Author: Staff Writer

After years of economic malaise, stalled business plans and a lackluster air enveloping the global commercial satellite industry environment, executives began to gain momentum as the economy strengthened, and business...

By James Careless Thomas Paine once wrote, "These are the times that try men’s souls." Although he was referring to the American Revolution, Paine’s comments succinctly sum up the tumultuous...

By Peter J. Brown Satellite technology plays a pivotal role in homeland security today and will play an even greater role tomorrow. Many satellite companies are trying to establish new...

People Kingston inmedia Names Chairman Kingston inmedia appointed Richard Vos as chairman of the board. Vos was formerly chairman of Inmarsat, which he led following privatization in 1999 through a...

By John Quale, Brian Weimer, and John Beahn Inmarsat and the ORBIT Act. The International Maritime Satellite Organization (Inmarsat) was established in 1976 as an intergovernmental organization (IGO) for the...

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] officials said the satellite radio service provider will broadcast Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic concert in Fort Worth, Tex., live from noon to midnight.

Officials from Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] and RadioShack Corp. [RSH] said the Orbiter Model SR4000 plug and play satellite radio receiver is being shipped to RadioShack stores nationwide. Orbiter will...

ViaSat Inc. [VSAT] officials said the company is supplying a LinkStar broadband satellite communications network to SiriComm Inc. that will provide wide area networking for SiriComm fleet applications and Internet...

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] earlier this week launched Elvis Radio, a 24-hours-a-day radio station dedicated to the music of Elvis Presley. Sirius officials said the music would cover his entire...

Gilat Satellite Network Ltd. [GILTF] said its Spacenet Inc. subsidiary named Christina Clifton executive vice president of sales and marketing. She will oversee the sales and marketing efforts of Spacenet’s...