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Costa Rica-based Satellite Communications Central America (SCCA) has placed an initial order for 1,000 VisTrac satellite-based fleet monitoring systems from Golden, Colo.-based American Millenium Corp. Inc. [AMCI]. The VisTrac systems […]

Globalstar USA [VOD], the U.S.-based provider of Globalstar L.P. [GSTRF] satellite telephony services, announced international roaming service in Australia, just in time for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games scheduled to […]

While the rest of the satellite industry is bracing itself for another potential high-profile disaster, this time on the Little LEO side of the fence, Orbital Communications Corp. (Orbcomm) execs […]

WildBlue Inc. of Denver, formerly iSky, said it has invested in a semiconductor design company, U.S. Monolithics LLC, that will play a key role in Wild Blue’s construction of a […]

Successful Launch Temporarily Deflects Attention Away From Damaged Spare The successful launch of the Sirius 2 satellite Sept. 5 temporarily should take some heat off Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. [SIRI], […]

The troubles of the mobile satellite industry have been documented well in the trade press. From the high-profile bankruptcy of Iridium LLC to the recent financial troubles at Orbcomm [ORB], […]

Two years after the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI) launched its own free-to-air satellite TV channel Sat 2000, the Catholic broadcaster is planning to branch out terrestrially with multilingual syndicated programming. […]

Loral Space & Communications is to expand its fixed satellite services (FSS) fleet by adding the new Estrela do Sul satellite in 2002, currently under construction by Space Systems/Loral. Loral […]

Few at the Euroconsult Financing Summit had kind words for LEO constellation Globalstar. Stephane Chenard, Euroconsult’s executive vice president and chief analyst, said there was still far too much bad […]

The initiative comes along with a new managing director, Nick Thompson, who recently joined UK-based Kingston from Loral Cyberstar. This week the company has also signed new uplink contracts. One […]

Key D – Digital A – Analogue 169 degreesE: PAS-2 D – In preparation for the forthcoming Olympics in Sydney several streams were activated on September 1 and 2. On […]

Walt Disney Television Inter-national has confirmed it will launch three new channels for the UK this month in a bid to gain more of the UK children’s TV market. The […]

AlloCiné, a company specialising in information about films and in selling cinema tickets, launched a TV channel, AlloCiné Télévision, on September 1. The channel will be available on the Canal […]

The two US DTH platforms continue to show healthy growth. Latest figures from Bank of America (BoA) securities suggest that DirecTV and Echostar’s DiSH system will be touching a combined […]

Satelites Mexicanos SA de CV’s (Satmex) Solidaridad 1 satellite has ceased operation and is now considered “irretrievably lost” by the company. The loss was caused by the failure of the […]

Italy’s Profit Group plans to launch five thematic free-to-air satellite TV channels. So far, Profit has mainly concentrated its activities in the terrestrial TV sector – it owns local broadcasters […]

The Italian government aims to partly privatise public broadcaster RAI, with a plan to float its two main channels now high on the agenda. The plan was officially discussed during […]

Industry leaders are not pleased with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) final rules and regulations that go into effect Aug. 30 and will govern the entire remote sensing […]

The U.S. State Department is delaying its announcement of commercial satellite launch quotas with Russia’s Proton launchers, which is having a negative effect on the Khrunichev center that produces the […]

Amsterdam-based MirCorp has entered its first civilian into training at Russia’s Star City. Businessman Dennis Tito is preparing for his commercial flight to the Russian space station slated for next […]

In an effort to avoid the unsanctioned use of the rocket engine RD-180 and to safeguard this technology in conjunction with the organization of production of this engine, Russian and […]

4B A Lockheed Martin Corp.[LMT] Titan 4B rocket successfully launched a reconnaissance spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Air Force Base Aug. 17.Lockheed […]

In Orbit The Boeing Co.‘s [BA] Delta 3 launch vehicle successfully launched its first satellite, a simulated payload, at 7:05 a.m. EDT, Aug. 23, giving the fledgling rocket a chance […]

Between Security And Economy, According To Report Business executives wanting to partner with the U.S. military in the 21st century will face greater obstacles beyond baseline contract relations. According to […]

NASA has awarded four small businesses 90-day contracts totaling $902,000 to develop concepts and requirements to provide access to the International Space Station on emerging launch systems. These contracts may […]

Spacehab Inc. [SPAB] said it has finalized contract agreements to fly three additional experiments aboard the company’s Research Double Module on a Space Shuttle mission next year. The three new […]

Slated For Launch Before The End Of The Year Arianespace launched the Nilesat 102 and Brazilsat B4 satellites aboard an Ariane 4 Aug. 17, in a perfect exercise from the […]

Topcon, the $600-million Japanese supplier of optical instrumentation for construction and agriculture, recently announced its acquisition of Javad Positioning Systems, a developer of GPS products for the survey, construction, and […]

Swales Aerospace has been awarded a contract by The Boeing Co. [BA] to develop, design, fabricate and test a suite of advanced two-phase thermal control components for NASA’s X-37 Reusable […]

Two more modules and a cargo ship for the International Space Station ISS will hit the assembly lines at Russia’s Khrunichev space center.”We are now working on a unified docking […]