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4B A Lockheed Martin Corp.[LMT] Titan 4B rocket successfully launched a reconnaissance spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Air Force Base Aug. 17.Lockheed...

In Orbit The Boeing Co.‘s [BA] Delta 3 launch vehicle successfully launched its first satellite, a simulated payload, at 7:05 a.m. EDT, Aug. 23, giving the fledgling rocket a chance...

Between Security And Economy, According To Report Business executives wanting to partner with the U.S. military in the 21st century will face greater obstacles beyond baseline contract relations. According to...

TMI Communications of Ottawa, the mobile satellite subsidiary of BCE Inc. [BCE], has been licensed by the Venezuelan government to market all of its mobilesat services in that country. Together...

Stratos Global Corp. [SGB] said it has signed a three-year agreement making it the exclusive supplier of mobile satellite services to Raytheon Marine Co. in the United States and Caribbean....

Intellicom Inc. of Livermore, Calif., said it has signed agreement with six companies to supply satellite-based, two-way Internet services. Intellicom is a subsidiary of SoftNet Systems Inc. [SOFN]. “Intellicom’s target...

Globecomm Systems Inc. [GCOM] of Hauppauge, N.Y., said it has won a $2.4 million contract to supply a new South Korean telecommunications company with a Ka-band earth station network. The...

By Karekin Jelalian Top-down or bottom-up, the digital audio radio services (DARS) market looks to be a real winner, perhaps more of a winner than any similar mass-market service or...

Lessons Learned From Iridium, ICO, and Globalstar — Part 1 One of the great controversies of the past decade has been the use of non-geostationary satellites for communications. The low-Earth-orbit...

While crusaders are tying to find a way to make Iridium LLC successful, others are awaiting news of stability and success of Globalstar L.P. [GSTRF]. Would-be competitor Constellation Communications Inc.,...