Satellite News articles from October 2006

Satellite News archives from October 2006

DirecTV Wins Judgment Vs. Darlene Investments.(DirecTV Latin America L.L.C.)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... A Federal District Court issued a Sept. 27 order dismissing Darlene Investments LLC's fraud action against DirecTV, and holding Darlene liable for breach of contract, DirecTV announced. The dispute, argued in the Southern District of New...

IS-802 Anomaly Renews Concern Over Lockheed Martin 7000 Series.
October 2, 2006... Word of the Sept. 21 anomaly which rendered Intelsat Ltd.'s IS-802 satellite useless to customers in the Eastern Hemisphere has raised renewed concern about whether poor design is to blame for manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp.'s...

Andrews Replaces Orbital On Rocketplane Kistler COTS Effort.(Rocketplane Kistler and Andrews Space Inc. get contract from National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
October 2, 2006... Rocketplane Kistler and Andrews Space Inc. have entered into a strategic relationship to work on NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, the companies announced Sept. 28. Rocketplane Kistler and Orbital Sciences...

GPS Technology Helps Air Force Improve Resupply of Troops.
October 2, 2006... If only the airlines managed passengers' luggage so reliably: The wireless Precision Airdrop System (PADS) -- developed by Reston, Va.-based Planning Systems Inc. -- is proving to be a soaring success in its early deployment for U.S. Air...

Executive Q&A: Bouvier Believes Innovation Will Be Key.(Antoine Bouvier)(Interview)
October 2, 2006... The satellite manufacturing landscape remains a tough place to do business, with a host of manufacturers still competing for relatively few orders. Despite the intense competition, EADS Astrium remains one of the major players on the...

Arianespace To Launch Helios 2B.(get contract from French defense procurement agency 'Delegation Generale pour l'Armement')(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... Arianespace received a contract to launch the Helios 2B military reconnaissance satellite in the first half of 2009, Arianespace announced Sept. 25. Helios 2B is part of a second-generation defense and security observation system being...

IPStar Terminal Sales Reach 50,000.(IPStar Australia Pty Ltd.)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... Strong growth in Australia has helped Shin Satellite PLC reach 50,000 IPStar terminals distributed throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Shin announced Sept. 27. IPStar Australia Pty Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of Shin Satellite is...

Lockheed Martin to Help Joint Coalition Manage Radio Spectrum.(get contracts from US Army Communications-Electronics Research and Development Engineering Center )(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research and Development Engineering Center awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to development technology intended to automate and accelerate spectrum planning, the company announced Sept. 28. ...

Eumetsat Takes Next Step For Jason.(ocean observing satellite Jason-2)(European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) has confirmed the ground station for its ocean observing satellite, Jason-2, which is scheduled to be launched within two years. The station, located...

H-E-B Extends Spacenet Contract, Adds Network-Management Services.
October 2, 2006... Spacenet Inc. received a contract to provide enterprise-grade, network management services to Texas-based H-E-B retail stores, Spacenet announced Sept. 28. Spacenet has provided network services to H-E-B since 1988, and under the latest...

SES Astra Contracts UK's Five For Additional Capacity.(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... SES Astra signed a transponder contract with British commercial TV broadcaster Five, SES Astra announced Sept. 26. The broadcaster will initially take half of a transponder at the orbital position 28.2 degrees E and ramp up to a full...

Iridium Satellite Sees Growth In Crew Calling Subscribers.(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... Iridium Satellite reported that the number of ships using its maritime crew calling ship-to-shore service increased by 54 percent during the first six months of 2006. Using prepaid scratch cards, the calling plan provides calls priced at...

Boeing Wraps Up Wideband Gapfiller Tests.(gets contract from U.S. Air Force )(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... Boeing Co. completed thermal vacuum testing for the first of the Wideband Gapfiller Satellites. The tests, conducted throughout a two-month period, evaluated the spacecraft's ability to withstand the extreme temperatures of space. ...

