Author: Staff Writer

by Nick Mitsis As the CEO of Arianespace, Jean-Yves Le Gall shepherded the European launch services company in 2005 through one of the most challenging periods it has faced since...

Loral Skynet do Brasil (www.loralskynetdobrasil.com.br) received a contract from Universidade de Santo Amaro to provide Ku-band services for a distance-learning initiative. The Sao Paulo, Brazil-based university will use Skynet’s Estrela...

Digitalglobe announced Jan. 30 that Scott Smith has joined the company as its new COO. Smith will plan and direct all aspects of Digitalglobe’s operational policies, objectives and initiatives, as...

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is finalizing the design of a satellite that will provide mobile television services, according to reports from the Hindu Business Line. A prototype of...

Wireless Matrix Corp. executed a contract extension with Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) to continue providing satellite services through January 2008, Wireless Matrix announced. The satellite service is a key component...

Lockheed Martin won the contract to develop the ground system for the U.S. Air Force‘s Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) program, the Air Force announced Jan. 27. Under the $2 billion...

German pay-TV operator Premiere kicked off the broad market launch of Premiere HD (high-definition) in Germany and Austria over the weekend. The pay-TV channel will be broadcasting extensive programming with...

Boeing Co. will restructure operations in its Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) into three business profit and loss centers organized around capabilities, the company announced Jan. 27. Roger Krone has been...

Dacom Corp., an independent gateway operator for Globalstar LLC, plans to offer simplex, or one-way, data services to Globalstar customers in parts of Asia, Globalstar announced Jan. 26. New hardware...

Pan-European satellite broadband provider Aramiska has turned off its service, allegedly giving customers barely seven hours notice that their Internet access was ending. In a Jan. 27 announcement on its...