Author: Staff Writer

In the March 24 issue of SATELLITE TODAY, we incorrectly identified the MEASAT-3 as an Indonesian satellite. In fact, it is a Malaysian satellite. MEASAT stands for Malaysia- East Asia...

STMicroelectronics [NYSE: STM], supplier of set-top box (STB) chips and MPEG-2 decoders, has introduced a new Omega STB decoder product – the STi5517. Suitable for use in cable, terrestrial and...

SkyFrames [OTC Bulletin Board: BEYI], a provider of satellite broadband Internet services, has joined forces with Advantage Associates, a firm that specializes in assisting clients in governmental, political and international...

Discovery Communications has signed a multi-transponder agreement with SES Americom, a unit of SES Global, to lease C-band capacity on AMC-10 and AMC-11, the company’s successor satellites to Satcom C-3...

SkyWaves Research Report estimates that XM Satellite Radio’s [Nasdaq: XMSR] total number of subscribers will reach between 490,000 to 500,000 by the end of the first quarter and 1.24 million...

iSECUREtrac [OTC Bulletin Board: ISRE], a provider of Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking products, has hired William R. Faresich as vice president of marketing and business development. He will be...

International Launch Services (ILS) President Mark Albrecht told SATELLITE TODAY that the launch provider has high hopes for gaining an increasing share of orders in the U.S. government arena. “We...

Mars Express, the European Space Agency’s first spacecraft developed for a mission to the planet Mars, has completed its tests at Toulouse, France. After six months of extensive thermal environmental,...

Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS] has been awarded a contract with initial value of $4.7 million to upgrade the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s polar ground system to support the initial...

The U. S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a patent for a ceramic rocket nozzle throat for solid rocket motors. The new ceramic material promises...