Sirius Rolls Out Stiletto 100 Portable Live Radio.(Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... Sirius Satellite Radio announced Sept. 26 the availability of its Stiletto 100, the company's first portable live radio. Available for a suggested $349.99, the Stiletto 100 lets users listen to live Sirius programming and allows storage of up...

ICG Introduces Cabin Telecommunications Unit For Business Jets.(International Communications Group)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... International Communications Group (ICG) introduced its Aerocom 1100 cabin telecommunications unit, which provides an automated integrated package of telephone, fax and data services for small- to medium-sized business jets. The unit, which...

Raytheon Delivers Risk Reduction Phase Of Air Force Space Fence Program.(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... Raytheon Co.'s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) completed risk reduction activities for the U.S. Air Force Space Fence S-band Radar program, the company announced Sept. 26. The Space Fence program will provide an S-band radar system to...

MetOp-A Integrated With Upper Stage.(European Space Agency launch of the spacecraft)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... The MetOp-A satellite has been mated to the Fregat upper stage in preparation for a scheduled Oct. 7 launch aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket, the European Space Agency announced Sept. 26. The launch of the spacecraft, which is intended to...

BSkyB Steps Up Telecoms Plans.(British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC get contracts from Telent PLC)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... BSkyB announced a key contract as it looks to ramp up its triple-play operations in the United Kingdom. Easynet, which BSkyB acquired in 2005, awarded a multi-million dollar contract to telent PLC to manage the volume deployment of access...

Air Force Launches GPS Satellite.(GPS 2R-15 satellite built by Lockheed Martin)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... A modernized GPS Block 2R satellite built by Lockheed Martin was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., the company announced Sept. 25. The satellite, designated GPS 2R-15(M), is the second in a series of eight modernized...

Raytheon Wins $12 Million for Communications Integration.(contract from U.S. Army)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... Raytheon Co. will provide equipment designed to improve voice and data communications for the U.S. Army, the company announced Sept. 25. Raytheon will deliver 15 multiplexer integration and digital communication satellite subsystem...

SES Astra Gets Ready for Vietnamese Project.(Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corp. contracts with Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems and SES Astra Techcom)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... SES Astra Techcom, a subsidiary of SES Astra, has been chosen to participate in Vietnam's first public satellite project, Vinasat-1, SES Astra announced. SES Astra Techcom will deliver a pair of satellite-antenna systems that will provide...

Japan Launches Satellite For Solar Study.(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the Solar-B scientific satellite)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Solar-B scientific satellite aboard MV Launch Vehicle No.7 Sept. 23, the agency announced. The satellite is designed to analyze and possibly predict how the sun's magnetic field...

Spacedev Founder Launches Civilian Spaceflight Venture.(Jim Benson plans to launch own company Benson Space Company)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... Jim Benson announced Sept. 28 that he has stepped down as chairman and chief technology officer of Spacedev, a company he founded nearly a decade ago, to start a commercial space tourism venture, Benson Space Company. "I am dedicated to...

Radyne Elects Keiper, Wagner To Board.(William Keiper and Carl Myron Wagner)(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... William Keiper and Carl Myron Wagner were elected to Radyne Corp.'s board of directors Sept. 26, the company announced. The elections expand the Phoenix- based company's board to seven members. Wagner joined Radyne as COO in January and...

International Datacasting Names VP For Sales, Marketing.(Edward DiCarlo )(vice president )(Brief article)
October 2, 2006... Ottawa-based International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) named Edward DiCarlo vice president of sales and marketing, overseeing IDC's sales, marketing and new product/service development worldwide, the company announced. DiCarlo has more than...

Orbiting Wall Street.
October 2, 2006... SATTEL The stock of Shin Satellite Corp. has yet to recover from the drop it took in the aftermath of the military coup in Thailand. The exchange was closed Sept. 20, and the stock of the satellite operator fell more than 13 percent...

