Author: Staff Writer

France’s Arianespace, U.S.-based Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries [PNK: MHVYF.PK] expect to complete a satellite launch alliance by the third quarter, according to Suzanne Chambers, Arianespace director...

The medium resolution imaging spectrometer (MERIS) sensor aboard the Envisat environmental satellite is ready to begin operating, the European Space Agency announced Thursday. A test campaign has validated the software...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Science Applications International Corp. has selected 15 partners to join the U.S. Army future combat systems (FCS) program. The 15 new partners will lead teams of...

Italy’s Netsystem has signed a long-term agreement to use a second transponder on SES Astra‘s satellite at 19.2 degrees East Longitude to provide satellite-based Internet service throughout Italy. This follows...

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based provider of satellite-based communications, announced Thursday that it has been working with an unidentified customer in an effort to restore telecommunication services in...

Major League Baseball International, which coordinates network planning and broadcast of Major League Baseball (MLB) games, has chosen Intelsat to broadcast the July 15 All-Star Game to viewers worldwide. Using...

United Nations-led development efforts in some of the poorest and most remote parts of the globe are being guided by images from satellites provided by the European Space Agency. The...

Andrew Wright, president of the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA), said that the Federal Communications Commission’s Report on 2002 Cable Industry Prices, released this week, “illustrates why consumers continue...

PlanetLink Communications [OTC BB: PLKC.OB] , a Cumming, Ga.-based provider of satellite-based products and services, has signed a sales and marketing agreement with James J. Vogel, dba Market One Direct,...

Nissan North America’s Infiniti division will begin offering XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] and Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] equipment as a factory or dealer installed option for its entire...