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Disney Channel UK has confirmed it will launch ‘Toon Disney’, already a popular channel in the United States, this autumn on SkyDigital and digital cable. It will form part of...
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Alcatel Space Delivers First Communications Payload For XM Satellite Radio
Alcatel Space announced that it has completed and delivered to Hughes Space and Communications the first of two communications payloads for the two XM Satellite Radio spacecraft. The second payload...
Mir's Leak May Be Plugged
Cosmonauts Sergei Zaletin and Alexander Kalery have found at least one air leak in the Mir Space Station after two weeks of tests on board the Russian laboratory. Although ground...
ECD Receives Air Force Contract to Further Advance Its PV Space Products Technology
Energy Conversion Devices Inc. [ENER] announced that it has been awarded a $750,000, two-year, cost-sharing contract by the U.S. Air Force to further advance its proprietary photovoltaic (PV) space technology....
Sea Launch Review Board Meets To Discuss Anomaly
Members of the Sea Launch Failure Review Oversight Board met the week of April 16 to hear briefings from the independent teams that are investigating the March 12 launch failure....
Stephen Cook, Senior Vice President, Sales And Marketing Fine-Tunes XM Satellite Radio's Marketplace Presence
One of the ways to boost subscriber rates in business is to offer service to the mass public. Recognizing this potential, XM Satellite Radio [XMSR], one of the two companies...
Aerial Images Strengthens Internet Portal Presence Beyond Area 51 Imagery
While Spot Image Corp. refocuses its business model in part to become more Internet savvy, the Raleigh, N.C.-based Aerial Images Inc., operator of TerraServer.com already is providing an Internet portal...
Intelsat, Supporting Companies Show New Services At ITU Telecom 2000
Intelsat demonstrated an advanced interactive, multimedia, Ku-band satellite terminal that combines digital video and Internet Protocol (IP) traffic into a single data stream at the ITU Americas Telecom conference and...
Gilat Announces Final Investor, $125 Million Equity Funding In Gilat-To-Home DBS Service
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] announced the completion of funding commitments and the final equity partner in its Gilat-To-Home DBS service – the investment bank ING Furman Selz Investments. Total...
Globalstar, Qualcomm Demonstrate Data Via Their Globalstar System
Globalstar L.P. [GSTRF] and Qualcomm Inc. [QCOM], partner the Globalstar system, demonstrated Internet access through the satellite system at the ITU Americas Show in Rio de Janerio last week. A...