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Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] used its Pegasus rocket to launch a scientific satellite, SCISAT-1, for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Canadian Space Agency. Yesterday’s […]

Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH], fueled by a gain of 270,000 net new subscribers, boosted its second quarter 2003 revenues to $1.41 billion, up 21 percent from $1.17 billion […]

Comtech Telecommunications‘ [Nasdaq: CMTL] Tempe, Ariz.-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data, has received a $1million contract for its high-speed satellite modems from an undisclosed customer. Comtech officials said the company’s modems […]

Arianespace announced that it is postponing the launch of three satellites aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from its Spaceport in French Guiana from Aug. 28 to Sept. 3. The company […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and U.S. Air Force officials again have delayed the launch of the Defense Satellite Communications System spacecraft (DSCS III B6) from the Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch […]

Sea Launch, a joint venture of Boeing [NYSE: BA] and international partners, has received a contract from XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] to launch the XM-4 satellite on a Zenit […]

Gilat Satellite Networks’ [Nasdaq: GILTF] Spacenet has been selected by RTM Restaurant Group to provide a broadband VSAT network to its Arby‘s restaurants and other fast food restaurant locations. Arby’s […]

Cost controls, stabilizing prices and additional capacity allowed Dutch satellite services provider New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK] to post higher earnings and revenues for the second quarter, compared with the […]

Week of August 1 – 7, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Aug. 7 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.43 (22.9) (11.6) […]

StarBand Communications is hoping to improve satellite broadband’s customer experience with the launch of its new StarBand 480 Pro satellite modem. StarBand is the broadband partnership of satellite TV company […]

PGS Geophysical of Norway has renewed its global satellite communications agreement with Telenor Satellite Services through June 2005. Telenor began providing communications via satellite to PGS in 1995. The current […]

Intelsat has appointed Stephen Spengler as a vice president for sales at its largest customer segment unit–the data, carrier and Internet segment. The company also named Ashley Fernandes as a […]

The Federal Communications Commission has ended its long-standing “Alaska Bush” satellite earth station policy and instead is allowing open-entry, facilities-based telecom competition in Alaska’s rural communities. The Alaska Bush communities […]

Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB], a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based GPS products maker, has been chosen as the primary GPS timing supplier for Cattron-Theimeg’s ACCUSPEED locomotive radio remote control system. The system allows rail […]

New York-based A&E Television Networks has signed a long-term service agreement with SES Americom for follow-on C-band transponder capacity on AMC-11, the successor satellite to Satcom C-3. Beginning in 2004, […]

Orbcomm, a Dulles, Va.-based satellite communications company, has signed an agreement to provide data communication services for the GPS products with GEOTrac Systems is developing for oil and transportation companies […]

By Christopher Baugh Satellite-based video distribution is, and perhaps always will be, paramount to satellite industry success. Video represents the vast majority of revenue for virtually every satellite operator worldwide. […]

By Raul R. Rodriguez & Philip A. Bonomo The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently completed the most sweeping reform of its space station licensing process in more than two decades. […]

The regional Bell operating companies’ latest strategy for providing video service appears to be teaming with direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service providers. Both SBC [NYSE: SBC] and Qwest [NYSE: Q] […]

Despite an industry-wide downturn, aeronautical satellite communication services are gaining momentum. Offering aeronautical services can be a “very sound business for service providers who own and operate a global network […]

CSI Wireless [TSX: CSY], a Calgary, Canada-based designer and manufacturer of wireless and GPS products, has successfully closed an offering of 3,305,750 stock and warrant units. The units were issued […]

DirecTV, the satellite TV unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) dismissing their claims against each […]

Bell ExpressVu, the satellite TV unit of Canada’s BCE [NYSE: BCE], is expanding its efforts to combat television signal theft with a series of new initiatives to be launched this […]

Miami-Dade (Fla.) Fire Rescue has selected Mobile Satellite Ventures’ (MSV) voice and radio-dispatch services as a component of its new command vehicle design. Operating on a push-to-talk principle, MSV’s two-way, […]

SkyStream Networks, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of video networking solutions to satellite operators and telecom providers, has secured additional private funding from strategic investors. Investors include Comcast Interactive Capital, AOL […]

Communications spending rebounded 3.3 percent to $608.7 billion in 2002, driven primarily by consumer spending on media such as cable & satellite television, filmed entertainment and video games, according to […]

An American Automobile Association study recommends that hands-free GPS navigation systems be used in vehicles because they are safer and less districting than paper maps. Unlike a paper map or […]

Satellite Newspapers Worldwide, a Netherlands-based satellite distributor of digital newspaper editions, has signed a distribution agreement with the Chicago Tribune for the paper to be delivered via satellite to newspaper-vending […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] will build and deliver a fourth Boeing 702 satellite for XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], the Washington, D.C.-based satellite radio services provider. The satellite, designated XM-4, will […]

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications solutions, has been awarded a contract from engineering, construction, and project management firm Bechtel in support of the U.S. government’s […]