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Orbital Sciences and Teleglobe, partners in the Orbcomm LEO-based short messaging platform, have restructured the ownership of the company and increased its capital by approximately $100 million. Teleglobe becomes the...

Spain’s Hispasat 1C, built by Alcatel, was successfully launched from an Atlas IIAS rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Station last Wednesday (February 2). International Launch Services co-ordinated the launch. Hispasat...

According to International Launch Services, the Atlas II, IIA and IIAS vehicles have achieved 100 per cent mission success with a tally of 45 successful flights. The string of consecutive...

In an effort to conduct joint life sciences research in space, Spacehab Inc. [SPAB] signed a memorandum of understanding with the St. Louis, Mo.-based Monsanto Co. and the Donald Danforth...

SpaceDev Inc. [SPDV] has filed a Form 10-SB registration statement with the SEC to become a fully reporting company taking a necessary step toward advancing from the OTC Bulletin Board...

Don’t be surprised to see transactions similar to the Hughes/Boeing merger occur in the coming year. With many satellite companies struggling to maintain the bottom line, they will need strategically...

Jefferson Hofgard has been named director of international policy for The Boeing Co. [BA] Space and Communications Group in Washington, D.C. He will be responsible for coordinating export policy and...

by Jimmy Schaeffler Since the first quarter of 1994, when U.S. Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) companies began to provide services to the U.S. public, a monthly average of almost 175,000...

by Theresa Foley Investors looking for new satellite stock issues last year came up practically empty-handed as only one satellite IPO, from XM Radio, was issued, but the private equity...

by Bill Roberts Anyone who pulled out a cell phone during the recent Kosovo crisis risked being mobbed by anxious crowds desperate to get in touch with family and friends....