Uncategorized

All you need to do is answer a few questions and we’ll get you started on your free trial to the proprietary materials on the Satellite Today Web site. Your […]

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], the Netherlands-based satellite communications company, has inked an agreement with Intertrade Brasil to expand broadband communication services throughout Brazil and Latin America using New Skies’ […]

Canadian firm MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [Toronto: MDA] has been awarded a C$1.15 million (US$864,000) contract to upgrade a satellite ground station in Asia for an undisclosed customer. Information processed […]

MobiApps, a provider of hybrid terrestrial and satellite technologies for commercial communications, has signed a reseller and manufacturing agreement with Dulles, Va.- based satellite communications provider ORBCOMM. Financial terms of […]

By Stephen A. Blum Cautious optimism has returned to the Latin American direct-to-home (DTH) sector. A year ago, the outlook for the two regional satellite television platforms was cloudy. Political […]

Nordic Satellite CEO Lennart Hallkvist expects the operator to decide in the next couple of months when it will order its new SIRIUS 4 satellite. “SIRIUS 4 is still high […]

It has been a mixed few days for UK satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB. Firstly, Tony Ball announced he would not be staying on as CEO when his contract expires in […]

By D.K.Sachdev Weak demand for new satellite orders recently forecast by Jim Albaugh, president of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, must be taken seriously. But it does not suggest that the […]

Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG] has closed a private placement of more than $1 billion with a group of 29 investors. The satellite service operator’s advisors to the […]

Week of Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Oct. 2 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.92 (17.2) […]

Toulouse, France-based SPOT Image has signed a channel partnership agreement with Inta SpaceTurk, granting the exclusive rights to distribute SPOT 5 satellite image products and services within Turkey, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, […]

Paradise Datacom, a satellite equipment provider with operations in the U.K. and U.S., has chosen San Jose, Calif.-based LynuxWorks to provide software for its next-generation satellite data modems. Financial terms […]

Fairfax, Va.-based Xybernaut [Nasdaq: XYBR] has announced that the company is offering GPS receivers from Boston, Mass.-based Teletype as a value-add component for its mobile/wearable computers. Xybernaut said the initial […]

Orlando, Fla.-based ARINC said its SKYLink satellite broadband data system for business aircraft is in production following successful flight trials and final conformance testing. ARINC developed the SKYLink system with […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) has resumed measurements of the Earth’s polar ice sheets, clouds, mountains and forests with the second of […]

All you need to do is answer a few questions and we’ll get you started on your free trial to the proprietary materials on the Satellite Today Web site. Your […]

Jericho, N.Y.-based Rainbow DBS, the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) venture of Bethpage, New York-based Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC], revealed last week that its fledgling service envisions high-definition television (HDTV) and […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA], the world’s largest satellite manufacturer, is bracing for a weak recovery from the current drought in new satellite orders. The lackluster outlook was offered by Jim Albaugh, […]

DigitalGlobe, of Longmont, Colo., ultimately may not be the only winner of a $500 million, five-year contract to meet the imagery needs of the U.S. defense and intelligence agencies under […]

ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT] is the latest satellite company to tap business opportunities in Africa. And the company has found a way to combine sports with work by winning a $4.65 […]

Washington D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], the largest U.S. satellite radio service provider, reported this week that it reached 929,648 subscribers after adding 237,395 during the third quarter. That […]

EchoStar DBS, a subsidiary of EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH], has closed its previously announced offering of $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes. Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar is the second-largest […]

U.K.-based Sarantel announced the availability of a small surface-mount version of its GeoHelix GPS antennas for applications requiring internal or tightly integrated surface mount antennas. The company said its GeoHelix-SMP […]

Inforetech Wireless Technology, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based provider of GPS products for the golf industry, has changed its name to GPS Industries [OTC BB: GPSN] to reflect its broader market […]

Diamond Aircraft has selected Garmin International‘s G1000 integrated avionics system for the 2004 DA40 Diamond Star aircraft. The DA40 features a dual-display G1000 system, a 10-inch primary flight display (PFD) […]

Auto-Q International [OTC BB: AUTQ], a London-based provider of vehicle tracking and monitoring systems for trucking fleets and consumers, received an additional purchase order totaling $125,000 from U.K. furniture and […]

All you need to do is answer a few questions and we’ll get you started on your free trial to the proprietary materials on the Satellite Today Web site. Your […]

This week, we take a closer look at a company that is proving it can “Dish” it out as well as take a little competition in the direct broadcast satellite […]

Rainbow DBS, the direct broadcast satellite (DBS) division of Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC], announced plans this week to become the first satellite TV service to offer a comprehensive array of […]

Space Systems Loral (SS/L), a Palo Alto, Calif.-based satellite manufacturing subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications [OTCBB: LRLSQ], has received a welcome order from DirecTV, an El Segundo, Calif.-based satellite […]