Author: Staff Writer

Wilbur Trafton, president and chief operating officer of Kistler Aerospace, has joined the board of advisors of Wifi Wireless Inc., Wifi announced. During his aerospace career, Trafton served as vice...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. named Erez Antebi CEO of its Gilat Network Systems business unit. Antebi joined Gilat in May 1991 and most recently served as the company’s vice president...

The British Skylark rocket motor performed its final mission May 2, launching a Maser 10 sounding rocket for the European Space Agency (ESA), Swedish Space Corp. said. The Skylark was...

Star Choice Communications Inc. in Canada unveiled its new high-definition digital video recorder satellite receiver, the DVR530 HD. The receiver comes equipped with a dual tuner and a 160-gigabit hard...

Sirius Satellite Radio said former MTV VJ Adam Curry will produce a special program that will broadcast podcasts to Sirius subscribers. Podcasts are contents developed by individuals and downloaded onto...

Reuters reported May 2 that Florida Governor Jeb Bush signed a law that calls for convicted child sexual predators to be tracked by satellite. The Jessica Lunsford Act requires sentences...

EchoStar Communications Corp. added two new Italian-language channels to its international programming line-up: Leonardo World and Video Italia. The new channels will be sold to subscribers of EchoStar’s Dish Network...

SES Astra said Cubavision Internacional is now available on ASTRA 19.2 degrees East in digital free-to-air. The information and documentary channel is operated by the Cuban Institute of Radio and...

Mobile Satellite Ventures was awarded its fifth hybrid satellite/terrestrial system patent, which covers 34 claims. The award of this patent brings the total number of award claims for MSV-originated ancillary...

The second-to-last Titan 4 was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, April 29, carrying a national security payload for the National Reconnaissance Office into orbit. This was the final launch of...