Author: Staff Writer

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has called for U.S. government agencies to designate a senior agency official who has agency-wide responsibility, accountability and authority for geospatial information...

Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (CSR), which offers satellite radio services under the XM Canada brand, has attracted more than 50,000 subscribers in its first three months of operations, the...

The Russian space agency began its investigation of the Proton launch failure that left the Arabsat 4A satellite in the wrong orbit, International Launch Services (ILS) announced. Preliminary flight information...

The AMC-23 satellite has completed in-orbit testing and has begun operations from its orbital slot of 172 degrees East, SES Americom announced March 2. The spacecraft, placed into orbit in...

The European Space Agency (ESA) in mid February began issuing ocean current forecasts to the oil production industry based on a combination of state-of-the-art ocean models and satellite measurements. The...

Peter Einstein, CEO of Middle East direct-to-home provider Showtime, which has around 200,000 subscribers, believes the company’s 2005 performance has set Showtime up well for the future. “In 2005, I...

Trimble introduced a thumbnail-sized, surface-mount, low power module for providing GPS capabilities for next-generation portable handheld, battery-powered applications Trimble announced. The Copernicus GPS module is a drop-in, receiver that provides...

Globalstar LLC launched a new rate plan targeted specifically for use in the United States in the event of an emergency, the company announced March 2. The Globalstar Emergency Plan...

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. entered into an agreement that allows the marketing of its mobile communications services to the U.S. Department of Defense, C-Com announced. Under a memorandum of understanding,...

Echostar Communications Corp. will launch local high-definition (HD) TV channels in Denver and 61 surrounding counties, as well as nine counties in Nebraska and six in Wyoming, the company announced...