Author: Staff Writer

Loral Skynet President Terry Hart believes the recent trend of private-equity firms investing in the satellite industry is a positive one. In recent months, private- equity firms have acquired significant...

Scott Chase, a former executive with PBI Media, now known as Access Intelligence LLC, whose accomplishments include taking a key role in the launch of Via Satellite magazine, is teaming...

SCI is turning over operation of Atlanta International Teleport to SatCom Systems Inc., the teleport’s new owner. SCI CEO Tom Sheddan said in a prepared statement that, with the relinquishing...

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] just added skateboard champion Tony Hawk to its ever-expanding programming lineup. Hawk will become a host on “Sirius Faction,” a music channel dedicated to action sports...

To our readers who will be in the Washington, D.C. metro area July 22, Nick Mitsis, editor of sister publication Via Satellite, will be moderating a panel discussion addressing GPS...

The National Geographic Channel selected the Digital Media Centre (DMC) to perform playout services for its Scandinavian feed, bringing the total count of the Channel’s local feeds originating from the...

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] today said its Demonstration Of Autonomous Rendezvous (DART) spacecraft arrived at the company’s integration-and- processing facilities at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The DART vehicle...

Raytheon Co.’s [RTN] U.K.-based Raytheon Systems Ltd. subsidiary was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force Joint Program Office to provide next-generation GPS advanced digital antenna production systems. The...

Following a series of delays, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s (NASA) Aura earth observation satellite finally was launched into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a...

New Skies Satellite N.V. [NSK] and Telenor Satellite Services inked an agreement under which Telenor will expand its gateway services out of the New Skies’ Perth, Australia, mediaport. For Telenor,...