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New York-based Loral Space & Communications [OTC BB: LRLSQ] plans to begin limited service on its Telstar 14/Estrela do Sul 1 satellite in March. The satellite had trouble deploying one...

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. Romain Bausch,...

Marlink has launched new Regional Broadband Global Area Network (Regional BGAN) service, which offers always on IP connectivity at data speeds of up to 144 Kbps via a secure channel....

Shin Satellite’s board of directors has approved the purchase of Teleinfo Media Company (TMC), the publisher of Yellow and White Pages directories in Thailand, by Shin subsidiary CS Loxinfo (CSL)....

Arianespace completed Wednesday the integration of the equipment bay and the storable propellants stage for the Feb. 26 launch of the European Space Agency‘s Rosetta comet probe aboard an Ariane...

Wilton, Conn.-based PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] announced that Galaxy 13/Horizons-1, the company’s recently launched 24th satellite, has successfully completed in-orbit testing and is operational, delivering cable, video and VSAT services throughout...

Dulles, Va.-based SkyBitz has signed up five new trucking customers for its satellite-based trailer tracking and information management service — Southern Cal Transport, Fugro Chance, On Time Transportation, Royal Freight...

Minneapolis-based Alliant Techsystems [NYSE: ATK] has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Commercial Space Systems to supply composite satellite components for the company’s A2100 communications satellite series. The...

Nick Stubbs has been appointed managing director of Astra Marketing France, the French affiliate of satellite operator SES Astra, a unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG]. Prior to joining SES...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth satellite observing systems are being used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to improve the accuracy and timeliness of...