Author: Staff Writer

It’s been a hectic year in the satellite sector, with some of the biggest operators in the business now sporting new ownership. Private-equity (PE) firms that have acquired stakes in...

The top officers of large FSS operators who spoke at Euroconsult’s 8th World Summit For Satellite Financing in Paris voiced no surprise with forecasts of much tougher capital- expenditure parameters...

By J. Armand Musey The dominant sectors in the satellite industry, fixed satellite services (FSS) and direct-broadcast-satellite (DBS) services, are entering a mature growth phase. The level of growth is...

The Space Systems Division of ITT Industries Inc. [ITT] was chosen by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop, manufacture and test an advanced imager for the next...

Teamwork between two industry providers of mobile-satellite voice services onboard aircraft led to the unveiling of a new study that shows higher demand than expected among passengers for such services....

DirecTV, the largest satellite TV service in the United States, is known for its “NFL Sunday Ticket” programming featuring nearly all the professional football games in America each week. The...

Multinational corporations in need of global communications networking are the target customers of a partnership formed by Intelsat, iDirect Technologies and Equant [ENT] to provide satellite-based, wide area network (WAN)...

The Boeing Co. [BA] plans to form an alliance with a Fortune 50 IT company that would enable the two companies to develop and deploy systems to enhance U.S. military...

Spanish satellite operator Hispasat along with Hispamar Satellites confirmed that results of in-orbit tests carried out so far on the payload of satellite Amazonas have been positive. The Amazonas satellite...

ND SatCom, a global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, and broadcast and defense communication networks, is rolling out an antenna subsystem called SkyRAY Compact 1500. The ND SatCom SkyRAY compact...