Author: Staff Writer

The digital package planned under the name Asia Channel, aimed at people from Asian countries living in Europe, intends to launch this spring. In an exclusive interview with Interspace, managing...

The U.S. civil space program closed a chapter of space exploration when NASA officially ended all attempts at contacting the Mars Polar Lander Jan. 17 after a month-long effort in...

Although a U.S. defense satellite intelligence system experienced serious Y2K problems with permanent loss of data, the GPS system functioned as expected through the year-end rollover, according to the military...

Professor Joseph Pelton of George Washington University in Washington will receive the annual Arthur C. Clarke Award at the Satellite 2000 conference on Feb. 2. The award will be presented...

A Founders Conference for the new Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Telecommunications and Information (CITI) will be held at Intelsat’s headquarters in Washington on Feb. 5. Events will include video...

TRW Inc. [TRW] has made several changes within its California-based Space & Electronics Group (S&EG): Joanne Maguire is appointed vice president of group development for S&EG. She will oversee all...

Satel Conseil, a French Satellite communications firm, has made two key management moves: Paul Michel Pignal has been named president, replacing the retiring Michel Popot. Pignal comes to Satel Conseil...

At our deadline, no space-industry companies had reported any major (or even minor) Y2K problems, which clearly was a relief for the hundreds of thousands of people working worldwide in...

Professor Joseph Pelton of George Washington University in Washington will receive the annual Arthur C. Clarke Award at the Satellite 2000 conference on Feb. 3. The award will be presented...

Satellite operators in Europe have forged ahead with digital interactive service launches, leaving the competition from cable behind. At the Western Show in Los Angeles last month, Open TV’s Vincent...