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PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT]COO Jim Frownfelter is optimistic market conditions will turn around in 2004, although he concedes this year is likely to be tough. PanAmSat recently issued some encouraging first...

WildBlue Communications announced Tuesday that Liberty Satellite & Technology [OTC:LSTTA], Intelsat, National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and David Drucker, WildBlue’s chairman, have finalized their $156...

Calian Technology [Toronto: CTY] announced Monday that its Systems Engineering Division has received new contracts that increase the division’s backlog of signed work to over $71 million through March. The...

Toshiba America Electronic Components has launched a single-chip, high-definition digital multimedia decoder device with an integrated 64-bit 200 MHz MIPS-based reduced instruction set computer TX49 central processing unit, an MPEG-2...

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq:GCOM], a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based provider of satellite-based products, landed a $4.2 million turnkey direct-to-home infrastructure contract from an unidentified U.S. customer. Under the terms of the contract, Globecomm...

Problems with engine-lining material prompted National Aeronautics and Space Administration managers to postpone the launch of the space infrared telescope facility (SIRTF) satellite aboard a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II...

Satellite communications firm Intelsat has opened a field office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, pushing to 13 its number of customer service centers worldwide. Intelsat UAE, as the office in...

Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] reported one of its strongest recent quarters last week with results that outperformed the expectations of Wall Street analysts across a range of financial metrics. Rising...

The U.S. military’s Global Positioning System (GPS) offers a ready-made satellite constellation that Olathe, Kan.-based Garmin International has been exploiting commercially. The company is supporting a growing number of consumer...

AsiaSat 4 is settling into its geostationary orbital position at 122 degrees East Longitude after a successful April 11 launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard an Atlas IIIB rocket operated...