Author: Staff Writer

Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS] has been awarded a contract from Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Azusa, Calif., to develop the SBIRS- High Payload Diagnostic System, a high-Earth orbiting component of...

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] first quarter subscriber levels impressed analysts on Wall Street. The company’s strong subscriber growth momentum versus cable and rival DirecTV earned a positive review from Karim...

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK] reported first quarter net income of $3.6 million, rebounding from a net loss of $17 million during the same quarter last year. The big difference...

90 degreesE: Yamal 102 D Evrasija TV [Eurasia TV] has been replaced by Oblastnoe TV from Ekaterinburg on 3600 MHz LHCP, SR 4285, FEC 3/4, VPID 308, APID 256. Several...

After receiving European Commission approval in early April, the sale of Italian pay-TV satellite operator Telepiu has been completed. As a result, Vivendi Universal [NYSE: V] has raised some much...

The clock is ticking for Inmarsat. The mobile satellite operator faces a June 30 deadline set by the U.S. Congress in the ORBIT Act to hold an initial public offering....

Maqsat, a Dutch satellite communications provider, has joined the Europe*Star gateway program. The program, consisting of network providers, national telecom providers and independent teleport operations, provides access to Europe*Star’s satellites....

Americom Government Services (AGS) and Japan’s JSAT Corp. (JSAT) have signed a business collaboration agreement to support each company’s pursuit and execution of U.S. government-related satellite-based communications services in the...

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], a Dutch-based satellite communications company, and KMS/FalconStream, a Kuwaiti information technology firm that provides Internet connectivity services via satellite, have signed a long-term multi-transponder, multi-satellite...

Intelsat took a hit in revenues for the first quarter of 2003, compared to the same stage last year. It had revenues of $238.9 million in the first quarter, compared...