Month: July 2004

Second Quarter Strong For Orbital

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] today reported growth in its revenues and net income for the second quarter ended June 30. Revenues rose 12 percent to $177.7 million in the second...

Latest GPS Satellite Begins Operations

In the latest enhancement to the GPS constellation, Lockheed Martin [LMT] and the U.S. Air Force today completed in-orbit checkout of the upgraded GPS satellite that was launched June 23....

À La Carte Pricing Poses Risks

Congressional interest in pursuing legislation to let U.S. television viewers pick and choose the individual channels they want to buy each month from their satellite and cable TV providers is...

Satellite Services for Remote Communities

By Roger Rusch For decades, universal communication service has been the dream of government planners. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Development Sector is chartered to collect statistics and to encourage...

Loral Escapes Launch Fallout

The availability of substantial additional fuel onboard Loral Space and Communications’ Telstar 18 satellite allowed the spacecraft to be maneuvered into its proper orbital position, and it may even allow...