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Arianespace completed Wednesday the integration of the equipment bay and the storable propellants stage for the Feb. 26 launch of the European Space Agency‘s Rosetta comet probe aboard an Ariane […]

Wilton, Conn.-based PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] announced that Galaxy 13/Horizons-1, the company’s recently launched 24th satellite, has successfully completed in-orbit testing and is operational, delivering cable, video and VSAT services throughout […]

Dulles, Va.-based SkyBitz has signed up five new trucking customers for its satellite-based trailer tracking and information management service — Southern Cal Transport, Fugro Chance, On Time Transportation, Royal Freight […]

Minneapolis-based Alliant Techsystems [NYSE: ATK] has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Commercial Space Systems to supply composite satellite components for the company’s A2100 communications satellite series. The […]

Nick Stubbs has been appointed managing director of Astra Marketing France, the French affiliate of satellite operator SES Astra, a unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG]. Prior to joining SES […]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth satellite observing systems are being used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to improve the accuracy and timeliness of […]

Lindon, Utah-based Helius has signed up Paris-based LTRT as a strategic partner for its satellite broadband product for corporate networks. The Helius Strategic Alliance Program integrates products and services from […]

Eagle Broadband [AMEX: EAG], a League City, Tex.-based supplier of broadband and communications products and services, has signed a distribution agreement with San Diego-based Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) to […]

Alcatel Space, a subsidiary of Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA], has been selected by EADS Astrium, the prime contractor for France’s SPIRALE early warning satellite program, to build two demonstration satellites. […]

The worldwide digital radio market, both satellite and terrestrial, will grow to over 19 million unit shipments in 2007, according to a report by market research firm In- Stat/MDR. The […]

Fresh off its best quarter in subscriber gains in its history, Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV, a unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: HS], is ready to rumble under new owner News Corp […]

New services and products unveiled by the two U.S. satellite radio service providers – Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] and New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] — could […]

HONOLULU–As telecom, broadcast, consumer and enterprise markets begin to recover from their recent business lows, the world’s global satellite and expendable launch vehicle (ELV) industries are looking forward to improved […]

The foreign ministries of the Netherlands and another European country have become the latest customers of Amsterdam-based Equant [NYSE: ENT], which is offering new secure satellite virtual private network (VPN) […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler LAS VEGAS–In the competitive ebb and flow of the U.S. multichannel video market, satellite and wireless technologies have gained significant advantages, based on what was shown to […]

Shin Satellite, the Thailand-based satellite operator, hopes to gets its ambitious iPSTAR broadband program moving this year. The operator plans to launch iPSTAR-1 in the middle of this year as […]

Week of Jan. 9-15, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Jan. 15 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.74 (2.1) 6.6 22.9 15.1 […]

Vancouver, Canada-based GPS Industries [OTCBB: GPSN], a provider of GPS-based golfing products, announced the installation of its Inforemer GPS-based golf solution at Noosa Springs Golf Club on Australia’s Sunshine Coast. […]

Alcatel Space, the satellite manufacturing arm of Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA], has received an order from the French defense procurement agency DGA to build a new military communications satellite called […]

French firms ORCA Instrumentation and Advanced Concept and System Architecture (ACSA) have developed a GPS Intelligent Buoy (GIB) system designed to track underwater vehicles in real-time.GIB is a new concept […]

Paris-based satellite operator GlobeCast has signed a contract to deliver Vectone Entertainment Network‘s community channels – Vectone Urdu, Vectone Bangla, Vectone Tamil and Vectone Hindi – using Eutelsat‘s Eurobird and […]

The European Space Agency missions planned this year include the launch of the Rosetta spacecraft to the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko in February, the mission of ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers to the […]

Two United Nations‘ agencies – the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) – are teaming with India to help boost the delivery of postal services to […]

Kevin N. McGrath has been named president and CEO of Digital Angel [AMEX: DOC], a So. St. Paul, Minn.-based location tracking company. Prior to joining Digital Angel, McGrath spent 16 […]

The International Space Business Council expects to release a report next week that predicts the space industry will reach $90 billion this year. Among the conclusions of the “‘2004 State […]

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) have begun renovations at Space Launch Complex 3E (SLC-3E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base to prepare the launch site for […]

When a major undersea cable recently failed, Intelsat was able to restore Internet services to all of Turkey within 38 hours, the company said. The high-speed connection to the Internet […]

Luxembourg-based SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG] has formed a new unit called Worldsat, which will operate as a unit of its U.S. subsidiary SES Americom. In addition, SES has signed a […]

HONOLULU–Cautious optimism and policy frustration top the list of emotions expressed by various satellite industry executives as they consider business initiatives for 2004 and beyond. During panel sessions here at […]

Alcatel Space, the satellite manufacturing arm of Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA], has delivered the payload for the AM11 satellite to Russia’s NPO-PM, prime contractor for the Express AM satellites deployed […]