Month: May 2005

International Launch Services (ILS) said the window for its May 21 launch of the DirecTV 8 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will open at 1:59 p.m. EDT. The...

International Launch Services (ILS) said the window for its May 21 launching of the DirecTV 8 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will open at 1:59 p.m. EDT. The...

New Skies Satellite BV became the second Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) operator acquired by private equity owners in recent years to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of stock. New...

The future is looking bright for Telespazio. The Italian joint venture, one of two companies formed when Alcatel and Finmeccanica merged their respective space activities, (SN, Jan. 31) concentrating on...

Globecomm Systems Inc. posted a profit in its fiscal 2005 third quarter as revenue improved nearly 27 percent from the same period in 2004, the company reported May 11. Globecomm...

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, is continuing to work together with its North American counterpart, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to improve weather...

Starchaser Industries unveiled its new Churchill Mk3 liquid rocket engine May 11. With a design thrust of 33,000 pounds, it is the largest engine built in the United Kingdom in...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) closed a $200 million private placement in its former subsidiary Terrestar Networks Inc., which was spun off to MSV’s shareholders as a stand-alone company. Terrestar, in...

Satpoint, a provider of broadband satellite communications for marine platforms, introduced a service that provides Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to public switched telephone network termination services. The service allows...

Norsat International Inc. lost 1.2 million Canadian dollars ($970,000) in its 2005 first quarter as sales slipped 42 percent from the same period in 2004, Norsat reported May 10. For...