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Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS] has been awarded a contract from Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Azusa, Calif., to develop the SBIRS- High Payload Diagnostic System, a high-Earth orbiting component of […]

Globalstar Canada Satellite, the Mississauga, Ontario, Ca. – based provider of global mobile satellite telecommunication services in Canada, has acquired all shares of Globalstar Canada Holding from Shaw Communications [NYSE:SJR]. […]

Smith Micro Software [Nasdaq: SMSI], a Aliso Viejo, Calif. -based developer of software and service communications for the wireless market, has agreed to supply data connectivity accessory kits to Thuraya […]

Flight Explorer, Arlington, Va.- based provider of Internet-based flight tracking and information systems, and Blue Sky Network, a La Jolla, Calif.-based satellite communications company, are partnering to provide worldwide satellite-based […]

London-based mobile satellite service provider Inmarsat now derives more than half of its revenues from mobile data services, according to President and CEO Michael Storey. And this growth in data […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq:DISH] Tuesday reported 2003 first-quarter revenues of $1.36 billion, a 23 percent increase from $1.1 billion for the same period in 2002. The company’s earnings before interest, taxes, […]

Americom Government Services (AGS) and Japan’s JSAT Corp. (JSAT) have signed a business collaboration agreement to support each company’s pursuit and execution of U.S. government-related satellite-based communications services in the […]

Delphi Product & Service Solutions, a unit of Delphi Corp. [NYSE: DPH], has signed up mass retailer Wal-Mart [NYSE: WMT] to sell Delphi XM SKYFi radios and other products in […]

EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG] said it has delivered ahead of schedule an engineering model of the beam-forming network (BFN) for the U.S. Department of Defense‘s advanced EHF satellite system. The […]

Satellite service providers have made limited inroads in the enterprise IP data networking market, notes Northern Sky Research in its latest series of research report entitled “Satellite IP Data Services […]

Week of April 25 – May 1, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol May 1 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.23 5.1 […]

Launch of the AMC-9 satellite has been delayed by about 30 days after the April 26 planned lift-off was postponed due to a technical problem with a component on the […]

Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences Corporation [NYSE: ORB] successfully launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite April 28 aboard the company’s Pegasus rocket. The 312-kilogram […]

SI International [Nasdaq: SINT], a Reston, Va.-based provider of information technology and space system products and services, has been awarded a contract with a potential value of $24 million to […]

Marlink has signed a three-year agreement with Kyma Ship Management, of Miami, Fla., to provide satellite communications onboard the TSS Topaz cruise ship. The vessel will be under charter for […]

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a contract by Japan’s JSAT Corp. to build an A2100 geostationary telecommunications satellite. Financial terms were not disclosed. The satellite, designated JCSAT-9, will […]

Revenues generated by Canadian firms in providing direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV and multipoint distribution system (MDS) services have soared since 1998, according to statistics released recently by the Canadian Radio-television […]

Maqsat, a Dutch satellite communications provider, has joined the Europe*Star gateway program. The program, consisting of network providers, national telecom providers and independent teleport operations, provides access to Europe*Star’s satellites. […]

The community of Coffman Cove, Alaska, has selected SkyFrames [OTC Bulletin Board: SKYU] to install and coordinate the implementation of a satellite broadband network that will provide a 2-mile broadband […]

Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] has been selected by China Telecommunications to provide a large-scale, satellite-based rural telephony network in Tibet. China Telecom will make an initial purchase of a […]

ICO Global Communications, the troubled London-based mobile satellite startup, appears poised to jumpstart its delayed service launch by agreeing to pay $55 million to buy a controlling interest in the […]

By Steve Symonds Broadband is the “hot button” du jour in the satellite marketplace. Every trade show, seminar, and magazine these days seems to be hyping how broadband services will […]

Princeton, N.J.-based Americom Asia-Pacific is using satellite technology to launch what company officials describe as Mt. Everest’s first Internet café. The Internet café operated at Mt. Everest’s base camp went […]

Rejecting an effort by the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association to overturn an earlier decision, the Federal Communications Commission last week reaffirmed its 2002 order allowing wireless cable operators to […]

Major satellite operators are increasingly turning to fiber optic networks to speed their growth strategies. Once the enemy, fiber is now becoming the friend of satellite executives looking to cut […]

Intelsat Ltd. is targeting opportunities in selected niche business segments after reporting weakened financial results for the first quarter. Intelsat’s net income fell 24 percent to $64.1 million during the […]

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], a Dutch-based satellite communications company, and KMS/FalconStream, a Kuwaiti information technology firm that provides Internet connectivity services via satellite, have signed a long-term multi-transponder, multi-satellite […]

The Indian Space Research Organization will fire its experimental GSLV-2 launch vehicle on May 8 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in India. The GSLV project has the objective of […]

NSI Global [TSX: NGL], a Montreal-based supplier of satellite-based communication systems, announced Monday that its wholly owned subsidiary, Vistar Telecommunications, has licensed intellectual property to Aether Systems for net proceeds […]

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [TSX: MDA] announced Monday that an unidentified customer will purchase satellite imagery from MDA’s RADARSAT International subsidiary for land use mapping and monitoring purposes. The agreement […]