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Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES Astra has signed five new contracts to expand the provision of Astra one-way satellite broadband service to additional territories in Europe and North Africa. The company […]

The limited political clout of the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) industry in Washington was evident Wednesday when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules for the manufacture of digital “plug […]

Pace Micro Technology is set to become a key player in the German pay-TV market after signing a number of agreements with satellite pay-TV provider Premiere. In one agreement, Pace […]

78.5ºE: Thaicom 2&3 D Indiavision is testing intermittently on 3686 MHz horizontal, SR 3333, FEC 3/4, VPID 1160, APID 1120. Occasional feed traffic for TVT Channel 11 can be found […]

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Commercial opportunities for satellite imagery and manufacturing should arise from the international effort to coordinate and integrate information on the Earth’s environment. World governments are likely to need images and […]

AsiaSat has had a tough first six months of 2003. It saw its profits and revenue drop compared to the first six months of 2002. However, despite tough market conditions, […]

By Bharadwaj Ramesh, Industry Analyst, and Patrick French, Strategic Analyst, Frost & Sullivan (Editor’s Note: This article was written before EchoStar [Nasdaq: DISH] made an informal offer for Loral Space […]

By Maury Mechanick Having recently returned from the International Satellite & Communications Exchange Conference and Expo held in Long Beach, Calif., in late August, I was struck by the positive […]

Telenor Satellite Services (TSS) CEO Tore Hilde believes the land mobile arena will offer the satellite operator numerous opportunities in the coming years. While maritime will continue to be the […]

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK] has completed its share buy back program, buying back over 13 million shares. The completion of the program was announced on Sept. 3. Andrew Browne, […]

The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who is likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up […]

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], the contractor in charge of construction and testing of the NOAA-N Prime satellite, is working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National […]

SES Astra, a Luxembourg-based satellite operator, has signed a partnership agreement with News Equipe, a Dutch-German provider of satellite news gathering services. As part of the agreement, SES Astra will […]

Hughes Network Systems, a broadband satellite subsidiary of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has joined the Wi-Fi Alliance, a non-profit organization formed to certify interoperability of IEEE 802.11 products and to […]

Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat agreed to work with Locatel, a French integrator of audiovisual technology services, to offer digital delivery of video rental films to hotels. The deal calls for […]

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) has won a contract from EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] to build an A2100 geosynchronous satellite for the satellite TV company. The satellite, […]

Hughes Network Systems, a subsidiary of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has signed a three-year agreement with Canadian satellite operator Telesat to provide technical support for Telesat’s telecommunications and broadcasting services […]

A Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-built Titan IV B rocket lifted off Tuesday morning at 12:29 a.m. EDT carrying a classified payload for the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance […]

Intelsat Global Sales & Marketing and TVNZ Satellite Services have agreed tojoin forces in the occasional use broadcast services business. This alliance is designed to leverage the strengths of each […]

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Boeing [NYSE:BA] have signed a letter of intent signaling the air carrier’s plan to install the Connexion by Boeing satellite Internet service on its […]

International Launch Services (ILS) has signed an agreement to launch the Amazonas satellite covering Latin America for Spanish satellite operator Hispasat of Spain on a Proton/Breeze M rocket next year. […]

French launch services firm Arianespace has signed a contract with SES Astra to launch the Astra 1KR telecommunications satellite. Financial terms of the deal weren’t released. The launch of Astra […]

ARINC and Telenor Satellite Services [Nasdaq: TELN] have signed an agreement that creates what the companies characterize as the world’s largest alliance of aeronautical service providers. Under the agreement, Telenor […]

The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who is likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up […]

Week of Aug. 29 – Sept. 4, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Sept. 4 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 3.1 13.1 […]

Satellite ground systems provider Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS] signed a pact to buy the intellectual property rights, inventory and other assets of the former Jackson & Tull Satellite Ground Systems […]

Spacenet, a U.S. subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF], has signed a deal with Valero Energy [NYSE: VLO] to provide a broadband satellite communications network for the company’s 4,000 […]

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], the Netherlands-based global satellite communications company, has completed its share repurchase program, acquiring a total of 13,057,024 ordinary shares at a cost of approximately $54.0 […]

Merrimac Industries [AMEX: MRM] has signed a deal with Boeing [NYSE: BA] that could reach a value of $4.4 million to supply its Beamforming Networks and RF/Microwave signal processing components […]