Author: Staff Writer

Alcatel has been tagged to lead a new $16 million European R&D effort to establish standards for providing broadband to ships, trains and planes. The European consortium, called MOWGLY (MObile...

Lockheed Martin said it delivered the first modernized GPS satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and the spacecraft is undergoing final preparations for its May launch. The...

Arianespace said it is delaying the launch of an Ariane 5 until Feb. 12 after an anomaly occurred with the ground equipment. The rocket will carry the Xtar-Eur X-band telecommunications...

International Launch Services said it received authorization from the U.S. Air Force to begin operations for the launch of a national security payload on an Atlas 5 vehicle in mid-2007...

Xantic, a provider of mobile satcom solutions for voice, fax and high-speed data, finalized a key agreement with Inmarsat. The two companies have ratified their agreement to appoint Xantic as...

The Associated Press reported Feb. 8 that Japan’s space agency has begun the countdown to the latest launch of that nation’s H2-A rocket, which will carry a multipurpose weather and...

Tachyon Networks Inc. said it appointed Peter Carides as its president and CEO. “The hiring of Peter Carides is the latest and most significant step in positioning Tachyon for strategic...

EchoStar Communications Corp. said its Dish Network direct-to-home satellite television service now offers the Pentagon Channel to its subscribers at no additional cost, though it did note that certain subscribers...

Satamatics, operator of Inmarsat D+ satellite-based micro telemetry service, said it now has more than 50,000 mobile satellite communication terminals operating over its worldwide network. The terminals are used to...

Hughes Network Systems Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems Inc., said it teamed up with Net2Phone Inc. to offer integrated voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service to...