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Canal+ is reporting consolidated revenues of Eur927 million for the first quarter of 2000, representing a gain of 23.6 per cent from the same period in 1999. For the first...

GOES L, the fourth in the current generation of advanced, geostationary weather satellites, was launched May 3 aboard an Atlas 2A rocket. The launch was delayed about one year because...

In a move that will boost the GPS industry and worldwide confidence in the U.S. system at a critical time, President Clinton announced May 1 that he ordered an end...

The Japanese Ministry of Transport and the Japanese Meteorological Agency have begun their procurement of a second satellite in their new series of MTSat combined air traffic control and weather...

Raytheon Co. [RTNA] has won a contract to provide the Advanced Meteorological Imager for Japan’s MTSat 1R, a combined weather and air traffic control satellite for the Japanese Ministry of...

Business development executives seeking profits from the Internet-via-satellite marketplace need to focus on e-commerce opportunities in the right geographic locations if projections are accurate according to a new study. Currently,...

Air travel soon will become more pleasurable. At least that is the hope of The Boeing Co. [BA] officials who, on April 27, unveiled a new business segment. Called Connexion...

AssureSat Inc., a company established to provide satellites in orbit to step in when there is a launch failure or a satellite already in service fails, has awarded Space Systems/Loral...

by James Careless Everything comes with a price and that includes success. No one knows this better than the professionals in the satellite earth station market. It’s been experiencing explosive...

by Clayton Mowry The thrill is gone. Our 15 minutes is over. Satellites are old news. According to the word on the street, the hype and excitement that surrounded the...