Author: Staff Writer

Nilesat, the Middle East-based satellite operator is likely to order a new satellite in the first half of 2005. Salah Hamza, head of engineering, Nilesat, told Satellite News in an...

In an effort to reduce the amount of interference satellites face, the Satellite Users Interference Re-duction Group (SIURG) is working on a protocol to help identify the owners of interfering...

Eutelsat Multimedia Director Arduino Patachinni, who also serves as chairman of the board of directors at Skylogic, believes the operator’s recent deal with ChinaSatcom could lead to more opportunities for...

In observance of the holiday season, Satellite News will not publish on December 27. The next issue will be dated January 3, 2005. The staff at Satellite News would like...

The Nature Conservancy is using satellite imagery to assess biological diversity and conservation progress in several regions throughout the United States and around the world. “The Nature Conservancy works with...

According to a Dec. 16 report posted on http://www.JTA.org, a global news service for the Jewish community, The United States has placed the television station al-Manar on its terrorism watch...

Weida Communications Inc. today said Guangzhou Weida Communications Technology Co. Ltd. (which Weida has control of and a majority profit-sharing interest in) has entered into an agreement with China Telecom,...

Arianespace officials gave their final approval for the Dec. 18 mission that will launch the French Helios 2A military reconnaissance satellite on an Ariane 5 rocket. The rocket also is...

SES Global general counsel Roland Jaeger has resigned after spending the last nine years with the company. Jaeger is joining Luxembourg law firm Arendt & Medernach. Jaeger became the general...

International Launch Services said today that it has successfully launched the Lockheed Martin-built AMC-16 satellite for SES Americom. The satellite was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in...