Satellite News

Premiere will suspend the marketing of Arena (Bundesliga and sports content) while a Federal Cartel Office (FCO) investigation takes place into the deal between Unity Media, Premiere and Arena announced in February. This deal will see Premiere able to…

Hughes Network Systems signed a contract with TerreStar Networks Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of Motient Corp., to…

Phoenicia Group Libya, a U.S.-Libyan diversified business and consultancy group, announced April 18 its plans to offer BGAN satellite Internet solutions to corporate and government clients across Libya, marking the deployment as the first time…

Radyne Corp. has received follow-on orders for more than $6.7 million for Ka-band power amplifiers and DM-240 satellite modulators to…

Globalstar Inc. is anticipating a May 21 launch window for the first of its four first-generation ground spare satellites to be lofted, the company announced April 18. The four satellites, combined with four others due to be launched later in 2007, will be used to bolster the company’s current first-generation…

In a mission to try and identify and develop alternative means of geolocation in the absence of the Global Positioning System (GPS), a Boeing-led industry team has won a concept-development contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects…

Alliant Techsystems , Lockheed Martin , and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne presented to NASA an oral summary of their proposal for the Ares I Upper Stage.

Radyne Corporation announced that its Radyne and Xicom Technology Divisions received follow-on orders for over US$6.7 million for Ka-band power amplifiers and DM-240 satellite modulators to be used in DirecTV’s high definition TV expansion.