Satellite News

China has finished assembling its first lunar satellite probe, Chang’e I, after three years of research and development, Xinhua news agency reported.

For its first launch of the year Arianespace will boost two payloads into orbit: the Skynet 5A military communications satellite for the British Ministry of Defence through Astrium subsidiary Paradigm, and the Insat 4B civil communications satellite for ISRO.

WildBlueCommunications Inc. announced that Mark D. Adolph has joined the company as its chief financial officer. Adolph…

Spacenet Inc. has been selected by the Oklahoma State University Center for Health…

Starsys Inc., a subsidiary of SpaceDev, has been awarded a follow-on order for the DigitalGlobe…

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. has introduced a new class of satellite-based Internet service for its commercial/enterprise clients, the company announced March 6. The service offers…

XM Satellite Radio has signed with the Southeastern Conference (SEC) for a five-year broadcast and marketing agreement by which XM will…

Telenor Satellite Services is expanding a multi-year contract with Intelsat to include transmission services on three different spacecraft in C- and Ku-band, Intelsat announced March 6. Telenor renewed its contract for its Sealink maritime high-speed data communications…