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The European Space Agency and European Union member states are proposing to double spending on space-related activities, from a current level of 6 billion euros (US$6.9 billion) to 12 billion...

Canal+ Technologies deal to provide middleware to U.S. satellite pay-TV operator DirecTV places further pressure on its U.S. competitors OpenTV and Liberate Technologies. The deal, which was announced in mid-June,...

By Maury Mechanick On May 19, the satellite industry’s wait ended, with the issuance (26 days after having been announced) of the Federal Communications Commission’s order revamping its satellite licensing...

by Gerry Oberst Government charges for access to satellite spectrum is always a hot topic. A series of recent consultations from Australia to Ireland focused on this issue recently, while...

By Peter J. Brown Satellite technology is going to play an essential role on multiple fronts in 21st century Africa. This huge continent has an enormous and growing appetite for...

Is The Worst Over? Another challenging year has passed for the global commercial satellite industry. The year 2002 echoed much of its predecessor in terms of contracts, launches and substantial...

by Carissa Bryce Christensen Should Europe and the United States be spending billions to protect a launch industry that cannot make it commercially? Painfully, the answer is yes. The launch...

People BOEING: Pioneer Inducted To Hall Of Fame Harold Rosen, a consultant and former 37-year employee of The Boeing Co., was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in...

The launch of the second Mars Exploration Rovers, named “Opportunity,” aboard a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., has been delayed until July 5 from an...

Thales Group has signed an agreement with Galileo Industries, the consortium set up to build, deploy and operate the European Galileo satellite navigation system, under which Thales will become the...