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By Jimmy Schaeffler DirecTV, the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) unit of News Corp [NYSE: NWS]-controlled Hughes Electronics [NYSE: HS], posted impressive subscriber year-end 2003 subscriber numbers. The results, released just...

Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG] expects to see significant revenue growth from 2005 onwards. On the other hand, the company anticipates tough market conditions in 2004. The operator...

Week of Jan. 16 – 22, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Jan. 22 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.79 (0.7) 18.2...

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB] has been awarded two contracts from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to provide Global Positioning System (GPS) surveying and mapping systems. The GPS equipment will...

Intelsat has extended until Jan. 27, 5 p.m. EST, the expiration date of its offer to exchange its 5.25 percent senior notes due 2008 and its 6.5 percent senior notes...

The Denver-based remote sensing firm Space Imaging has received a contract to continue providing geographic information services (GIS) to the U.S. Forest Service‘s regional office in Vallejo, Calif., its Remote...

France’s Netupsat has signed an agreement with SES Astra to use the Astra satellite system to provide high-speed Internet services. Labeled “Netbysky,” the high- speed Internet service via Astra’s 19.2-degree...

XM Satellite Radio Holdings [Nasdaq: XMSR] announced Friday that it has priced at $26.50 per share an underwritten public offering of 20 million shares of its Class A common stock,...

The U.S. Air Force‘s Milsatcom Joint Program Office has awarded two risk reduction/system definition contracts for the Transformational Communications Milsatcom (TCM) system to Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Satellite...

UK-based antenna supplier Sarantel has been awarded a contract to supply its miniature GPS antenna to communications firm Savox for use in its “track-mate” GPS module. The new track-mate, developed...