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Dollars And Sense: The Launch Industry--The High Price Of Preserving The Bottom Line

By Staff Writer | July 1, 2003

by Carissa Bryce Christensen Should Europe and the United States be spending billions to protect a launch industry that cannot make it commercially? Painfully, the answer is yes. The launch...

Industry At Large

By Staff Writer | July 1, 2003

People BOEING: Pioneer Inducted To Hall Of Fame Harold Rosen, a consultant and former 37-year employee of The Boeing Co., was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in...

Launch of Second Mars Probe Delayed Until July 5

By Staff Writer | July 1, 2003

The launch of the second Mars Exploration Rovers, named “Opportunity,” aboard a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., has been delayed until July 5 from an...

Thales Becomes Sixth Partner In European Galileo System

By Staff Writer | July 1, 2003

Thales Group has signed an agreement with Galileo Industries, the consortium set up to build, deploy and operate the European Galileo satellite navigation system, under which Thales will become the...

Intelsat Appoints International Video Sales Executives

By Staff Writer | July 1, 2003

Washington, D.C.-based Intelsat has appointed Doug Triblehorn and Jean-Philippe Gillet to head regional sales efforts for its Media and Entertainment Business Unit in Asia and Europe, Africa and the Middle...

XM's Second-Quarter Subscriber Gains Top Forecasts

By Staff Writer | July 1, 2003

XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] is continuing to meet or exceed its promises to Wall Street. The Washington-based satellite radio company beat the expectations of satellite analysts Tuesday when it...

Orbital Sciences Looks Ahead To Improvement

By Staff Writer | June 30, 2003

Orbital Sciences’ [NYSE: ORB] success last week launching the long-delayed OrbView-3 satellite for Orbimage should boost its recovery efforts. Orbital also is helping itself by issuing lower-cost debt to replace...

Europeans To Double Spending

By Staff Writer | June 30, 2003

The European Space Agency and European Union member states have agreed to double spending on space-related activities, from a current level of 6 billion euros (US$6.9 billion) to 12 billion...

Gilat Signs Bulgarian Accord

By Staff Writer | June 30, 2003

Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] has signed an agreement with the Bulgarian petroleum company TRANSAT to deploy a Skystar 360E hub and VSAT network with sites throughout Bulgaria. TRANSAT, and...

Telenor Completes Testing

By Staff Writer | June 30, 2003

Telenor Satellite Services has completed testing of its aeronautical data communications service called Swift Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS). Based on Inmarsat’s Swift64 technology, Telenor’s aeronautical MPDS will deliver cost-effective...