Month: December 2003

An Atlas IIAS rocket successfully lifted off Tuesday at 2:04 a.m. PST (10:04 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying a national security payload for the U.S. Air Force and […]

Stratos Global [Toronto: SGB], a Bethesda, Md.-based telecommunication provider, and Inmarsat, a London-based mobile satellite operator, have renewed their distribution agreement under which Stratos will distribute Inmarsat services using next-generation […]

Hughes Network Systems [NYSE: GSH], a Germantown, Md.-based provider of broadband satellite products, is introducing its latest DirecWay terminal, the DW6000, into the European market. The DW6000 eliminates the requirement […]

Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB], a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based GPS device provider, and CNH Global [NYSE: CNH], a Lake Forest Ill.-based agricultural equipment provider, are teaming to design and develop automated steering systems […]

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR […]

Satellite Puts Canada’s Native Communities on Television by James Careless It was not so long ago that Canada’s native peoples weren’t often seen on domestic television. At best, Hollywood stereotypes […]

People AGI: Names Regional Sales Director Jeffrey McCrindle is now eastern regional sales director for AGI. In this new position, he will manage all field teams serving the eastern United […]

by Christopher Mecray In perhaps one of the best examples of corporate health schizophrenia in recent years, the aerospace/defense industry is enjoying some of the best of times and enduring […]

By James Careless Back in the 1980s, Russia was the next big opportunity for Western satellite equipment manufacturers. Despite being the world’s largest country and the first nation in space, […]

By Nick Mitsis Business Television (BTV) applications for medium- to large-sized companies have begun diversifying, enhancing and developing into strategic tools within corporations. Computer monitors are now second nature for […]

Peter J. Brown With its ability to instantly deliver Internet Protocol (IP)-based video, voice and data anywhere in the world, the satellite industry is simply giving the public and private […]

by Douglas Graham The year 2003 was no banner year for satellite broadband but it is the prelude for stronger business waters. In 2003, however, satellite remained a ship without […]

by Gerry Oberst Throughout recent issues, this column has described European space and satellite policy. To complete the picture of these past topics it is also useful to focus on […]

SES Astra, an SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG] subsidiary, has recently received contracts to provide one-way satellite broadband services to households in Germany, Hungary and the United Kingdom. In Germany, SES […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH]has agreed to purchase 8PSK technology from Broadcom [Nasdaq: BRCM], an Irvine, Calif.-based provider of silicon-based products, for its DISH network receivers. Financial terms were not disclosed. […]

Guardian Mobility, anOttawa, Canada-based provider of tracking devices for industrial customers, is using GPS receivers supplied by Finland-based Fastrax for the Guardian Sentinel GPS tracking device. The Guardian Sentinel, which […]

Digital Angel, [Amex: DOC], a South Saint Paul, Minn.-based provider of GPS tracking and monitoring devices, has named Scott R. Silverman as vice chairman of the company. Silverman currently serves […]

Gilat Satellite Networks’ [Nasdaq: GILTF] Spacenet subsidiary has launched its Connexstar franchise co-marketing program, a collection of resources for Spacenet VSAT network customers to help provide their franchisees or members […]

In the story “StarBand Cleared to Exit Bankruptcy,” which appeared in the Nov. 17 issue of SATELLITE TODAY, we incorrectly identified Gilat Satellite Networks as the strategic partner with which […]

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced Monday that its board of directors has accepted the resignation of Phil Condit, 62, as chairman and CEO. The aerospace giant named Lewis E. Platt, 62, […]