NEIBAL SIGNS WITH SHIN
Neibal Group International of Abu Dhabi has signed a contract with Thailand’s Shin Satellite to transmit the first Urdu digital television channel to broadcast family entertainment. The channel, a joint...
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OSC Launches TSX 5 Satellite For Air Force
Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] has launched successfully the TSX 5 satellite, which it built for the U.S. Air Force for a series of scientific experiments. The satellite was launched June...
U.S. Commerce Launches Commercial Space Business Council
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced June 20 the launch of a broad-based effort to advance U.S. interests in commericial space development through the formation of a Space Enterprise Council....
Space Imaging Slashes Landsat Imagery Prices
In hopes of further helping organizations will be able to monitor, map and measure changes to the Earth’s surface more regularly and more affordably, Colorado-based Space Imaging significantly has reduced...
NASA Picks Boeing, Lockheed For ID/IQ Contracts; Boeing Gets Three Missions
NASA has awarded Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) launch contracts to The Boeing Co. [BA] and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT]. The agency awarded three launches under the contracts to Boeing. NASA...
John Higginbotham, SpaceVest Chairman, Discusses The Keys To Landing Venture Capital For Business Development
The failure of Iridium LLC may have cost investors and bankers nearly $5 billion, but space ventures that are breaking ground through the Internet, broadband applications or multimedia content delivery...
Highly-structured Business Plans Are Needed To Solidify Financing
NEW YORK–Financiers urged space and satellite executives to pay closer attention to the details of their structured business plans if they want to gain financial backing for space ventures. Wall...
Vertical Integration Will Continue Among Space And Satellite Companies
NEW YORK–As consolidation sweeps the global economy, the satellite and space industry will continue to follow suit with the formation of new consortia and individual corporate streamlining in hopes of...
MirCorp Establishes Citizen Explorer Program; Millionaire Soon May Visit Mir
Amsterdam-based MirCorp inaugurated its Citizen Explorer Program, which soon may provide the first commercial manned flight opportunity for private citizens. Dennis Tito, a 59-year-old California millionaire is slated to become...
AOL, HNS Plan Beta Tests Of AOL Plus Powered By DirecPC
America Online Inc. [AOL] and Hughes Network Systems Inc. [GMH] plan to start Beta tests of their planned AOL Plus Powered by DirecPC service in about 16 markets, including New...