XM Loses Satellite Arbitration, Gains Advertisers Through Oprah.
October 2, 2006... An arbitrator denied XM Satellite Radio's request to recover 20 percent of the value of two Boeing-built satellites, XM announced in a Sept. 27 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The XM-1 and XM-2 satellites suffered...

Raytheon To Close Civil Space Operation.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) announced Oct. 5 that it will close its civil space operation in Goleta, Calif. -- also known as Santa Barbara Remote Sensing (SBRS) -- in early 2008. SBRS projects will be transferred and...

United Launch Alliance Gains Regulatory Clearance For Takeoff.
October 9, 2006... The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Oct. 3 granted anti-trust clearance to the United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture that will combine the government launch operations of Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. The clearance...

DirecTV Taking Football Package Portable With Kangaroo TV Deal.
October 9, 2006... NFL fans in Washington and Miami are getting their games on more than ever through a pilot program between Kangaroo TV and DirecTV. Using Kangaroo TV's handheld unit with a 4-by-3 inch screen, visitors to the Washington Redskins' Fedex...

Microsoft, Hughes Partnership Brings Broadband To Rural Sections Of India.
October 9, 2006... Microsoft Corp. and Hughes announced Sept. 28 a plan to roll out 5,000 broadband-enabled kiosks across India. The two companies plan to deploy information and communications- technology kiosks in an estimated 200 small towns and rural...

Microsoft Throws Weight Into IPTV Battle Against Satellite.
October 9, 2006... The competition for satellite pay-TV operators is getting more intense around the globe, with traditional rival cable now joined by a growing number of telcos eager to gain a slice of the lucrative pay-TV market. While some direct- to-home...

Court Stays Tivo Injunction Versus Echostar.(Echostar Communications Corp., Tivo Inc.)(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... A U.S. court of appeals on Oct. 3 granted Echostar Communications Corp.'s request to stay a permanent injunction aiming to bar the company from selling digital video recorders after it lost a patent infringement claim filed by Tivo in April....

Eutelsat Redeploying Hotbird-3 Satellite Despite Anomaly.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... Eutelsat Communications said Oct. 6 that an anomaly experienced by its Hotbird-3 satellite will not prevent its operations from a new orbital slot at 10 degrees East before the end of October. The satellite, renamed Eurobird-10, will...

Shin Satellite Deorbits Thaicom 3.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... Shin Satellite Public Co. Ltd. moved its ailing Thaicom 3 satellite into a graveyard following a power loss, the company announced. Thaicom 3, built by Alcatel Alenia Space and launched in 1997, has been plagued by glitches in the power...

Globalstar, Ocens To Offer Satellite Data.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... Globalstar Inc. has partnered with Ocens to launch a suite of data services, Globalstar announced Three services are available to Globalstar subscribers in the United States. Ocens Mail provides capability to transfer e-mail up to 20...

Hyundai Makes XM Standard In Some 2007 Models.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... Hyundai and XM Satellite Radio announced that the first Hyundai vehicles with standard, factory-installed XM Radio are hitting the showrooms. The first 2007 Santa Fe equipped with standard XM Radio was produced Oct. 3 at Hyundai Motor...

NASA Awards Contract For Mars Rover Ka-Band Antennas.
October 9, 2006... Atlanta-based EMS Technologies announced Oct. 3 that its EMS Defense & Space Systems won a $1.2 million contract from NASA to provide Ka-band antennas for the Mars Science Laboratory's exploratory rover. The Mars Science Laboratory is...

Datapath Wins Army Contract For Joint Network Node Program.
October 9, 2006... Datapath Inc. announced Oct. 4 that it won a $181 million contract by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command to provide specialized satellite communications networks for the Joint Network Node (JNN) program. Under the contract,...

Iridium Offers Satellite E-mail Service For Zodiac Ships.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd., an international ship-management company, has equipped its fleet of 132 ships with an Iridium Satellite-based e-mail system supplied by And Group. Each shipboard package includes a Thrane and Thrane Sailor...

