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Mainstream Data and European Pressphoto Agency have signed an agreement under which Mainstream (Salt Lake City) will provide the agency with satellite communication solutions for delivery of its picture service...

SoundWorks International [OTC: SODW] has acquired White Springs Media, a company formed to own and operate an earth station satellite up-link facility in White Springs, Fla. SoundWorks (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) intends...

Comtech Telecommunications [Nasdaq: CMTL] has finalized a contract with an unidentified U.S. government contractor for satellite-based location tracking and messaging system and services. The $23.5 million contract, which was awarded...

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a provider of ship-to-shore satellite communications, has signed an agreement to use capacity on New Skies Satellites‘ [NYSE: NSK] NSS-5 satellite over the Pacific Ocean. Through...

Orbital Recovery has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers as its financial advisor, with responsibility for leading the company through its final funding round for its new Geosynch Spacecraft Life Extension System (SLES). In...

The last of the Ariane 4 rockets was launched Saturday with the Intelsat 907 satellite onboard. Intelsat ranks as the heaviest user of Arianespace‘s services and has had more than...

The malfunction of a Russian Proton rocket launch last November is unlikely to affect Sea Launch’s procedures and launch schedule, according to a Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB). Sea Launch’s...

The $30 million purchase of Maritime Telecommunications Networks (MTN), a Miramir, Fla.-based provider of offshore satellite communication services, offers “very good value” and strong growth potential, said David Moross, chairman...

By Roger Rusch Planning for 2003 requires an assessment of what the future holds. While prognostication is an inexact science, we can extrapolate certain trends. Present conditions and “external forces”...

Boeing’s [BA] Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Connexion by Boeing units last week successfully demonstrated a number of enhancements to the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). The enhancements are intended...