Inmarsat completed its strategic investment and long-term global distribution and product development agreement with SkyWave Mobile Communications, Inmarsat announced July 6. Inmarsat announced in April that it would acquire 19 percent in the privately held SkyWave, based in Ottawa. Inmarsat ...

SES Astra signed a capacity deal with SatGate, a Lithuanian satellite service provider, to resume transmissions from SES Astra’s orbital position at 31.5 degrees East, SES Astra announced June 29. SatGate originally started services from 31.5 degrees East in August on the Astra 5A satellite. ...

Astrium and Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) have announced the signature of a five-year contract for 36MHz of capacity on the new W2A satellite — Astrium Services will provide coverage for their existing and future customers across Africa. Eutelsat’s new W2A satellite entered ...

The Arab World’s FTA Sat TV channels grew by 28.1 percent between March 2009 and August 2007. By March 2009, the total number of FTA (free-to-air) satellite channels reached 474 broadcasting on Arabsat, Nilesat and/or Noorsat. Arab Advisors Group research revealed that the highest number of ...

General Dynamics Satcom Technologies won a $119 million order to provide additional satellite communications earth terminals and support services for the U.S. Army's Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program, General Dynamics announced June 5. General Dynamics will ...

SES Americom-New Skies won a multi-year distribution agreement from In Demand for delivery of its NBA League Pass and Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Direct Kick programming packages to cable subscribers across the United States, SES announced June 1. Select NBA League Pass games are delivered in ...

NASA plans on launching two satellites in June with a mission to assist the agency in returning to the Moon, NASA announced May 21. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Centaur are scheduled to launch June 17 aboard an Atlas ...

ICO Global Communications is filing legal challenges against the European Commission (EC) over its decision to issue Inmarsat and Solaris Mobile exclusive licenses to operate MSS services over S-band in Europe, the company announced May 15. ICO claims that the EC’s decision is illegal ...

Great news for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., especially when the current economy needs a thyroid check. NOAA and NASA officials announced Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. has been selected to build two satellites for NOAA’s next generation geostationary satellite series, GOES-R. The new ...

China on Wednesday launched a remote-sensing satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north Shanxi Province. The satellite, "Yaogan VI," was successfully launched into the space on a Long March 2C carrier rocket at 10:55 a.m., a spokesman with the center said. It will be mainly ...