Satellite News

International Datacasting Corporation announced that their subsidiary Profline B.V. has been awarded a contract valued at over C$1.2 million (EUR0.8 million, US$1.0 million) to provide a new European satellite distribution network for a major broadcaster in Spain.

Spacehab, Incorporated announced that the company has filed for a formal dismissal with prejudice of all litigation against NASA relating to losses incurred by Spacehab as a result of the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia accident.

Vietnam plans to harness space technology by building its own remote sensing satellites in the next decade, a top space official has said. The country had earlier planned to launch the first such spacecraft in late 2007 or early 2008.

The U.S. Department of Defense is expected to seek bids for the first phase of the GPS III contract in mid-to-late March and announce a single winning team by late August, Candrea Thomas, a spokeswoman for the Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center was quoted as saying.

Georgia Tech researchers have developed a new prototype xenon ion engine that allows satellites to take off with less fuel, opening the door for deep space missions, lower launch costs and more payload in orbit.

KVH Industries Inc.’s has added Lazydays RV SuperCenter, a recreational vehicle (RV) dealership, to KVH’s…

NASA officials signed a memorandum of understanding with Virgin Galactic LLC Feb. 20 to explore potential space technology development cooperation, NASA announced. NASA Ames Research Center and Virgin Galactic LLC, a U.S. subsidiary of…

International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) will provide a next generation DVB-S2 broadband satellite communications system to Telesat Canada. IDC and U.S.-based Efficient Channel…