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A report released at our deadline by the House Appropriations Committee challenges the government to choose just one U.S. company to service federal launch contracts, partly due to financial considerations […]

Startups offer special challenges that include developing a workable and practical business plan, installing a management team with the right skills and obtaining sufficient financing. All those ingredients are needed […]

Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe’s high-resolution QuickBird satellite images and Native Communities Development Corporation’s (NCDC) proprietary remote-sensing technology will be combined to aid with wildfire risk-assessment and emergency-response planning in California. The […]

By Robert Bell, World Teleport Association There is an old joke in Washington, D.C., about the Department of Defense. The good news is that by 2010 (or another suitably distant […]

There is little doubt India has the potential to be a huge market for satellite services — a major growth opportunity for numerous operators looking to boost their positions in […]

BSkyB [BSY] has signaled its intention to be much more of a player in the lower-end segment of the U.K. digital television market. It will launch a Free-To-Air (FTA) satellite […]

Week of June 11 – 17, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol June 17 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.82 7.1 6.4 […]

Officials from Helius Inc. today said Pittsburgh International Telecommunications (PIT) has joined the Helius strategic alliance program. PIT’s teleport provides telecom transport, switching and satellite transmission technology with full-fiber connectivity […]

Motia Inc., a semiconductor company that has applied its smart-antenna technology to the mobile in-vehicle satellite television market, closed a third round of funding. The round, led by Prism Venture […]

KW Chan is the new vice president of sales for the Asia/Pacific Rim region of iDirect Technologies. He brings to the company more than 23 years of experience in the […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] received a $33 million order to produce submarine high-data-rate (Sub HDR) multi-band satellite communication systems for the U.S. Navy, which has the option to up the order […]

iSECUREtrac (ISRE) is on a roll, recently signing contracts with law-enforcement agencies in California, Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Kansas, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia and Virginia, bringing the total number of states […]

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego tapped ViaSat Inc. [VSAT] for a $47 million delivery order involving multifunctional information distribution system terminals. The order includes an […]

Zee Networks Chairman Subhash Chandra believes the digital television market in India will experience significant growth during the next few years. He told Satellite Today, “In the next two years, […]

Loral Space & Communications officials said its Space Systems/Loral-built Telstar 18 satellite has begun its journey to an equatorial launch site in preparation for a June 28 launch. The satellite […]

International Launch Services (ILS) reported the Intelsat IS-10-02 satellite was launched into orbit successfully from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan yesterday at 6:27 p.m. EDT on a Proton M launch […]

BAE Systems garnered a $20 million contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to design a new atmospheric-sounding/coastal water- imaging instrument. The company is one of three enterprises […]

Tariam resolved some issues it was having running VPN over its DVB-S satellite offerings. The new, as- yet-unnamed product allows companies and remote users to use Tariam’s entry-level satellite services […]

According to EchoStar Communications [DISH] executives, subscribers to its DISH Network direct-to-home satellite television service in Toledo, Ohio and Augusta, Ga., will be able to receive local channels in their […]

PanAmSat [SPOT] is confident that high-definition TV (HDTV) will continue to be a major growth opportunity for the company. The operator already is a strong player in the HD arena, […]

U.K. satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB made two key changes at its board level. It appointed Nicholas Ferguson as an independent, non-executive director of the company, effective June 15, and Andy […]

ViaSat Inc. [VSAT] officials said the company is supplying a LinkStar broadband satellite communications network to Smart Digital Communications Bhd in Malaysia to provide high-speed Internet Access to more than […]

Telikom Papua New Guinea tapped Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] to provide a hub and 500 DialAw@y IP VSATs for rural telephony services across the island country. The network can […]

Regency Conversions, a truck, van and sport utility vehicle custom conversion company, is offering KVH Industries‘ [KVHI] TracVision A5 low- profile satellite TV antenna for many of its new vehicles. […]

Integral Systems Inc. [ISYS] signed a contract with Loral Skynet to support the expansion of Skynet’s existing Integral-provided Epoch IPS (integrated product suite) satellite control system to support the Telstar […]

Dulles, Va.-based ORBIMAGE finally will register with the Securities And Exchange Commission (SEC) in the next few months, which will make accessing the company’s financial information a bit easier. According […]

The board of directors of the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) named David Cavossa its new executive director, effective June 14. Cavossa has served as SIA’s director of external relations for […]

Vigil Locating Systems Corp. launched a new GPS tracking system tailored for the marine industry. The unit is water-resistant, and it self-reports intrusion alarms and non-authorized movement of the boat […]

Robert Reidford has joined KVH Industries Inc. [KVHI] as director of business development for satellite products. He most recently served as sales manager for global diesel and commercial vehicle electronics […]

Arianespace said the Anik F2 satellite has arrived at the company’s spaceport in French Guiana, and it is undergoing initial checkout in preparation for its scheduled July 9 launch. The […]