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Harris [NYSE: HRS] has inked a deal with Ottawa-based Telesat Canada to provide a satellite command and control system to support BS 601 and E3000 satellite bus types. Telesat operates...

The University of Miami‘s CSTARS Facility has signed a receiving station contract with Mississippi-based RESOURCE 21 and Chantilly, Va.-based SPOT Image for data reception from the SPOT 2 and 4...

The European Space Agency‘s second microsatellite, Proba-2, is expected to be ready for launch early in 2006. Proba-2, a similar satellite to the Proba-1 spacecraft launched in October 2001, will...

EchoStar Communications‘ [Nasdaq: DISH] DISH Network has reached a milestone by selling its one millionth digital video recorder (DVR). Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar said its DISH Network is the fastest growing...

The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who is likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up...

The Telecom Marketing Awards presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs of the past year....

The in-orbit failure of Loral Skynet‘s Telstar 4 satellite poses significant financial consequences. The company yesterday declared the satellite a “total loss” and announced plans to seek $141 million from...

A recently released report from Northern Sky Research concludes that after an average of 90 satellites were launched annually during 1995-2000, an average of 60 launches a year is expected...

Personal video recording (PVR) devices are the weapon of choice for direct broadcast satellite (DBS) operators, while video-on-demand (VOD) technology is the favored weapon of cable TV in the battle...

Raytheon [NYSE: RTN] has been selected to develop the next-generation militarized GPS system with anti-jam and stealth capabilities for the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The...