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Week of Jan. 31 – Feb. 6, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Feb. 6 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.56 (8.0) […]

Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has downgraded Telesat Canada’s debt rating. S&P analyst Barbara Komjathy said the company’s biggest challenge is excess capacity on satellite and fiber-optic networks, which could […]

Epicus, a subsidiary of Phoenix International Industries [PHXU], has signed a comprehensive joint sales and marketing agreement with Satellite Solutions, a DirecTV reseller. The agreement enables Epicus (West Palm Beach, […]

ViaSat [VSAT] has received a delivery order from ARINC for initial production quantities of SKYLink airborne integrated satellite communications terminals. The contract includes delivery of terminals for corporate jets built […]

Alexis Livanos is leaving his position as an executive vice president of Boeing Satellite Systems division to join Northop Grumman [NOC]. In his post as vice president of program operations […]

New Skies Satellites N.V. [NSK], a global satellite operator based in the Hague, the Netherlands, plans to change the orbital assignment for its yet-to-be launched NSS-8 satellite. The spacecraft originally […]

New York’s Loral Space & Communications [LOR] is acknowledging for the first time that claims against it by France-based Alcatel Space could have a “material” impact on its financial picture. […]

European fixed satellite service (FSS) operator Eutelsat has rarely been out of the headlines in recent months. Last month, it saw the Ariane 5 fail to place its HOT BIRD […]

CapRock Services Corp., established in 1981 to provide satellite communications services to the oil and gas community, just added Oceaneering International Inc. [OII] to its customer base. CapRock’s IP Xpress […]

By Joe Pelton The recent Columbia disaster, as tragic as it was, has highlighted the danger of the U.S. relying too heavily on the space shuttle for access to space. […]

The dramatic impact of the Challenger explosion on the U.S. launch and satellite industries will not be repeated in the aftermath of the Columbia disaster, experts say. When the Challenger […]

Space Imaging will be pursuing future opportunities with 65 fewer employees after layoffs there last Thursday. The company’s board of directors approved the cuts and also backed plans to secure […]

Despite reports that Bell giant SBC [NYSE: SBC] is in discussions to buy satellite TV operator DirecTV Inc., Lehman Brothers analysts think a deal is unlikely. Blake Bath, a Lehman […]

Littleton, Colo-based EchoStar Communication Corp. [Nasdaq: DISH] and Atlanta-based EarthLink [Nasdaq: ELNK], the nation’s third-largest Internet service provider, have agreed to team up to bundle EchoStar’s DISH Network digital satellite […]

Peregrine Semiconductor, a supplier of high-performance integrated circuits for satellite, wireless and wireline communications, has raised $7.5 million in the third and final tranche of its $23 million series A1 […]

Sutron has received a $445,000 contract for a meteorlogical-hydrological project from Venezuelan electricity provider CVG Electrificacion del Caroni (EDELCA). Under the contract, Sutron (Sterling, Va.) will provide remote hydro-met stations […]

Aether Systems [Nasdaq: AETH], a provider of satellite-based mobile fleet tracking products, has signed a contract with truckload carrier TRL (Pittson, Pa.) to convert its entire fleet of 600 trucks […]

Integrated Services Group (ISVG) and Global Pocket PC Solutions have signed a letter of intent under which Integrated Services will acquire Global Pocket PC Solutions for an undisclosed consideration. Global […]

Don’t miss the world’s largest satellite industry conference and exhibition! SATELLITE 2003 February 26 – 28, 2003 Washington Convention Center Washington, DC http://www.satellite2003.com SATELLITE 2003 is the industry event where […]

Space Imaging has laid off 65 of its 370 employees in a restructuring aimed at realigning its business model. The company’s board of directors approved the cuts and plans to […]

European Space Agency (ESA) director general Antonio Rodota told SATELLITE TODAY that the delay in the Rosetta mission was necessary despite the costs. “The costs could be in the range […]

For three decades, satellite communications systems have played a key role in international and long-distance telecommunications services. This role, however, has been largely that of a support facility rather than […]

A technical problem caused Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Air Force to delay the planned launch Monday of the defense satellite communications system (DSCS) spacecraft, DSCS III A3, aboard […]

Sea Launch is reviewing the safety of an engine used in its Zenit-3SL rocket that is similar to an engine that failed on a Proton rocket launch in late 2002. […]

SeaSpace said it is introducing the first completely transportable ground station for simultaneous reception and processing of data from geostationary and low Earth orbit meteorological satellites. The TeraScan terminal provides […]

Tandberg Television [Norway: TAT], which supplies open solutions for digital broadcasting, is introducing the Earlybird conditional access system for direct-to-home satellite, cable and terrestrial broadcasting. Tandberg (Lysaker, Norway), in partnership […]

Don’t miss the world’s largest satellite industry conference and exhibition! SATELLITE 2003 February 26 – 28, 2003 Washington Convention Center Washington, DC http://www.satellite2003.com SATELLITE 2003 is the industry event where […]

New Skies Satellites N.V. [NYSE: NSK], a global satellite operator based in the Hague, the Netherlands, plans to change the orbital assignment for its yet-to-be launched NSS-8 satellite. The spacecraft […]

Alexis Livanos is leaving his position as an executive vice president of Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] Boeing Satellite Systems division to join Northop Grumman [NYSE: NOC]. In his post as vice […]

ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT] has received a delivery order from ARINC for initial production quantities of SKYLink airborne integrated satellite communications terminals. The contract includes delivery of terminals for corporate jets […]