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Intelsat Government Solutions has been awarded a subcontract to provide a turnkey satellite communications system to support Bechtel National Inc.’s effort in coordinating the U.S. infrastructure reconstruction program in Iraq....

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has recently awarded contracts worth C$65 million (US$50 million) in space technology contracts to the Canadian aerospace industry. Forty contracts valued at C$17.4 million (US$13.4...

An Atlas IIAS rocket successfully lifted off Tuesday at 2:04 a.m. PST (10:04 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying a national security payload for the U.S. Air Force and...

Stratos Global [Toronto: SGB], a Bethesda, Md.-based telecommunication provider, and Inmarsat, a London-based mobile satellite operator, have renewed their distribution agreement under which Stratos will distribute Inmarsat services using next-generation...

Hughes Network Systems [NYSE: GSH], a Germantown, Md.-based provider of broadband satellite products, is introducing its latest DirecWay terminal, the DW6000, into the European market. The DW6000 eliminates the requirement...

Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB], a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based GPS device provider, and CNH Global [NYSE: CNH], a Lake Forest Ill.-based agricultural equipment provider, are teaming to design and develop automated steering systems...

2003 SATELLITE NEWS’ PR & Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Satellite Group SN’s PR & Marketing Awards are among the industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best satellite PR...

by Gerry Oberst Throughout recent issues, this column has described European space and satellite policy. To complete the picture of these past topics it is also useful to focus on...

by Douglas Graham The year 2003 was no banner year for satellite broadband but it is the prelude for stronger business waters. In 2003, however, satellite remained a ship without...

Peter J. Brown With its ability to instantly deliver Internet Protocol (IP)-based video, voice and data anywhere in the world, the satellite industry is simply giving the public and private...