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International Launch Services is scheduled to launch the Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On (UFO) F-11mobile communications satellite for the U.S. Navy onboard an Atlas III at 9:38 p.m. EST on Dec. 15...

Fueling of the AMOS 2 satellite for Arianespace/Starsem Flight ST12 is complete, and the spacecraft is now ready for integration on its Soyuz/Fregat launch vehicle. Liftoff of the telecommunications satellite,...

SiRF Technology’s SiRFstarIIe/LP global positioning system (GPS) technology has been incorporated into DeLorme‘s new Earthmate GPS receiver with Bluetooth. With SiRF’s location technology, Earthmate helps people determine where they are,...

Foxtel, a Sydney, Australia-based digital cable and satellite television company, is expanding its digital TV services offering following approval by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) of a third-party...

DRS Technologies [NYSE: DRS], a Parsippany, N.J.-based aerospace products company, has named Ervin T. Kiriu as vice president of its Electronic Systems Group. Kiriu will be responsible for the implementation...

CSI Wireless [TSX: CSY], a Calgary, Alberta-based GPS device manufacturer, has introduced two new GPS products for the global aerial guidance market. The LiteStar II is an entry-level guidance system...

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group There’s still time to enter SN’s PR & Marketing Awards, which are among the industry’s most privileged...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] officials announced Wednesday the successful rollout and vehicle erection of the first Delta IV heavy launcher at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The mission is scheduled...

Tenzing Communications and ARINC have signed an agreement to provide airlines with in-flight email connectivity via satellite. Airlines that want to enable their aircraft for e-mail can do so by...

International Launch Services (ILS) has received authorization to begin operations for the launch of a new classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-built...