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By Robert Nelson Most communications satellites operate from the geostationary orbit, since from this orbit a satellite appears to hover over one point on the equator. An earth station antenna...

By David Hartshorn Here is a wager for you: stop a satellite industry sales executive in the hallway and ask him or her to rank regions in terms of potential...

By James Careless Distance learning via satellite: these days, it’s everywhere. In fact, as the following case studies show, distance learning via satellite is being widely embraced by all sectors...

By Robert N. Wold In its 15 member nations, the European Union (EU) has 375 million people, some 51 percent of Europe’s total, making EU-country the world’s largest economic superpower....

By Theresa Foley What is the world’s most valuable orbital slot? DirecTV’s 101 degrees W appears to be at the top of the list, bringing in more than $4 billion...

By Cynthia Boeke Despite the early hour–it is a little after 5:00 a.m.–I am wide-awake, searching the desert for traces of its illustrious history. It is from this seemingly endless...

CNN has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dubai’s ‘tax free’ Media City zone to open a news-gathering bureaux in the city, its fifth in the Mid-East. The international news...

Compiled by Mike Fallon Interspace’s In-Depth Study of European Staellite Activity D=Digital A=Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2 & 3 D The Anjuman Channel from Reminiscent Television has started on 3600MHz...

Tele 24, one of the two nationwide commercial TV channels in German-speaking Switzerland, will be closed down at the end of November. This decision was made by Zurich- based publishing...

Sotires Eleftheriou Paris TPS is to launch a number of new channels over the next few months. At a press conference signaling the end of the summer break the second...