Author: Staff Writer

With the winter season arriving, the city of Cincinnati, will be looking to GPS technology to help in the snow removal efforts. The city’s Department of Public Services currently is...

Eutelsat After its first five trading days, Eutelsat finds its stock trading above the 12-euro ($14.16) initial public offering (IPO). The stock fell below its IPO price on its opening...

When the Connexion by Boeing service is mentioned, it likely brings up images of airline passengers using the satellite broadband service to surf the Internet during flight. Now Boeing is...

SES Sirius made its mark serving the Nordic region under the name Nordic Satellite AB, but the satellite operator has outgrown its original market and its name. Now the company...

Penny Glover, managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa for EMS Technologies Inc.‘s Satellite Networks Division, and her diving partner were reported missing following a Nov. 21 deep-sea dive...

Sea Launch received a firm contract award from Hughes Network Systems LLC to launch the Spaceway 3 satellite in early 2007 aboard a Zenit 3SL rocket, the companies announced Dec....

Alcatel Alenia Space signed a deal with China Satellite Communication Corp. to design and manufacture the Chinasat 6B satellite, Alcatel announced Dec. 5. Chinasat 6B will be based on the...

The major Inmarsat service providers – France Telecom Mobile Satellite Telecommunications, Stratos Global Corp., Telenor Satellite Services and Xantic – announced separately Dec. 7 the commercial availability of Inmarsat’s Broadband...

SES Sirius CEO Per Norman expects Eastern Europe and high-definition television (HDTV) to be two of the strong growth drivers for the direct-to-home satellite operator in 2006. “I think we...

Globalstar said Dec. 7 it received approval from the U.S. State Department to proceed with plans to launch up to eight spare satellites, with the first launch expected to occur...