Month: April 2003

By James Careless As the storms of war whip across the world, Satellite Newsgathering (SNG) crews are dispatched to cover them. To aid them, Via Satellite contacted some of the...

by Chris Mecray The Bush Administration’s FY04 budget submission, sent to Congress in February, appears to provide for generous funding for ongoing space projects. Though it is more challenging to...

by James Careless     Accurate weather forecasting: in the United States, a country fraught with tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods, it is a matter of life and death. This is...

People BOEING: Selects Head Of Satellite Manufacturing Business Boeing selected Dave Ryan to lead Boeing Satellite Systems as the vice president and general manager. Ryan succeeds Randy Brinkley, who announced...

SATELLITE TODAY invites you and your team to join us on Tuesday, April 29, from noon-1:30 PM EST for an exclusive Webinar: “From Broadcast To Broadband: Seizing the Next Satellite...

Envivio, which develops MPEG-4 broadcast and streaming products, and satellite multicast systems provider KenCast have signed an agreement to provide a secure MPEG-4 distribution product for government and military applications,...

Internet Satellite Platform (ISAT), an affiliate of SES Americom, has signed up more than 300 partners for its SatXpress one-way satellite Internet access service. The wholesale broadband product combines standards-based...

The European Space Agency‘s Maxus 5 sounding rocket mission was launched today at 6 GMT from Esrange, north of the Arctic Circle near Kiruna in northern Sweden. The rocket, an...

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a provider of satellite-based communications to cruise ships and offshore oil rigs, has signed a marketing and distribution agreement with Xantic, a Dutch satellite communication provider...

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...