Satellite News

ClientLogic will provide expanded customer service, technical support and customer retention services to XM Satellite…

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) was awarded its seventh patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, TCS announced Feb. 27. The patent covers technology enables a wireless subscriber’s location…

SpaceDev subsidiary Starsys Inc., has been awarded a $1.4 million subcontract by NASA’s Jet Propulsion…

A newly-formed subsidiary of SkyPort International has signed a letter of intent to purchase RAMTelecom Inc. of Canada, SkyPort announced Feb. 28. SkyPort has formed a Canadian subsidiary, SkyPort…

Com Dev International Ltd. has received an authorization to proceed from Alcatel Alenia Space to provide advanced payload electronics for the Globalstar-2…

Loral Space & Communications has completed its sale of $300 million of stock to MHR Fund Management LLC, Loral’s largest shareholder, Loral announced Feb. 27. The deal was announced in October and was delayed after other shareholders raised opposition. Investment firms Murray Capital Management Inc. and…

Iridium Satellite LLC plans to open a telemetry, tracking and command/control station in Svalbard, Norway, under an agreement with Kongsberg Satellite Services, the company announced Feb…

The BBC’s plans to launch a free-to-view satellite platform have been approved by the BBC Trust. The BBC Trust believes the service, dubbed Freesat, would create “significant public value by offering licence fee payers an additional means to access digital services.”…