ARIANESPACE TO FUND ISKY
One of the lesser-known Ka-band satellite contenders may beat Hughes Spaceway and Lockheed Martin-backed Astrolink into commercial service. The outsider is iSky, formerly known as KaStar. The company was founded...
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NEW SAT LAW FOR ITALY
Italy’s Telecommunications Authority has now drafted national satellite television regulations that should end years of legislative uncertainty. It will also regularise the status of the country’s two pay-TV operators, Telepiù...
GLOBALSTAR ON
Globalstar launched in four countries in Europe last week. The MSS operator’s partner, Telecommunications par Satellites Mobile (TE.SA.M), a joint venture between France Telecom and Alcatel, said it expected to...
VIA DIGITAL MAY MERGE WITH DTT
Telefonica Media, Telefonica’s media subsidiary, and Spanish digital terrestrial operator Onda Digital’s shareholders (Endesa, Union Fenosa and Telecom Italia) are studying the possibility of merging the two digital platforms in...
SPACEHAB UNTIES BIOTECH PARTNERS IN U.S., SINGAPORE
In an effort to conduct joint life sciences research in space, Spacehab Inc. [SPAB] signed a memorandum of understanding with the St. Louis, Mo.-based Monsanto Co. and the Donald Danforth...
SPACEDEV FILES TO BECOME A FULLY REPORTING COMPANY
SpaceDev Inc. [SPDV] has filed a Form 10-SB registration statement with the SEC to become a fully reporting company taking a necessary step toward advancing from the OTC Bulletin Board...
MORE M&A ON THE HORIZON
Don’t be surprised to see transactions similar to the Hughes/Boeing merger occur in the coming year. With many satellite companies struggling to maintain the bottom line, they will need strategically...
HOFGARD JOINS BOEING
Jefferson Hofgard has been named director of international policy for The Boeing Co. [BA] Space and Communications Group in Washington, D.C. He will be responsible for coordinating export policy and...
The International System of Units
Its History and Use in Science and Industry By Robert Nelson On September 23, 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter was lost during an orbit injection maneuver when the spacecraft crashed...
U.S. DBS Subscriber Growth: Can Satellite's David Keep Smiting Cable's Goliath
by Jimmy Schaeffler Since the first quarter of 1994, when U.S. Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) companies began to provide services to the U.S. public, a monthly average of almost 175,000...