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Telenor Satellite Services has completed testing of its aeronautical data communications service called Swift Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS). Based on Inmarsat’s Swift64 technology, Telenor’s aeronautical MPDS will deliver cost-effective […]

The launch of the second Mars Exploration Rovers, named “Opportunity,” aboard a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., has been delayed until July 2 from an […]

EADS CASA Espacio has delivered an in-orbit reconfigurable multi-beam antenna (IRMA) to INTA for use in a satellite under construction by Space Systems/Loral for the Spanish Ministry of Defence. The […]

QuakeFinder successfully launched its QuakeSat satellite Monday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. The satellite was placed into a low-Earth polar orbit, approximately 840 kilometers above the earth. QuakeFinder’s objective […]

By Tom Watts, SG Cowen Securities Ohio Governor Bob Taft signed into law a bill that will apply a 6 percent sales tax to direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services, but […]

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) said Monday that the country’s first space telescope, called MOST (Microvariability & Oscillations of STars) was successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia […]

Week of June 20 – 26, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol June 26 One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.30 (22.0) 32.2 51.3 […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] and Hughes Electronics’ [NYSE: GMH] DirecTV unit have filed a lawsuit against North Carolina for enacting a 5 percent sales tax on satellite TV service. This […]

BestNet Communications Corp. [OTC BB: BESC] , a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based provider of Internet-based communications, has opened new European sales office in the United Kingdom. BestNet is an Internet-based provider […]

New Orleans-based AXONN has shipped the first production units of its AXTracker mobile asset tracking device. AXTracker is a battery-operated, telemetry device designed to communicate with the Globalstar satellite constellation […]

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association has come out strongly against a measure passed Thursday by the Senate Commerce Committee that would prohibit the holding of an auction for multichannel […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] and Hughes Electronics’ [NYSE: GMH] DirecTV unit have filed a lawsuit against the state of Ohio for enacting a 6 percent sales tax on satellite TV […]

Next year, Shin Satellite (ShinSat) of Thailand will launch a new iPSTAR satellite aimed at providing broadband telecom and multimedia services to households, businesses and public organizations in Asia. Individual […]

Orbital Imaging Corp.‘s OrbView-3 high-resolution Earth imaging satellite was successfully launched into space Thursday at 3:05 p.m. (EDT) aboard an air-launched Pegasus rocket provided by Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] from […]

The Senate Commerce Committee approved a measure Thursday that would prohibit the holding of an auction for multichannel video distribution and data service (MVDDS) spectrum in the 12 GHz band. […]

Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB], a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based GPS device maker, has secured a new $175 million secured credit facility with a syndicate of nine banks, arranged by Scotia Capital. The new […]

Mainstream Data and Airpath Wireless are teaming to offer satellite Internet connectivity for Wi-Fi providers in need of broadband connectivity in remote or cost- prohibitive locations. As part of the […]

EADS CASA Espacio has delivered an in-orbit reconfigurable multi-beam antenna (IRMA) to INTA for use in a satellite under construction by Space Systems/Loral for the Spanish Ministry of Defence. The […]

Telenor Satellite Services has completed testing of its aeronautical data communications service called Swift Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS). Based on Inmarsat‘s Swift64 technology, Telenor’s aeronautical MPDS will deliver a […]

Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] has signed an agreement with the Bulgarian petroleum company TRANSAT to deploy a Skystar 360E hub and VSAT network with sites throughout Bulgaria. TRANSAT, and […]

Robert W. Turner has been named director of government services at New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], a Dutch satellite communications company. Turner will manage New Skies’ government-related sales and business […]

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to approve an item tomorrow that would expand the use of electronic filing for satellite and earth station applications. The item is the third […]

United Airlines [NYSE: UAL] and Verizon Airfone are pairing up to offer a narrowband in-flight messaging and e-mail service that will heighten competition to the proposed Connexion by Boeing satellite […]

At the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) underway in Geneva this week, delegates reached a tentative agreement to allocate an additional 455 MHz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band for […]

The European Space Agency and European Union member states have agreed to double spending on space-related activities, from a current level of 6 billion euros (US$6.9 billion) to 12 billion […]

Milan, Italy-based Carlo Gavazzi Space has awarded a contract to Integral Systems Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S.-based Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS], to provide the satellite ground system for […]

Mark Wright has been named chairman and CEO and C. Reed Brown has been named president of MotoSAT, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based satellite-equipment company. Brown has served as COO […]

LodgeNet Entertainment [Nasdaq: LNET], a provider of broadband interactive television services to the lodging industry, announced Tuesday that its digital satellite network delivers digital entertainment with DVD/CD functionality to more […]

CSI Wireless, a Calgary, Canada-based designer and manufacturer of wireless and GPS products, has received its first major purchase order for its line of Vector GPS heading sensors for the […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] crossed the 100,000 satellite radio subscriber mark this month. Separately, the company announced the appointment of Jay Clark as executive vice president of programming. Clark, […]