NDS To Supply DTH Platform To Romtelecom.(direct-to-home)(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... NDS won a contract from Romtelecom, Romania's largest telco, to provide a system for a new direct-to-home (DTH) platform, NDS announced. Romtelecom will deploy a full end-to-end system that includes NDS's Videoguard conditional access,...

OSC Chooses Thor 2-R Flight Dynamics System.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... GMV Space Systems Inc. received a contract from Orbital Sciences Corp. to provide flight-dynamics software for the Thor 2-R telecommunications satellite, GMV announced. Orbital received a contract from Telenor ASA in September to build...

Australia's Optus-D1 Satellite Prepared For Launch.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... The Optus-D1 telecommunications satellite for Australia's Optus has been mated to its Ariane 5 launcher in preparation for an Oct. 12 launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace announced. The next step will be installation of DirecTV-9S,...

Boeing Taps Vendor For SBSS Optical Sensor.(Space Based Space Surveillance)(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... Boeing Co. announced that its team building the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system has selected a vendor for the optical sensor that will fly aboard the Pathfinder spacecraft. Boeing and space vehicle provider Ball Aerospace &...

Alcatel Alenia To Build Cryosat-2 Radar Altimeter.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... Alcatel Alenia Space received a contract from prime contractor EADS Space to provide the main instrument for the Cryosat-2 spacecraft, Alcatel announced Oct. 2. CryoSat-2, scheduled to be launched in 2009, is designed to study global...

India Approves Communications Satellite.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... The Union Cabinet approved the design, development and launch of the Gsat-8/Insat-4G communications satellite, the government of India announced Sept. 29. The spacecraft, which is scheduled to be in service within 24 months, will carry 18...

ND Satcom, LCDC Telecoms Implement Enterprise Network In Africa.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... ND Satcom announced Oct. 5 that it has earned a contract for VSAT systems from France VSAT service provider LCDC Telecoms. LCDC will supply end customer Maurel & Prom, an independently listed oil company in Europe, with ND Satcom's Skywan...

Russia, India To Share Glonass Satellite System.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... Russia and India will share use of Glonass, a 24-satellite navigational and global positioning system, the Russian Federal Space Agency announced Oct. 4. Glonass is designed for military and civilian users to receive global signals from...

Decarta Teams With Globexplorer For Aerial, Satellite Imagery.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... Decarta, a supplier of software platforms and services for the location- based services industry, and Globexplorer, a provider of a commercial library of aerial photos, satellite imagery and geographic maps, have formed a partnership to offer...

Eagle Broadband Super Headend Begins Operations.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... Eagle Broadband Inc.'s new super headend facility at Newcom International's Florida teleport is operational, Eagle announced Oct. 3. The headend gives Eagle the ability to collect and digitize TV content from 30 satellites over North...

Intelsat Names Kokal Vice President, Treasurer.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... Intelsat Oct. 2 announced the promotion of Linda Kokal to senior vice president and treasurer. Kokal's areas of responsibility and oversight include treasury, risk management, financial planning and analysis. She joined Intelsat's...

American Satellite Scientists Share Nobel Prize In Physics.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... Two scientists who helped create the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2006, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Oct. 3. The academy stated that John Mather of NASA's...

Swe-Dish Appoints President.
October 9, 2006... Lars Bjerde has been named president of mobile satellite communications equipment provider Swe-Dish Satellite Systems, the company announced Oct. 2. Bjerde, who will join Swe- Dish in November, previously has held a variety of positions at...

Metop Rescheduled For Oct. 17 Launch.(Brief article)
October 9, 2006... The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) delayed the launch of its Metop satellite to Oct. 17. Earlier, a mechanical incident at its Kazakhstan launch base postponed Europe's first...

Orbiting Wall Street.(Company overview)
October 9, 2006... BA $70 Million To End Contract Boeing Co. will pay SES Americom $70 million as part of the shutdown of the Connexion By Boeing inflight Internet service, SES Global announced Oct. 3. Boeing is using the AMC-23 satellite to...

