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10,000 transponders in use by 2003 -Euroconsult guardedly optimistic Chris Bulloch Paris The Paris-based space consultancy Euroconsult kicked off its two-day conference on Financing for Satellite Communications and Broadcasting (August...

Interspace’s In-Depth Study of European Satellite Activity, Compiled by Mike Fallon D = Digital A = Analogue 78.5 degreesE: Thaicom 2 & 3 D PTV World, PTV3 and PTV News...

Discussions between News Corp and General Motors over the Hughes-owned DirecTV remained “difficult and inconclusive,” according to News Corp’s annual report issued last Friday. The report also showed that Rupert...

Echostar recently announced it will invest $50 million to increase its interest in Starband to 32 percent. Starband is a Ku-band two-way high-speed Internet access service that is targeting the...

By Gerry Oberst In February 2001, this column described ongoing efforts by European officials to review the regulatory situation in the satellite sector. That effort was labeled the comprehensive satellite...

By Scott Chase What goes up, must come down. In most cases, that old saying rings true. For a dozen aeronautical engineering students from Purdue University working on new ways...

By Peter J. Brown The capabilities and feature sets that can be found in today’s satellite-oriented network management systems (NMS) are remarkable. While the monitoring and control (M&C) software component...

By Robert Nelson Most communications satellites operate from the geostationary orbit, since from this orbit a satellite appears to hover over one point on the equator. An earth station antenna...

By David Hartshorn Here is a wager for you: stop a satellite industry sales executive in the hallway and ask him or her to rank regions in terms of potential...

By James Careless Distance learning via satellite: these days, it’s everywhere. In fact, as the following case studies show, distance learning via satellite is being widely embraced by all sectors...