Author: Staff Writer

by Chris Mecray Two of the major U.S. satellite launch providers, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, have just completed $1.5 billion in investments in upgraded launch vehicles (not including government development...

by Peter J. Brown The satellite industry is looking for new opportunities while trying to keep up with the demand for more services. A steady proliferation of robust fixed, portable...

Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], which has been the target of protesters seeking expanded minority-oriented programming, is preparing to offer 350 hours of minority-oriented programming across 19 channels in...

Artemis has finally reached geostationary orbit, some 36,000 kilometers above the Earth, at 21.5 degreesE, the European Space Agency announced Friday. The satellite was orginally launched July 12, 2001, into...

Orbital Sciences Corp. [NYSE: ORB] has been awarded a major contract by the U.S. Air Force to provide space launch and missile defense target vehicles using deactivated Peacekeeper ICBM assets...

New Valley Corp. [Nasdaq: NVAL], a company that offered to provide bankrupt Globalstar with $55 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing to gain majority control, failed in its bid to proceed...

Mobile satellite operators should benefit from a Federal Communications Commission decision to let them add wireless capabilities as ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) services. High-profile business failures by mobile satellite services...

Televigation, a provider of wireless motion-based technology and services, has debuted its TeleNav service, which gives owners of certain Java (J2ME) mobile phones the ability to navigate turn-by-turn to virtually...

Don’t miss the world’s largest satellite industry conference and exhibition! SATELLITE 2003 February 26 – 28, 2003 Washington Convention Center Washington, DC http://www.satellite2003.com SATELLITE 2003 is the industry event where...

AOL Time Warner this week sold its 8.4 percent stake in Hughes Electronics for around $800 million. AOL sold the stake in Hughes–parent of DirecTV, Hughes Network Systems, and PanAmSat...