Month: February 2005

By Mick Mitsis The year 2004 will be marked in the industry history books as the year the satellite communications business truly began to resurface out of its economic challenges...

By Peter J. Brown Much development in the satellite remote sensing industry has occurred since the 1990s and new government and commercial applications continue to emerge on the arena. Today,...

By Owen D. Kurtin, Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP* In a two-article series last year, this column examined the potential positive and negative influences on the satellite industry...

Russian News Agency Novosti reported Jan. 31 that a recent satellite purchased from Russia for $132 million will be used for civilian purposes, specifically telecommunications and earth observation. The satellite,...

Russian News Agency Novosti reported Jan. 31 that Kazakhstan is planning to launch its first satellite, named KazSat, in December from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The satellite will be...

CapRock Communications named James Davis as the company’s new chief financial officer. He will manage the company’s financial strategy as well as a growing portfolio of global assets. “With our...

Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. launched its flexComm SDR-2000 SRDP, a satellite communications rapid-prototyping and development platform. According to the company, this commercial off-the-shelf software defined radio platform is designed for...

According to a note on Aljazeera.com, the Qatari government is considering privatizing the Al Jazeera satellite television network and has been in discussions for the past 15 months on the...

PolarSat said that is has shipped 15.8 tons of VSAT equipment to the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China. The shipment is the first delivery on a contract that,...

Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network, the Middle East pay-TV operator is confident it will have a strong year in 2005. The operator, which offers digital television services across 23...