Costs Having Nearly Doubled, Satellite Program May See More Overruns.
October 9, 2006... The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R series (GOES-R), which already has seen its price tag soar more than $5 billion, stands in danger of seeing further cost increases, missed schedules and performance shortfalls, the...

Lockheed Martin, ITT Extend GPS Alliance For Block 3 Competition.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Lockheed Martin and ITT Corp. announced Oct. 11 an alliance to compete for the U.S. Air Force's next-generation GPS system. Under their agreement, the companies will extend an existing partnership on the U.S. government's Block-2R and...

Globalstar Taps Alcatel For Second-Generation Satellite Constellation.
October 16, 2006... Alcatel Alenia Space and Globalstar Inc. announced their signing of an initial authorization-to-proceed agreement to start work on mobile satellite voice-and-data services provider Globalstar's second-generation satellite constellation. ...

Satellite Imagery Gaining Foothold In Mobile Market.
October 16, 2006... In the increasingly connected world, "users are growing to expect continuous access to data, and they increasingly are using location information where they live and work," according to Darren Koenig, wireless market director at Tele Atlas of...

Federal Food-Safety Inspectors Mandate Satellite Communication By Meat- Processing Plants.
October 16, 2006... A directive passed last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) focuses on three kinds of dishes: beef, chicken and satellite. As mandated in an Oct. 10 notification, about 2,000 meat- and...

Satellite Operators Lead Way For Australian Pay-TV.
October 16, 2006... Australia is one of the most dynamic pay-TV markets in Asia, and the country's geography and large numbers of households situated in remote areas of the country making it an ideal market in which satellite can make a significant impact. ...

ATK Completes Pathfinder For New Launch Vehicle.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... ATK has completed an on-pad pathfinder operation of its launch vehicle, the ALV, which is scheduled for its first mission in 2007, the company announced Oct. 10. The flight of the ALV X-1, which will carry a hypersonic boundary layer...

Service on W3A Satellite Resumes.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Eutelsat has confirmed that operations of its W3A satellite have been fully restored to normal mode following an anomaly that occurred Oct. 9. Full commercial service on the satellite resumed later in the day. Located at 7 degrees East,...

Russia's Teleport-Services To Use Gilat For University System.
October 16, 2006... Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced Oct. 11 that it is supplying a Skyedge broadband satellite hub station and VSATs to Teleport- Services, a Russian satellite-services operator, to use for the Moscow-based Modern University...

ABC News Now Agrees To Satellite Distribution In India.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Distributors have reached a deal to provide ABC News Now service via satellite TV available in India, the first time that the network's 24-hour news carrier will be seen outside of the United States, its parent company Walt Disney Co....

DirecTV To Deliver Local HD Programming In 67 Markets by Year End.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... DirecTV will offer local high-definition (HD) broadcast networks to 67 markets, representing approximately 74 percent of U.S. TV households, after it rolls out 25 more local HD markets by year's end. In cities ranging from Oklahoma City...

Deimos Imaging, Surrey Satellite Technology Agree For Spanish Imaging Mission.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Deimos Imaging SL, a subsidiary of Deimos Space SL, and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. contracted for an Earth-imaging satellite, Deimos, planned for launch in early 2008. Built by Surrey, the satellite will form part of the Disaster...

GTXC To Provide Maritime Version Of Personal GPS Tracking Devices To Government, Consumers.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... GTXC, a personal-location services company, announced Oct. 9 its signing of a licensing agreement to provide miniaturized personal-tracking devices to governmental security agencies and consumer maritime enthusiasts. Among products...

London Tracking Congestion By Satellite.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Transport for London, the city's transportation agency, Oct. 9 unveiled a congestion-mitigation system which tracks traffic in the capital via satellite. The agency says that satellite technology can help develop more flexible...

