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Boeing [BA] once again has been selected to launch a satellite for DigitalGlobe to support the Colo.-based company’s expanding space-imaging business. The first opportunity occurred in October 2001, when Boeing […]

Dulles, Va.-based ORBIMAGE, a remote sensing company that emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection Dec. 31, 2003, received a 22-month ClearView contract worth at least $27.6 million to provide […]

OnStar, a Troy, Mich.-based GPS system for automobiles, helped the FBI capture a suspect featured on “America’s Most Wanted.” An OnStar subscriber filed a missing-car report to the Williamson County […]

Harris [HRS], a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based satellite communications company, signed a contract to support DigitalGlobe‘s satellite control system upgrade-and-expansion program. Harris will provide the satellite command and control system for […]

Encore Networks executives say the company recently completed certification testing between the ViaSat [VSAT] LinkStar IP satellite terminal, and Encore’s VSR-30 and Bandit product lines. Encore says the combined platform […]

SES Americom, a unit of SES Global, said today that the company signed a deal to deliver live and recorded programming from XY.tv. XY.tv is a 24-hour network of original […]

XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] officials said their satellite radio service this Wednesday will debut XM America Left, a new talk-radio channel dedicated to “progressive” political viewpoints. America Left’s daily program […]

NDS CEO Abe Peled expects the main 2004 growth drivers for the company to come from lucrative contracts in Italy, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. NDS recently […]

Luxembourg-based SES Global, the world’s largest satellite operating company, appears to be bottoming out and heading for a financial upswing starting next year. That is the view of key satellite […]

The original investors of low-Earth-orbit satellite services Iridium and Globalstar who lost nearly all their money could not be blamed for regretting that either multi-billion dollar venture was built. Now […]

The high-stakes battles that pit price-gouging television programmers against increasingly resistant satellite and cable TV service providers are becoming more frequent than ever, and Congress is taking notice. Consumers are […]

Germantown, Md.-based Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a provider of satellite broadband services through its DirecWay brand, has introduced a wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) access service aimed at such consumer-oriented businesses as […]

By Maury Mechanick, White & Case LLP For awhile, it was beginning to appear as though the former intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) in the satellite industry never were going to go […]

Nebozzo, a 50/50 joint venture between U.S. investment companies TPG and Spectrum has in the last few days has taken a 9-percent+ stake in Eutelsat. This includes the stake previously […]

Globecast is aiming to boost its revenues from Asia, the goal being to eventually grow its Asian segment to 20 percent of the company’s total. Indeed, an intensified focus on […]

Week of March 19 – 25, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol March 25 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.07 (6.3) (11.9) […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] says its Sirius First Traffic reporting system will expand into 20 markets next week, including Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco-San Jose and Washington, D.C. Officials say […]

Los Angeles, Calif.-based aeroTelesis Inc. [AOTS] recently conducted a live demonstration of its proprietary ultra spectral modulation (USM) technology, successfully transmitting 6 Mbps of data through a single 3 kHz […]

Tandberg Television [TAT] said Interactive Technologies deployed its video compression and DTH digital broadcasting system, which will provide the backbone for Bulgaria’s new direct to home satellite system. The system […]

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. [XMSR] officials said today the company plans to redeem $50 million in principal amount of its 12-percent senior secured notes due 2010. The redemption will […]

EchoStar Communications [DISH] resolved its accounting issues with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), company officials announced Friday. The matter was cleared up when EchoStar agreed to reverse an accrual […]

Fox Kids Europe [FKE] plans to launch four interactive games (branded Fox Kids Play) on PlayJam’s interactive games channel on the UK’s BSkyB April 8. Fox Kids Play games are […]

Calian Technology Ltd.’s [CTY] Systems Engineering Division has been awarded a $4 million contract from Inmarsat to provide a new satellite spectrum monitoring system. The system will be used by […]

Officials from PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT] said Caracol Television S.A. has chosen PanAmSat’s PAS9 Atlantic Ocean Region satellite to distribute its global programming throughout South America and Europe under the brand […]

Officials from Connexion by Boeing, a fledgling in-flight broadband business unit of the Boeing Co. [BA], today said the company’s high-speed, airborne Internet service, scheduled to become available this spring, […]

Arlington, Va.-based Iridium Satellite LLC announced the launch of a new satellite fax service that will permit its subscribers to send and receive faxes from any location in the world. […]

Honeywell International [HON] officials said today that Joseph DeFrancisco was named vice president of the company’s military markets segment. He will be responsible for defense and space customer management activities. […]

StarBand, a McLean, Va.-based two-way, high-speed satellite Internet service provider, has launched the StarBand 481 Telecommuter service to provide a business-grade satellite modem capability that is compatible with both Windows […]

AXONN, a New Orleans, La.-based wireless data company, entered into an agreement that calls for the distribution of its AXTracker satellite-based tracking system in Europe through United Kingdom-based BCM, a […]

Delphi Corp. [DPH] officials said today at the Mid-America Trucking Show that Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI] receivers will be available to drivers of Penske Truck Leasing’s fleet. Penske will outfit […]