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A year after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) N-Prime satellite was damaged during assembly by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. (LMSSC) in the company’s Sunnyvale, Calif., plant, National […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will try to promote the educational benefits of broadband with a symposium tomorrow at its Washington, D.C., headquarters. The event, “Unleashing the Educational Power of […]

Spanish satellite operator Hispasat says its board of directors ratified the continued undertaking of the Amazonas project after reviewing reports on the current situation of the satellite located at 61 […]

Orbimage Inc. [ORBM] detailed its plans to raise the necessary funds to launch the OrbView-5 satellite in the first quarter of 2007 to meet the requirements of the recently won […]

by Nick Mitsis It was not too long ago that satellite industry executives were nearly shouting for the financial industry’s attention. Plagued by a weak economy, eclipsed by multibillion dollar […]

by Gerry Oberst Europe took a number of important steps in mid-summer this year toward turning its proposed Galileo satellite radionavigation system into a reality. In late June, the European […]

By Peter J. Brown Hats off to India for taking a very ambitious step forward in the early 21st century with its decision to launch Edusat, which, at least at […]

By James Careless Private satellite networks. The name conjures up visions of Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) antennas perched atop banks, retailers and gas stations, all sending the most basic […]

The global demand for distance learning services and more advanced interactive distance learning (IDL) services continues to grow as rural healthcare, the need to provide a basic educational experience in […]

With the expansion of the European Union, the makeup of the Eastern European satellite market has changed. Today, when people speak of this market, they are referring to Russia and […]

People AIA Appoints Assistant VP Bruce Mahone, director of space policy at the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), has been appointed assistant vice president of technical operations at AIA. In his […]

by Owen D. Kurtin August brought news of the purchase of Intelsat by a private equity consortium, which includes Apollo Management, Madison Dearborn Partners, Apax Partners and Permira Advisors. Also […]

The Satellite Home Viewers Improvement Act (SHVIA) that allows direct broadcast satellite (DBS) services to broadcast local channels likely will be renewed but a compromise still needs to be worked […]

SES Astra has claimed another high-definition (HD) first in Europe with a potential landmark in commercial free-to-air (FTA) television. It teamed with ProSiebenSat 1 to announce that on Oct. 14, […]

Qualcomm Inc. [QCOM] deployed two new security enhancements to its OmniTRACS satellite fleet management solution. The first is a vehicle immobilization device that allows the authorized operator of a truck […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. [DISH] late Friday said that, effective Oct. 1, its EchoStar DBS Corp. subsidiary completed the early redemption of all outstanding 10- 3/8 percent senior notes due 2007. […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [GILTF] inked a deal to supply the Ukrainian National Lottery with a satellite-based VSAT network based on its Skystar Advantage VSAT platform. The Ukrainian National Lottery […]

Dulles, Va.-based Orbimage gained a big boost for its business by winning a $500 million, multi-year pact to give high-resolution imagery to the U.S. government under a contract awarded by […]

Amid an industry-wide consolidation trend, room still exists for startup ventures that can match good ideas with sound management, financing and regulatory support. Those ingredients all are in place at […]

Patrick Brant, the new president of Bedminster, N.J. Loral Skynet, has a vision of turning the company into a provider of hybrid networking services that will use satellites, fiber and […]

Ottawa, Canada-based SkyWave Mobile Communications, a provider of Inmarsat D+ satellite airtime, services and terminal equipment, is pursuing an aggressive expansion program that will seize on its recent receipt of […]

This fall, General Motors [GM] is aiming to produce 3 million vehicles in North America during the 2006 model year equipped with its Global Positioning System-enabled (GPS) OnStar in-vehicle safety […]

Many satellite operators view Africa as a potential growth market. Last month, SES Astra announced that it was extending its provision of state-of-the-art satellite services to the entire African continent […]

Asset tracking is a key “remote application” outside the mainstream wireless markets of voice, data and now video. To the companies that offer the service, including wireless and satellite providers, […]

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based unit of Lockheed Martin [LMT], won the biggest U.S. military satellite communications pact that likely will be awarded during the next two […]

Wall Street analysts are offering a consensus estimate that Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] will pre-announce that it amassed in the neighborhood of 430,000 third-quarter net new subscribers. That […]

Ottawa, Canada-based NAV Canada reached an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration to extend the benefits of satellite-navigation technology to all aircraft operators that fly in Canadian airspace. The agreement […]

The Republic of Azerbaijan is the newest member of the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications. Initially Intersputnik had nine member countries. Now that Azerbaijan has joined the organization, the […]

Englewood, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications Corporation‘s [DISH] DISH Network satellite-television service expanded the number of markets in which it offers local channels to 150 last week when it added Terre Haute, […]

Washington-based WorldSpace filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch and operate the AfriStar-2 satellite and to co-locate it at 21º East with the company’s AfriStar-1 satellite. […]