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Vision Works Media Group Inc. and wholly owned subsidiary New Screen Television Inc. announced Oct. 10 the companies have begun negotiations for national and international distribution of their New Screen...

NASA has not yet determined a date for the launch of the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (Calipso) and Cloudsat satellites, the agency said. NASA is targeting a...

Orbital Recovery announced Oct. 11 it entered into a memorandum of agreement for a telecommunications satellite life extension mission using the company’s CX-OLEV (ConeXpress Orbital Life Extension Vehicle) “space tug”...

Arianespace delivered the Panamsat Galaxy 15 spacecraft and the French military satellite Syracuse 3A into orbit Oct. 13 via an Ariane 5G launch vehicle. The rocket lifted off from Arianespace’s...

Echostar Communications Corp. said Oct. 10 it added two TV Today Network international channels: Aaj Tak, a Hindi-language news channel that covers Indian news and culture, and Headlines Today, an...

While much of the mainstream media focused on Apple’s new video-capable iPod, the unveiling of Echostar Communications Corp.‘s new portable video player seemed to slip underneath the radar. Dubbed Pocketdish,...

Russian channels RTR-Planeta and Planeta Sport have been added to Globecast WorldTV U.S. broadcasting lineup, Globecast announced. RTR-Planeta offers prime time news, made-for- television and feature films, documentaries, and cultural...

The CEO of Noorsat, a new satellite communications platform operator targeting the Middle East with a range of voice, video, data and Internet satellite communication solutions, has laid out an...

DISH Call it a case of bad timing. Echostar Communications Corp. introduced its portable media player Oct. 11, right around the same time that Apple took all the headlines with...

Satellite asset tracking technology usually is employed to monitor the movement of high-value assets such as construction equipment or trailers transporting merchandise or other valuable cargo. Biologists at Stanford University...