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Or, Is That What That Dish-Shaped Thing Actually Does? By James Careless Admit it: most people can’t explain how a satellite earth station works in plain English, including many technicians...

To hell and back: when it comes to satellite news gathering (SNG) in Afghanistan, that phrase is an understatement. Yet the life-and-death risks run by SNG crews rarely make the...

by Armand Musey The growth of satellite industry is being increasingly driven by the proliferation of direct-to-home (DTH) satellite services. Currently millions of people watch some form of DTH service...

The enormous radome at Andover, ME, is gone. It was erected and operated by Bell Labs and AT&T Long Lines in the early 1960s as part of the Telstar project....

Eutelsat has increased its stake in Hispasat to 27.69 percent from 21.15 percent. Eutelsat initially signed an agreement with Hispasat last August to take a 21.15 percent stake. The increased...

Mobile phone and data service provider Globalstar announced earlier this month that it had 66,000 subscribers at the end of 2001, an increase 12 percent over the previous quarter. The...

Intelsat has signed a 10-year agreement with Katelco, the authorized provider of satellite direct-to-home (DTH) services in Kazakhstan, to deliver television and high-speed Internet services to the business and residential...

Polish TV channels Tele 5 Poland and Polonia 1 have been launched on an Astra satellite located at 19.2 degrees East longitude under a deal between SES Astra and Polish...

The broadband joint venture between SES Global, Alcatel Space and Gilat Satellite Networks is expected to take the European broadband market by storm. After all, the world’s biggest satellite operator...

U.S.-based PanAmSat is looking to expand using its $900 million in cash and available bank credit. And Europe would be a natural arena for that expansion. The operator, which announced...