Author: Staff Writer

By Gerry Oberst Just as the satellite radio sector in the United States seems to be gaining strength, regulators in the United Kingdom seem to want to sell the spectrum...

By Nick Mitsis The year 2005 was a robust year for services and hardware within the global satellite communications industry, with even stronger activity forecasted for the next few years....

Technology MSV Unveils New Satellite Communication Repeaters Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced the availability of a pair of new vehicle-mounted repeater products that operate with the MSAT-G2 Mobile Satellite Radio....

By Owen D. Kurtin The role that Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) by Internet Protocol (IP) is likely to play in the satellite industry has been a constant topic of industry...

Vega Group plc won a five-year contract extension from Serco Group plc to continue providing technical support for the Skynet military satellite communications program, Vega announced June 29. The $3.4...

Loral Space and Communications Inc. promoted Patrick DeWitt to CEO of Space Systems/Loral and chose John Celli to succeed him as president and COO of Space Systems/Loral. DeWitt has worked...

Harris Corp. signed an agreement with Sky PerfecTV, a Japanese direct-to-home satellite service company, to provide a high-definition (HD) version of Harris’ playout automation application and its media ingest application,...

Transformational Space Corp. (T/Space) added Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Near Earth LLC to its team competing to build a follow-on vehicle to the space shuttle, T/Space announced June...

Globalstar Satellite Services Ltd. received a license from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to provide satellite voice and data services in the country, Globalstar Inc. announced June...

In the articles “Geosage Introduces True-Color Global Satellite Imagery,” and “Boeing Exploring Future Of Connexion Business” (Satellite Today, Jan. 28) we misidentified the companies Geosage and Connexion By Boeing. We...