Author: Staff Writer

Having been delayed due to problems with the Ariane 5 rocket, the launch of the Rosetta comet exploration spacecraft is back on track. The spacecraft will be launched in February...

InterWAVE Communications International [Nasdaq: IWAV], a Menlo Park, Calif.-based provider of compact wireless communications systems, has received a $1.8 million contract from Mauritel Mobiles to provide a terrestrial wireless/satellite communications...

Schlumberger‘s [NYSE: SLB] Houston-based Oilfield Services unit will provide remote monitoring and control of electrical submersible pumps (ESPs) via satellites for Columbian oil and gas firm Hocol. Schlumberger’s service includes...

ACS [NYSE: ACS], a Dallas-based provider of business process and information technology outsourcing solutions, has begun construction of satellite-linked technology center in Accra, Ghana. Located near the Accra airport, the...

Wavesat Wireless, a manufacturer of microwave network products, has signed an agreement with BIP Corp. of San Diego, to supply satellite amplifiers estimated at approximately $1.2 million. The equipment will...

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB] is supplying Global Positioning System reference stations and virtual reference station (VRS) software to the Seismological Bureau of Sichuan Province in China to establish a...

ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT], a Carlsbad, Calif.-based VSAT and Ka-band communications provider, has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed satellite operator to procure ViaSat’s DOCSIS-based two-way broadband satellite system to...

Helius, a Lindon, Utah-based provider of satellite broadband routing, has hired Jeff Curtis as senior vice president of sales and Mike Tippets as senior vice president of marketing. They will...

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] has inked a deal to deliver business television, a satellite communications service, to CompUSA, a retailer and reseller of computer technology and related products and services...

Channel Sun France, a subsidiary of South Korean public broadcaster KBS Media, has renewed its contract with GlobeCast to provide channel distribution using GlobeCast’s digital direct-to-home (DTH) distribution platform via...