Author: JJ McCoy

Pace Optimistic Ahead of Results

Pace Micro Technology expected its performance for the year ending June 2 to be slightly ahead of current market expectations, the company announced June 4. The technology vendor, which works...

BBC Exec Confident About Freesat Prospects

The BBC/ITV-backed Freesat direct-to-home platform, set to launch in 2008, will be critical in helping the United Kingdom become an all-digital nation, according to Emma Scott, project director for Freesat....

China Launches Communications Satellite

China placed SinoSat-3, a radio and TV broadcasting communications satellite, into orbit June 1 using a Long March-3A rocket, according to the state-operated Xinhua news service. SinoSat-2, China’s first direct-to-home...

DirecTV-10 Launch Reportedly Delayed

The planned June 20 launch of DirecTV’s DirecTV-10 satellite will be delayed to July, according to a May 31 report out of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, where the spacecraft is due to...

Norsat Becomes Debt Free

Norsat International Inc. made a final payment on its $1 million short-term debt, the company announced May 31, marking the first time since 1983 that the company had been debt-free....

Manufacturing Problems Delay TerreStar-1 Launch

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) notified TerreStar Networks Inc. that delivery of the TerreStar-1 satellite has been delayed by 10 months, with a new delivery date scheduled for August 2008, TerreStar announced....