Uncategorized

DirecTV Latin America (DLA) is to undergo a financial restructuring that could have serious consequences for fixed satellite service (FSS) operator PanAmSat. DirecTV is coming to grips with mounting losses […]

A decision Tuesday to delay the launch of the European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Rosetta scientific satellite will require the selection of another comet for the spacecraft to target for a […]

By Maury Mechanick Juxtaposition of the words “spectrum” and “war” is nothing new. Battles over who gets what spectrum have been waged since the time of Marconi. What is different […]

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and General Dynamics [NYSE: GD] have added Boeing Satellite Systems to their team competing to develop the U.S. Navy‘s next generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system, […]

In the end 2002 proved to be a quiet year. Despite endless talk, there was little consolidation, and certainly not any major groundbreaking deals that could be described as a […]

Space Imaging has signed up Raytheon Australia, a unit of U.S.-based Raytheon [NYSE: RTN], as a master reseller of Space Imaging’s products and services including imagery from its earth imaging […]

With BSkyB doing so well in the United Kingdom, its Irish arm is sometimes overlooked. But, the Irish satellite broadcaster is putting pressure on cable TV players and is showing […]

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK] and REACH, a Hong Kong-based international carrier of voice, private line and IP data services, have signed an agreement that will combine the capabilities of […]

TPS, the number two French satellite pay-TV platform, faces a critical couple of weeks as it hopes to stop Canal+ from being awarded the full football rights packages that were […]

In an effort to tap into the growing satellite capacity needs of the U.S. government, PanAmSat Corp. [Nasdaq: SPOT] is planning on acquiring sister company Hughes Global Services (HGS). PanAmSat, […]

While 2002 revenues slipped, PanAmSat Corp.‘s [Nasdaq: SPOT] cost-cutting during the past year helped the company to achieve slightly improved profitability, company officials reported Tuesday. The company posted 2002 revenues […]

SES Astra, a unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG],reached a new long-term agreement for Kinderkanal (KI.KA) to use transponder capacity for analog broadcasts and prime time transmissions. KI.KA can be […]

Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI) has expanded its seven-year strategic alliance with Science Applications International Corp./Advanced Technology Group (SAIC/ATG) of Huntsville, Ala. AGI will assist SAIC/ATG’s business development efforts to define […]

Paul E. Jacobson, vice president of corporate communications for Starz Encore Group LLC, has been named deputy communications director for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Senator Bill Frist (R-Tenn.). Jacobson joined […]

General Motors Corp. [NYSE: GM] announced today that it will offer XM Satellite Radio‘s [Nasdaq: XMSR] products on 44 of 57 its 2004 models, representing more than 75 percent of […]

The Ka-band is an untapped resource that will find increasing demand as Ku- and C-band spectrum becomes depleted, according to Frost & Sullivan‘s study, “World Ka- band Satellite Broadband Services […]

C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., an Ottawa, Ontario-based supplier of satellite Internet technology, reported a 57 percent increase in fourth-quarter revenues from $484,146 in 2001 to $759,719 in 2002. Total revenues […]

The MVS Group, a distribution partner for Inmarsat’s high-speed satellite-based Regional BGAN service, has sold 1,000 terminals for the service and expects Regional BGAN to triple its own commercial sales […]

Pegasus Communications Corp. said that as a result of its previously announced one-for-10 reverse stock split, its Class A common stock has been trading on Nasdaq on a post- split […]

L-3 Communications’ (NYSE:LLL) Communication Systems-East division has received a $52 million contract modification for the U.S. military’s secure global communications system via the advanced extremely high frequency communications security (COMSEC) […]

Cable TV providers are gaining market share in the Canadian digital television market at the expense of satellite TV services, a new study has found. Canadian satellite TV providers have […]

Conexant Systems Inc. [Nasdaq: CNXT], which supplies semiconductor systems for communications applications, has introduced a low-power demodulator and forward error correction (FEC) decoder for satellite set-top boxes, PC receivers, personal […]

Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM], a provider of satellite communications services, won two satellite equipment infrastructure pacts valued at $5.3 million. The first contract, obtained from an unidentified customer […]

Foundation Telecommunications Inc. (FTI) and SES Americom Inc., an SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG] unit, have agreed to a strategic partnership that will enable cable system operators to deliver broadband Internet […]

The International Telecommunication Union is partnering with London-based Inmarsat to promote rural telecommunication and support emergency communications in developing countries. Inmarsat will make a 105,000 euro ($109,500) contribution toward the […]

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a provider of satellite-based communications, received a $15 million contract to provide satellite infrastructure to a European customer. Under the terms of the contract, Globecomm (Hauppauge, […]

Orbital Recovery Corp. has appointed Kirby Ikin as its senior vice president for risk management. Ikin has extensive experience in the space insurance and risk management sectors, which he will […]

A Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket successfully launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s ICESat (ice, cloud and elevation satellite) and CHIPSat (cosmic hot interstellar plasma spectrometer satellite) Sunday […]

Criticism that the tiny island nation of Tonga has been warehousing orbital slots without using them may be muted a bit after the country recently bought from Seattle Scientific Corp. […]

The U.S. Air Force successfully launched a Titan II booster from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:19 a.m. Jan. 6. The joint government and industry project, dubbed “Coriolis,” […]