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The global space industry continued to grow in 2003, fueled by a significant increase in U.S. military contracts and continued growth in its commercial markets. According to the 2004 State...

SES Americom, the Princeton, N.J.-based satellite operating subsidiary of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], has conducted its last operations on the GSTAR-4 satellite. The company is de-orbiting the satellite more than...

The U.S. Navy has accepted delivery of the 11th UHF Follow-On (UFO) spacecraft, built by Boeing [NYSE: BA], following the satellite’s completion of its in-orbit test program. The satellite, which...

Scopus Network Technologies, an Israel-based supplier of digital compression technology to the broadcasting industry, has signed an agreement to supply German business services provider T-Systems, a Deutsche Telekom [NYSE: DT]...

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], a Netherlands-based satellite communications company, has signed a 10-year agreement with Telenor Satellite Services, a Norway-based provider of satellite communications services, for Pacific Ocean region...

PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] Tuesday reported positive fourth quarter and year-end 2003 financial results. Total revenues for 2003 rose 2.3 percent to $831.0 million, up from $812.3 million in 2002. Earnings...

Wilton, Conn.-based PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] will gain an infusion of revenue from a new multi-year, multi-satellite transponder agreement with Fox Entertainment Group, which recently gained an ownership stake in PanAmSat’s...

Nicolas de Ledinghen, 43, has been named vice president of the Navigation and Aeronautical Communications Business Unit at Paris-based Alcatel Space. He is in charge of all activities in this...

Telenor Svalbard has opened the world’s northernmost fiber-optic broadband access network at 78 degrees North, serving the citizens and businesses of Longyearbyen, Norway. Svalbard’s broadband access is supplied in partnership...

PlanetLink Communications [OTC BB: PLKC], a Cumming, Ga.-based provider of satellite-based products and services, has begun the field-testing phase of its PlanetTRAKS GPS product. Twelve PlanetTRAKS units will be installed...