Author: Staff Writer

by Bill Roberts Anyone who pulled out a cell phone during the recent Kosovo crisis risked being mobbed by anxious crowds desperate to get in touch with family and friends....

by Theresa Foley For satellite multimedia, content to be carried over new platforms has been slow to emerge–until now. Customers of SES Multimedia S.A. and The Fantastic Corp. are introducing...

by Peter J. Brown The global satellite industry continues to roll out new broadband services at a steady pace, while watching the competition closely. As wired and terrestrial wireless players...

by Gerald E. Oberst Jr. The ITU has once again been asked to square the circle and plan orbital slots and frequencies for broadcasting satellite services (BSS). The rising acrimony...

By Theresa Foley The satellite business had a less than stellar year in 1999 raising money in the financial markets. It failed to break new records, as some experts had...

By Cynthia Boeke In a year of significant technical and business turmoil in some high-profile sectors of the satellite market, GE American Communications (GE Americom) represents, in many ways, the...

by Marc Crossman and Anh Steininger Will 2000 be the year mobile satellite services (MSS) come back into favor? The answer, of course, depends upon Globalstar. So far, Globalstar is...

Its History and Use in Science and Industry By Robert Nelson On September 23, 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter was lost during an orbit injection maneuver when the spacecraft crashed...

For those heading to Satellite 2000, look for Leslie Taylor. She will be moderating the "Law and International Regulation" panel discussion on Feb. 1 and participating in the "Satellite Statistics:...

It has been a rocky road for the satellite industry during the past few years. From the high-profile failure of PamAmSat’s [SPOT] Galaxy IV bird to the recent troubles of...