As The World Turned Another Olympian Feat For Satellites
By Robert Wold The reviews are in. Some oracles opined that the Olympics are now “as much about television and show business as they are about sports, and have been...
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WEB EXCLUSIVE: ISPs: Satellites Pushing the Internet Performance Bar Higher
by Peter J. Brown In the ISP world, a new paradigm–“Deliver Data, View Video”–has taken hold, and the broadcast or point-to-multipoint advantages of Internet Protocol (IP)-based transmissions via satellite are...
Satellites and ISPs Carving Out A Niche Service
By Theresa Foley In the last three years, Internet service providers (ISPs) have developed into a promising new customer sector for satellite service providers. Large U.S. consumer ISPs like AOL,...
Alcatel Space Gets Contract For Three Payloads On RSCC Satellites
Alcatel Space said it has signed a subcontract with the Russian Satellite Communications Co. to supply the communications payloads for three satellites that RSCC has under construction in Russia. The...
NASA Seeks Second-generation RLV Proposals
In an effort to reduce the price to space, NASA is pushing forward with proposal requests for the second-generation reusable launch vehicle program. “Technologies developed and tested under the Second...
Beal Aerospace Closes Its Doors
Less than a month after restructuring its rocket program, Andrew Beal, founder and CEO of Beal Aerospace Technologies Inc., stopped production and called it a day for his low-cost rocket....
Expedition One Crew Completes First Week In Space
Two cosmonauts and an astronaut were launched to the International Space Station Oct.31, pioneering a new trend in human space exploration and development. A Soyuz TM-31 rocket roared toward space...
Broadband Industry Obstacles May Not Hinder Market Segment Growth
Internet via satellite providers are hoping to mimic the direct-to-home success and some industry annalists agree that such mirroring will occur if the natural obstacles of capacity and growth are...
Cidera Expands Into Every European Country
Cidera Inc., a supplier of Internet broadcast backbone and broadband content to the edge of the Internet, said its European operation recently achieved the milestones of having customers and points...
Final Analysis Names Karl Olsoni Jr. As CFO
Final Analysis Inc., which is building the Faisat low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite system for global mobile data services, has named Karl Olsoni Jr. as its chief financial officer. He will be...