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HONOLULU–Asia represents one of the world’s largest markets for satellite products and services, with 67 commercial satellites transmitting to a third of the world’s population. Asian satellite operators “may be...

HONOLULU–Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), the commercial satellite arm of Boeing [NYSE: BA], has used current global market circumstances to “look at what is really core to our business,” President Randy...

Serbian network BK TV, Hungarian broadcaster Duna TV, and Poland’s TVP3 have selected the GlobeCast WorldTV direct-to-home platform on Telstar 5 for subscription satellite distribution in the United States. GlobeCast’s...

Intelsat has signed an agreement with REACH, a joint venture between Hong Kong-based PCCW [NYSE: PCW] and Australia’s Telstra Corp. [NYSE: TLS], to lease teleport services from REACH’s Stanley Teleport...

HONOLULU–Boeing Launch Services, operator of the Sea Launch and Delta launch vehicle families, has scheduled 20 launches for 2003, BLS vice president Jane Schnaars said here Monday. The 2003 run...

HONOLULU–Although the global march toward digital television continues, it has slowed down due to global economic woes, which are causing regional and global satellite operators to adjust their sales and...

HONOLULU–As the world’s commercial expendable launch vehicle (ELV) companies struggle to regain their footing following a year of plummeting prices for their services and a series of high-profile rocket failures,...

HONOLULU–The Asian market will be good for up to six new commercial satellite orders over the next 24 months, according to projections from two key executives of Loral Space and...

The one-of-a-kind Rosetta satellite that was developed to become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet will need to chase a different comet than originally planned. The change in...

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] officials expect the company’s subscriber numbers to top 1.1 million by the end of this year. The outlook is buoyed by General Motors [GM] offering XM...