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The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite expects to experience a blackout in the transmission of its scientific data this week that will last for two to three weeks. Engineers...

OrbView 3, a high-resolution imaging satellite developed and built by Orbital Sciences Corp. [NYSE: ORB], is scheduled to be launched Thursday aboard a Pegasus rocket. Orbital Imaging (ORBIMAGE) will be...

Delegates to the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) now underway in Geneva reached a preliminary agreement that will lower the minimum dish size for fixed satellite services (FSS) in the 13.75-14...

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William C. Pratt has been named chief information officer (CIO) at New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI]. Pratt joins Sirius from McGraw-Hill Education, where he served as senior vice...

Rio Grande Electric Cooperative (RGEC) is using satellite communications to monitor energy conditions across its rural energy distribution network. As part of its new enterprise energy management system, the Texas-based...

Alcatel Space and SkyBridge, subsidiaries of Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA], have agreed to take a combined 17.9 percent stake in SatLynx, a European satellite broadband venture formed by SES Global...

Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has agreed to provide Czech telecommunications firm GiTy with a DirecWay broadband satellite network, including...

The launch of the second Mars Exploration Rovers, named “Opportunity,” aboard a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., has been delayed until “no earlier” than June...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced Monday that it had completed the integrated baseline review for the Global Positioning System (GPS) control segment. Boeing is responsible for the development of the new...