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Telenor Satellite Services has signed a three-year agreement with Brittany Ferries to provide high-speed data communications via satellite. Under terms of the agreement, Telenor will provide Ku-band service for two...

With consolidated revenues estimated at $6.15 billion in 2003, the 36 satellite operators of the fixed satellite service (FSS) industry experienced a slight fall in revenues (- 1 percent), as...

HONOLULU–As telecom, broadcast, consumer and enterprise markets begin to recover from their recent business lows, the world’s global expendable launch vehicle (ELV) providers are poised to ramp up their launch...

OptiStreams, a Fresno, Calif.-based private satellite network provider, has introduced a new line of wired and wireless networking hardware designed for consumer, small office/home office and small business users of...

China plans to launch 10 satellites this year as part of a significant expansion of its space program, according to a Chinese aerospace official quoted in Business Daily Update. The...

Waltham, Mass.-based aerospace giant Raytheon [NYSE: RTN] has been awarded a $7.6 million engineering and manufacturing development contract to supply anti-jam GPS receivers to the U.S. Air Force‘s C-130 avionics...

ORBIMAGE, the Dulles, Va.-based satellite imagery provider, has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company announced last week. As part of the final reorganization plan, all existing notes and...

On Saturday, Sea Launch successfully deployed the Telstar 14/Estrela do Sul 1 communications satellite into orbit. A Zenit-3SL rocket lifted off at 8:13 p.m. PDT from the Odyssey Launch Platform,...

DirecTV, a unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: HS], achieved its highest quarterly subscriber growth by connecting 861,000 total customers during the fourth quarter. This translates into 405,000 net new subscribers...

News Corp’s completion of its long-anticipated acquisition of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], its coveted satellite television unit DirecTV, and other subsidiaries offers a host of potential advantages for the combined...