Sea Launch Rocket Suffers Catastrophic Failure
A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL vehicle carrying the NSS-8 satellite for SES New Skies suffered a catastrophic failure Jan. 30, exploding at liftoff. An Internet broadcast of the launch by Sea...
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Sea Launch Rocket Fails, Leaves Provider's Future In Air
A Sea Launch Zenit-3SL vehicle carrying the NSS-8 satellite for SES New Skies suffered a catastrophic failure Jan. 30, exploding at liftoff. As of Wednesday morning, Sea Launch held comment...
More Than 300 Satellite Communications Leaders To Discuss Satellite Technology And Its Impact On Global Communications During SATELLITE 2007
Contact: Jenn Heinold Senior Tradeshow Marketing Manager 301-354-1813 jheinold@accessintel.com Photos available upon request. For Immediate Release More Than 300 Satellite Communications Leaders To Discuss Satellite Technology And Its Impact On...
NSS-8 Launch Delayed Again
Sea Launch has reset the launch of the NSS-8 communications satellite for SES New Skies for Jan. 30, Sea Launch announced. The 37-minute launch window remains set to open at...
Satellite TV Remains Popular In Saudi Arabia
About 93.9 percent of households in Saudi Arabia own a satellite dish, Middle East telecoms consultancy Arab Advisors reported in “Saudi Arabia Media Survey 2007,” released earlier this month. Showtime,...
TerreStar Plans Debt Offering
TerreStar Networks Inc. plans to raise $450 million in funding through the sale of senior secured discount notes due in 2015, TerreStar announced Jan. 29. TerreStar, a majority-owned subsidiary of...
Intelsat To Sell Maryland Teleport
Intelsat plans sell its Silver Spring, Md., teleport, which includes the land, facilities and six antennas ranging in size from 3.8 meters to 10 meters, Intelsat announced Jan. 26. Intelsat...
XM Radio To Be Included With Windows Vista
XM Radio Online will be included in Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows Vista, XM Satellite Radio announced. XM Radio Online provides more than 80 of XM’s channels and will be...
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Resignation Of TerreStar Chairman Comes Amid Shadows Of Unrelated Govt. Probes
The Jan. 23 announcement that Jared “Jerry” Abbruzzese had resigned as chairman of the board for TerreStar Networks Inc. and chairman of TerreStar Global Ltd. coincides with reports that the...
THAAD Succeeds In Test, Intercepts Target Missile
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile defense system intercepted a SCUD-type missile, the first time the system has been tested in the open spaces of the Pacific...