweeting will serve as group executive chairman, with Matt Perkins as…

Raytheon Co. will deliver the Navy Multiband Terminal satellite communication system to the U.S. Navy…

TerreStar Networks Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Motient Corp., closed on the sale of $500 million in aggregate principal…

Eutelsat reported revenues of 415.3 million euros ($545.7 million) for the second half of 2006, the company announced Feb. 15. The revenues represented an increase of 5.2 percent over the same period…

SES Global has agreed to repurchase 103.1 million shares of SES from GE in a transaction valued at 1.2 billion euros ($1.6 billion), SES announced Feb. 14. In exchange, GE will receive shares in a new company, SES International Holdings Inc., to include the AMC-23…

Ariane 5 production is being increased to meet growing demand in the launch services marketplace, Arianespace…

International Launch Services (ILS) signed a contract to launch the Ciel-2 satellite on a Proton Breeze-M vehicle in late 2008, the company announced…

Iridium Satellite will spend more than $2 billion to build and deploy its second-generation satellite constellation, dubbed Iridium Next, the company announced Feb. 15. Plans call for the system to be rolled out incrementally in order to ensure a smooth transition from…