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New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK] has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder deal with Indian telecom company Reliance Infocomm, enabling Reliance to offer international long-distance telephone services to the United States. The...

The government of Norway has agreed to purchase $15 million Canadian (US$9.8 million) worth of RADARSAT-2 data. Under the agreement, the first of its kind in Europe, Norway has committed...

Canada’s Norsat International Inc. [NSAT; NII], a designer and marketer of satellite products for high-speed data transmission, sold a specialized terminal to an unidentified New York-based broadcaster, company officials said....

Washington D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio Inc. [Nasdaq: XMSR] took a big step toward gaining the financial breathing room it needed this week by closing on its previously announced $475 million...

An oversight board convened by International Launch Services (ILS) to investigate the Nov. 26 launch failure of a Proton/Block DM rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan has completed its initial...

By Piero Muscara Rupert Murdoch is a man of his word. Years ago he claimed that he “would never buy a newspaper” that he couldn’t “understand what’s written in it.”...

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...

HONOLULU–Asia represents one of the world’s largest markets for satellite products and services, with 67 commercial satellites transmitting to a third of the world’s population. Asian satellite operators “may be...

The T. Howard Foundation, an organization devoted to helping women and people of color break into the satellite telecommunications industry, will recognize the achievements of AOL Time Warner [AOL] Vice...

Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall expects a decision on the launch of the Rosetta scientific satellite to take place in the next three months. Arianespace and the European Space Agency...