ILS, SES Americom Sets 2004 Launch Date
International Launch Services (ILS) and SES Americom have set the launch of the AMC-15 satellite for the second half of 2004 on a Proton launch vehicle. The companies made the...
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Alaska Station Buys Norsat Units
Alaska’s largest TV station and Anchorage’s NBC affiliate KTUU has purchased Norsat International’s NewsLink portable satellite terminal. With this purchase, KTUU ends a three- year search to find satellite technology...
New Skies To Distribute Entertainment To British Forces Via Satellite
New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], a Netherlands-based satellite communications company, has signed a long-term agreement with the Services Sound and Vision Corp. (SSVC), a registered charity set up to entertain...
Lockheed Adds GPS Partners
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced that Raytheon [NYSE: RTN], ITT [NYSE: ITT] and General Dynamics [NYSE: GD] have joined its team to develop the GPS III, the U.S. Air Force’s...
SkyFrames, Broadband Wireless Exchange Partner For Communications To U.S. Troops in Iraq
SkyFrames [OTC BB: SKYU.OB], a Costa Mesa, Calif.-based provider of satellite broadband Internet services, has signed an agreement with The Broadband Wireless Exchange to provide secure communications between U.S. troops...
Merrimac Gets Boeing GPS Order
Merrimac Industries [AMEX: MRM] has signed a deal with Boeing [NYSE: BA] that could reach a value of $4.4 million to supply its Beamforming Networks and RF/Microwave signal processing components...
SBCA President Wright Resigns
In a surprise announcement late Friday, Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) President Andy Wright said that he plans to step down from his post, effective Sept. 20. Wright, in...
Canadian Government Targets Satellite Pirates
The Canadian government is working on legislation that would clamp down on individuals and companies who steal satellite TV signals, as well as those who make devices designed to illegally...
Senate Panel OKs Measure Giving Northpoint Free Access To DBS Spectrum
The Senate Appropriations Committee passed an amendment this week that would give proposed terrestrial wireless multichannel TV competitor Northpoint access to direct broadcast satellite (DBS) spectrum at no charge without...
ILS to Launch Malaysian Satellite
International Launch Services (ILS), a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and two Russian companies, has signed a contract with Malaysia’s Binariang Satellite Systems to launch the MEASAT-3 communications...