Month: December 2004

Satellite vehicle tracking services providers Satelinx International Inc. today said it has received an initial purchase order for 1,300 units of an undisclosed product worth $525,000. The initial purchase order...

The Associated Press is reporting today the Federal Communications Commission has rejected a request to begin imposing indecency standards on satellite radio broadcasts. Saul Levine, an owner of three radio...

The Defense and Space Power Division of EaglePicher Technologies LLC said OHB-System AG will use its nickel-hydrogen single pressure vessel battery to power the SAR-Lupe, the future German satellite constellation...

Specta Licensing Group today said that France Telecom has granted Gilat Satellite Networks a worldwide license allowing Gilat to use France Telecom’s patented Turbo Code products in Gilat’s SkyEdge DVB-RCS...

Alcatel Space has completed work on a telescope, which will be part of a scientific mission throughout the next couple of years. It has delivered the Corotel telescope to the...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today adopted rules for satellite earth stations on vessels (ESVs) in the C- and Ku-bands. The commission said these rules would provide regulatory certainty to...

The U.S. and Russia intend to begin preliminary discussions on an agreement for cooperation between the U.S. GPS satellite navigation system and the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS). In...

Orbcomm today said it inked an agreement with VeriChip Corp. to provide satellite and telecommunications services for applications, to be developed, with an implantable radio frequency identification (RFID) microchip. Under...

United Press International reported today that the French Council of State has ordered Eutelsat to cease broadcasting the Lebanese-based station al-Manar. The station was banned for broadcasting racist messages to...

Yonhap News reported today that South Korea has granted a license to provide mobile satellite television services to TU Media, a venture company partially owned by mobile phone operator SK...