Author: Staff Writer

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Sept. 19 that its Tempe, Ariz.-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a $1.9 million satellite communications equipment order from a U.S. government agency to expand...

Artel, Inc., a global provider of information technology and managed network services, announced nine signed but previously unannounced contracts valued at approximately $100 million. According to a Sept. 18 statement,...

Blue Sky Network (BSN), a global-logistics provider for two-way linking and managing transportation assets via satellite, announced Sept. 19 it will offer existing MagnaStar customers special pricing on BSN Iridium...

A recent Forecast International study projects that an estimated 682 expendable launch vehicles (ELVs) of various types will be produced throughout the next decade to meet global demand. The study,...

Several hundred international scientists are expected to attend the Envisat Symposium from April 23 to 27, 2007, in Montreux, Switzerland, to present and review results of ongoing research projects using...

Bridge Broadband, a U.K. broadband operator, is looking to step into the breach after a number of customers lost satellite broadband services in Scotland. Ouranous Networks/Aramiska customers who have lost...

Siemens researchers have developed simulation software to test the precision of Galileo, Europe’s fledgling satellite system, though not all of the satellites are yet in position. A collaboration between the...

Orbital Sciences Corporation announced on Sept. 18 that it was promoting four executives to new positions. G. David Low will become senior vice president and program manager for the commercial...

Lost amid widely published speculation last week that Rupert Murdoch might divest his interests in DirecTV were definitive answers about what such a move would mean to the satellite TV...

Echostar Communications Corporation announced on Sept. 18 that Carl Vogel will oversee day-to-day operations as president for Dish Network, effective immediately, while continuing to serve as vice chairman of the...