Month: February 2005

The Korea Times reported on its Web site Feb. 24 that South Korea is looking to play a role in the European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation program. The report cited...

The Boeing Co. said it reached an agreement to sell its Rocketdyne Propulsion & Power business unit to Pratt & Whitney for about $700 million in cash. Rocketdyne is primarily...

Space Systems/Loral announced it completed all assembly, integration and tests of the DirecTV 8 satellite more than two months ahead of the contracted schedule. The DirecTV 8 satellite, built for...

In yesterday’s edition of Satellite Today, we erroneously left out the date of Women In Aerospace‘s (WIA) panel discussion on the Vision for Space Exploration. The discussion will take place...

Globecomm Systems Inc. said the National Air Navigation Services Co. (NANSC) in Egypt awarded it an $8.1 million contract to install a next generation satellite-based network connecting 19 remote NANSC...

Iridium Satellite LLC said its subscriber number grew to more than 114,000 in 2004, a 22.5 percent increase above its total number of subscribers at the end of 2003. Company...

iDirect Technologies introduced the latest addition to its product platform: the iDirect Compression and Acceleration Server (CAS) technology. The CAS solution compresses and accelerates static and dynamic data and content,...

Row 44 said it signed an exclusive agreement with Hughes Network Systems to bring satellite broadband connectivity to North American commercial and business aircraft. Row 44 will use HNS’ Direcway...

After two delays last week, Sea Launch once again halted the launch of the XM-3 satellite for XM Satellite Radio. According to a post on the Sea Launch Web site,...

AT&T said it expanded its decade-long relationship with DirecTV Inc. with a new three-year contract valued at more than $69 million. The agreement will provide DirecTV with the ability to...