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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...

The two U.S. satellite radio service providers, Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] and New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI], demonstrated last year that fierce head-to-head competition can be...

China Airlines (CAL) became the latest customer of Connexion by Boeing by signing a letter of intent to obtain high-speed connectivity for travelers on the airline’s flights in and out...

By David Hartshorn GENEVA – The recent World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) – a United Nations initiative that aims to bridge the digital and knowledge divides — yielded...

The following are a selection of some of the projects – both planned and operational – that were on display either at the WSIS exhibition or conference and that involve...

Pan-European ISP Tiscali, which recently signed a deal with SatLynx to rollout its Tiscali Sat service in 10 European countries, hopes to extend that partnership if the demand for satellite...

Arianespace has started the year with two key launch contracts from Japanese satellite operator JSAT. Under the contract, Arianespace will launch the JCSAT-9 satellite and another future satellite. Commenting on...