Author: Staff Writer

Week of Jan. 31 – Feb. 6, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Feb. 6 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.56 (8.0)...

Sutron has received a $445,000 contract for a meteorlogical-hydrological project from Venezuelan electricity provider CVG Electrificacion del Caroni (EDELCA). Under the contract, Sutron (Sterling, Va.) will provide remote hydro-met stations...

Peregrine Semiconductor, a supplier of high-performance integrated circuits for satellite, wireless and wireline communications, has raised $7.5 million in the third and final tranche of its $23 million series A1...

Littleton, Colo-based EchoStar Communication Corp. [Nasdaq: DISH] and Atlanta-based EarthLink [Nasdaq: ELNK], the nation’s third-largest Internet service provider, have agreed to team up to bundle EchoStar’s DISH Network digital satellite...

Despite reports that Bell giant SBC [NYSE: SBC] is in discussions to buy satellite TV operator DirecTV Inc., Lehman Brothers analysts think a deal is unlikely. Blake Bath, a Lehman...

Space Imaging will be pursuing future opportunities with 65 fewer employees after layoffs there last Thursday. The company’s board of directors approved the cuts and also backed plans to secure...

The dramatic impact of the Challenger explosion on the U.S. launch and satellite industries will not be repeated in the aftermath of the Columbia disaster, experts say. When the Challenger...

By Joe Pelton The recent Columbia disaster, as tragic as it was, has highlighted the danger of the U.S. relying too heavily on the space shuttle for access to space....

CapRock Services Corp., established in 1981 to provide satellite communications services to the oil and gas community, just added Oceaneering International Inc. [OII] to its customer base. CapRock’s IP Xpress...

European fixed satellite service (FSS) operator Eutelsat has rarely been out of the headlines in recent months. Last month, it saw the Ariane 5 fail to place its HOT BIRD...