Author: Staff Writer

The Japan Aerospace Explora-tion Agency (JAXA) has scheduled the launch of the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) for Jan. 19 aboard a H-2A launch vehicle. The rocket will be launched...

With its roots firmly planted in the broadcast industry, satellites are perfectly suited for offering enterprise distance learning applications that allow the training of employees at various sites simultaneously. And...

Eutelsat Eutelsat Communications began trading on the Eurolist by Euronext Paris exchange Dec. 2. The company relaunched its initial public offering (IPO) Nov. 28 citing the “improvement and stabilization of...

Intelsat Ltd. and APT Satelite Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of APT Satellite Holdings Ltd., announced Dec. 2 a strategic cooperation agreement to work together using their combined satellite fleets. The...

ViaSat Inc. hopes that its acquisition of Efficient Channel Coding Inc. (ECC) provides entry into markets in the Asia Pacific region served by the recently launched IPStar satellite. ECC, a...

Sometimes, innovative applications are those that just take readily available information and package it in a way that serves a community of users. Such is the case of DiveSpots.com, a...

As we approach the end of 2005, satellite pay-TV operators are faced with numerous challenges in their bid to improve subscriber numbers and average revenue per user (ARPU) figures, and...

France Telecom submitted a proposal to sell its France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications unit to private equity firm Apax, according to the Web site of the Federal Cartel Office, which...

The launch of a pair of NASA spacecraft has been delayed until at least February due to an ongoing Boeing strike and launch range maintenance, NASA announced. NASA’s Cloudsat and...

Orbital Sciences Corp. received a contract from NASA to build and launch the next satellite in the space agency’s New Millennium Program technology demonstration satellite, Orbital announced Nov. 28. The...