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WASHINGTON, DC — Launch industry officials and analysts offered little hope for a quick turnaround in the beleaguered launch sector because of drastically curtailed demand, according to a March 11...

Gilat Satellite Networks [GILTF] last week announced the resignations of its co-founders, Chairman and CEO Yoel Gat and President Amiram Levinberg. The resignations will take effect at the April meeting...

GlobeCast, the satellite services unit of France Telecom [FTE], said China’s national broadcaster CCTV-9 is now available on its digital DTH Hot Bird platform as part of French satellite bouquet...

Hughes Network Systems Europe (HNSE) has signed a multi-year contract with Virtual Music Stores (VMS) for DirecWay broadband satellite services. VMS will use DirecWay to distribute music content to its...

The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. is eliminating 1,700 jobs at its Space Division. The division reported a loss of 268 million euros ($296 million) in 2002 because of...

Canada’s CLC-Camint is using DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellite imagery to identify individual tree crowns in forest areas. With the ability to delineate and classify tree crowns, forestry professionals will have a...

InterWAVE Communications International [IWAV] has received a $1.6 million order from Vodacom Congo for a GSM network with an advanced satellite compression capabilities. InterWAVE said the network expects to provide...

The Canadian government is investing $75 million over five years that will allow the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) to improve the quality of its forecasts and its service to...

U.K. antenna supplier Sarantel has launched a surface mount version of its GeoHelix miniature Global Positioning System antenna. Sarantel’s GeoHelix-S can be mounted directly onto GPS circuit boards, simplifying production...

Weakness in the share price of Orbital Sciences [ORB] is unwarranted and stems from “general confusion” around the company’s plan to increase its outstanding shares from 80 million to 200...