Month: April 2003

FCC Yanks Loral's Ka-band Licenses

The Federal Communications Commission has pulled Ka-Band licenses held by Loral Space and Communications [NYSE: LOR] because it failed to meet license milestones. In an order released Tuesday, the FCC...

Noteworthy

Satellite Entertainment 2003 April 30, 2003 Monterey, California An elite lineup of conference speakers, including FCC Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy, will examine the key elements representing the rapidly growing direct broadcast...

Sanchez Appointed GlobeCast Asia CEO

Darby Sanchez has been named CEO of GlobeCast Asia, a unit of satellite service provider GlobeCast (Paris), a France Telecom [NYSE: FTE] unit. As CEO of GlobeCast Asia, Sanchez will...

Lagardere Named EDS Chairman

Arnaud Lagardere has been named co-chairman of European aerospace giant EDS. He will replace Jean-Luc Lagardere, who died on March 14. French holding company Sogeade (which includes French high-tech firm...

Boeing Delta II Deploys GPS Satellite

A Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built Delta II rocket deployed a Global Positioning System satellite Monday for the U.S. Air Force. GPS IIR-9 was launched aboard a Delta II launch vehicle from...