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Inmarsat now has an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to become the commercial operator of a new satellite called Alphasat. The satellite is part of an ESA initiative to develop a new spacecraft platform capable of carrying a large communications payload.
Read MoreGlobecomm Systems Inc. [NASDAQ: GCOM] has announced their financial results for the fiscal 2008 first quarter, ended September 30, 2007. Highlights of the Company's results reveal GAAP earnings per diluted share of $0.16 in the fiscal 2008 first quarter, as compared to GAAP earnings per diluted share of $0.06 in the same period last year.
Read MoreLast Thursday evening at the 2007 SpotBeam Awards in Los Angeles, some 300-space enterprise leaders toasted the recipients of this year’s awards.
Read MoreIndia-based executives Commodore Gyanendra Sharma, managing director India, and Joe Parsley, vice-president India and South Asia, met senior customers and industry partners at a reception held today in New Delhi to mark the company's expanding presence in India and the opening of its office there.
Read MoreThe Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has named Darryl Davis to the position of president, Advanced Systems, for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS).
Read MoreNorthrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has named John R. Landon vice president of missiles, technology and space programs. In this position, Landon reports to Larry Lanzillotta, vice president of customer relations within the company's government relations organization
Read MoreCalifornia’s Lieutenant Governor, John Garamendi, will address the attendees of the Transforming Space 2007 Conference on November 8 in Los Angeles. As Chairman of California’s Commission for Economic Development (CED), Garamendi will highlight the need for California to invest in developing the workforce of the future.
Read MoreOnly one week away is the third annual DoD Commercial SATCOM Users Workshop, which will be held at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, from November 13th through 15th.
Read MoreA thorough report has been released by Northern Sky Research (NSR) entitled Government and Military Demand on Commercial Satellites, 4th Edition. This study determines the net effects on demand should a pullout from Iraq and Afghanistan occur with that of new programs and initiatives outside the Pentagon and outside U.S. borders.
Read MoreAndrew Corporation has reached agreement for the sale of their Satellite Communications business to Resilience Capital Partners, a Cleveland, Ohio-based private equity firm. Under the agreement, Andrew will receive up to $39 million in total potential cash consideration as well as an ownership stake in the new satellite communications company Resilience will establish with the acquired Andrew assets.
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