Iran-Tajikistan Satellite Communication Linked.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Iranian experts established satellite communications between Iran and Tajikistan's meteorological centers, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported Oct. 9. Iran's automatic meteorological switch is linked with...

Fastweb, Sky Italia Form Joint Venture.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Italian cable operator Fastweb and Sky Italia have formed a partnership to combine their services into a single offering for the Italian pay-TV market. Under the terms of the agreement announced Oct. 9, Sky Italia will offer subscribers...

Iridium To Provide Terminals For Cargo Fleet.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Wilson Ship Management announced Oct. 9 it will fit its fleet of more than 45 ships with Iridium satellite terminals. Dualog is supplying the hardware and software for the ships under a service contract with Applied Satellite Technology,...

Norsat To Supply Satellite Systems To U.S. Central Command.
October 16, 2006... Norsat International Inc. announced Oct. 6 that it won two contracts by the U.S. Army Central Command. Norsat will supply Newslink portable satellite terminals, audio-video kits, spares, training and maintenance services to support the...

Radyne's Tiernan Division Receives Order From Navy.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Radyne Corp. announced Oct. 9 that its Tiernan division won a contract valued at up to $2.5 million from the Naval Air Warfare Center for video- compression and satellite- transmission equipment. The order is the second phase of a program...

Harris Corp. Introduces Falcon-3 Multiband Manpack Radio.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Harris Corp. Oct. 9 introduced the Falcon-3 multiband, multimission manpack tactical radio, which combines traditional multiband features with new capabilities such as commercial L-band satellite communications. The addition to the Falcon-3...

Raytheon Delivers First Excalibur GPS Rounds To U.S. Army.(global positioning system)
October 16, 2006... Raytheon Missile Systems and BAE Systems Bofors' Excalibur team have delivered the first production Excalibur GPS-guided 155mm artillery rounds to the U.S. Army, Raytheon announced Oct. 9. These projectiles, designed to increase the...

Global Scan To Distribute Cartosat-1 Data.
October 16, 2006... Global Scan Technologies (GST), a company providing remote sensing and GIS technologies in the Middle East, signed an agreement with Antrix Corp. Ltd. to distribute imagery collected by India's Cartosat-1 satellite. Antrix is the marketing...

Vega Upper Composite Passes Vibration Tests.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Oct. 5 that the upper composite of Vega, its new small launch vehicle, passed vibration tests at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre. Vega's first launch is planned for the end of...

BSkyB Goes Current.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Current TV, headed by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, has signed with BSkyB to launch a version of its viewer-created TV channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The concept of the channel is that viewers create the content by...

Verizon Taps Globecast To Boost International Offering.(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... Globecast has signed a content deal with Verizon enabling the North American telco to offer a variety channels to customers in the United States. Globecast will supply Globecast WorldTV international television channels for distribution...

Globecomm Receives Extension From Afghan Telecom.
October 16, 2006... Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Oct. 5 that its wholly owned subsidiary, Globecomm Network Services Corp. (GNSC), has been awarded service-contract extensions from Afghan Telecom Corp. valued at $2.1 million. Afghan Telecom is the only...

Comtech Receives Order For Satellite Communications Equipment.
October 16, 2006... Comtech EF Data Corp., received a $1 million order for satellite communications equipment to support a satellite-based cellular backhaul network in Southeast Asia. Included in the order are bandwidth-efficient satellite modems, modem...

Orbiting Wall Street.
October 16, 2006... SPAB Spacehab Inc., a provider of commercial space services, announced Oct. 6 that its common stock has closed for more than 30 consecutive days below the minimum $1-per-share requirement for continued inclusion on the Nasdaq National...

McKenna Takes Over ILS As Lockheed Martin Closes Sale.(International Launch Services Inc)(Frank McKenna )(Brief article)
October 16, 2006... The board of International Launch Services Inc. (ILS) appointed Frank McKenna the company's president, as Lockheed Martin Corp. completed the sale of its interests in the international joint venture. Lockheed Martin's interests in...