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Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a Miramar, Fla.-based provider of satellite-based communications to cruise ships and offshore oil rigs, has signed a marketing and distribution agreement with Xantic, a Dutch satellite […]

Belgacom will use SkyStream Networks’ Mediaplex 20 video services router to deliver Internet and streaming services via satellite to its business customers, especially Internet service providers. Belgacom is a Belgian […]

As a first step in collecting space debris, the National Space Development Agency of Japan’s (NASDA) satellite, mu-Lab Sat, last month captured images of a small target jettisoned from the […]

International Launch Services is getting ready to launch the AsiaSat 4 communications satellite April 10 aboard an Atlas III rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The AsiaSat 4, […]

U.S.-based satellite service provider PanAmSat is hoping for a successful year in Latin America despite the recent announcement that one of its biggest customers in the region, DirecTV Latin America […]

The interactive TV revolution is well underway. This was the main message coming out of the recent MILIA 2003 show in Cannes, France. With seemingly more and more channels being […]

In the previous edition of Interspace (issue 765), in the AsiaSat story titled “Despite lower revenues, AsiaSat CEO still hopeful,” the table within the story states that AsiaSat 4’s final […]

SES Americom’s deal with EchoStar to provide satellite capacity on its AMC-15 satellite is a key first step in bringing a European wholesale model for direct-to-home (DTH) services across to […]

News Corp has had a double boost in the last week. Its deal to merge Telepiu and Stream in Italy is expected to be approved by the European Commission. It […]

Canal Satellite, the French satellite pay-TV operator, is raising the stakes in the personal video recorder (VCR) arena by deploying Pilotime, a next-generation set-top box (STB) designed by Thomson, with […]

Telesat Canada and Storm Internet Services, an Ottawa, Canada-based subsidiary of International Datacasting [Toronto: IDC], are teaming to provide satellite-based broadband services to rural and remote areas of Canada. The […]

Don’t miss the International Space University‘s 8th Annual International Symposium: “Satellite Navigation Systems: Policy, Commercial and Technical Interaction” to be held in Strasbourg, France from May 26 – 28. The […]

SATELLITE TODAY invites you and your team to join us on Tuesday, April 29, from noon-1:30 PM EST for an exclusive Webinar: “From Broadcast To Broadband: Seizing the Next Satellite […]

Elop Electro-Optics Industries, a subsidiary of Israeli-based defense electronics company Elbit Systems [Nasdaq: ESLT], has agreed to join Ashburn, Va.-based AeroAstro inmanufacturing low-cost satellite systems and components. With the alliance […]

EMS Satellite Networks, an Atlanta, Ga.-based design and manufacturer of wireless, satellite and defense products [Nasdaq: ELMG], has delivered a second DVB-RCS hub to Loral Skynet, located in Bedminster, N.J. […]

Club Concepts, a golf management and marketing agency, has signed a contract with Inforetech Wireless Technology [OTCBB:WYRE], a Vancouver, British Columbia-based manufacturer of GPS devices for the golf industry, to […]

NavCom Technology (Redondo Beach, Calif.) has signed a sales representation and distribution agreement with Navtech Seminars & GPS Supply Co. to make NavCom’s line of StarFire dual-frequency GPS receivers more […]

As a first step in collecting space debris, the National Space Development Agency of Japan‘s (NASDA) satellite, mu-Lab Sat, last month captured images of a small target jettisoned from the […]

Boeing [NYSE:BA] is teaming with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. to develop laser technologies that will be used for satellite communications. Under the terms of the agreement, Boeing and Ball […]

PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] recently expanded its North American operations through long-term and multi-year contracts with Starz Encore, Rigler Deutsch and HDNet. PanAmSat’s contracts with the three companies support the delivery […]

A Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built Delta II rocket deployed a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite March 31 for the U.S. Air Force. GPS IIR-9 was launched aboard a Delta II launch […]

Belgacom will use SkyStream Networks‘ Mediaplex 20 video services router to deliver Internet and streaming services via satellite to its business customers, especially Internet service providers. Belgacom is a Belgian […]

The European Space Agency’s Maxus 5 sounding rocket mission was launched April 1 at 6:00 GMT from Esrange, north of the Arctic Circle near Kiruna in northern Sweden. The rocket, […]

Stephen Newell has been named senior account manager at EMS Technologies‘ SATCOM Aeronautical Group in Ottawa, Ontario. Newell will represent EMS’ products to Gulfstream Aerospace, the U.S. military and other […]

XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] has turned meeting expectations into a habit that is welcomed by Wall Street. The Washington-based satellite radio services company did it again last week when […]

L-3 Communications [NYSE: LLL] announced March 31 that its Communication Systems-West division has delivered the first two super-high frequency airborne satellite communication (satcom) terminals, the first airborne wide band data […]

Satellite communications products provider Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM] (Hauppauge, N.Y.) has joined Helius‘ strategic alliance program. Helius (Lindon, Utah) provides satellite broadband routing. The Helius program integrates products and services […]

New York-based Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR] appears to have taken more than its share of financial lumps during the 2002 fourth quarter, based on results the company released […]

Week of March 28 – April 3, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol April 3 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.55 1.3 […]

The European Space Agency‘s experimental satellite Artemis has successfully transmitted data from the Japanese earth observation satellite Adeos II, ESA announced Monday. ESA and Japan’s National Space Development Agency (NASDA) […]