Month: May 2005

European entrepreneurs, small businesses, academia and research institutes are invited to participate in a competition to develop innovative uses of the planned Galileo global navigation satellite system. The best idea...

The European Space Agency (ESA) completed an aircraft flight from Dakar to Mombassa using the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), the European satellite navigation system. The mission could play...

Norsat International Inc. shipped portable satellite terminals for use by a military organization in Asia, the company announced. The terminals will enable high data-rate communications among bases. The size of...

Panamsat Holdings Corp. again extended the expiration date for the exchange offer relating to all of its outstanding 10-3/8 percent senior discount notes. Panamsat is looking to exchange $416 million...

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, is making meteorological data available to users beyond its core user group of Europe’s weather services. More than 1,000 users...

XM Satellite Radio announced it would provide the first satellite radio broadcast of the Indianapolis 500 with coverage of the race May 29. XM recently announced a multi-year agreement to...

Orbital Sciences Corp. announced that James Roche, former Secretary of the U.S. Air Force and senior defense industry executive, has been appointed to the company’s board of directors as the...

EMS Satcom opened an office in Monterrey, Mexico, that will be the headquarters for the company’s Latin American sales operations. “The opening of this office and our expansion into the...

Digitalglobe will provide imagery collected by its Quickbird satellite for use in mapping floodplains in Kauai County, Hawaii. The Digital Ortho Quarter Quad product, which offers two-foot resolution, will allow...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) said the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized the launch and operation of a next-generation L-band satellite at 101 degrees West. This follows the April 5...