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By Roger Rusch For the past 20 years, TelAstra has maintained comprehensive records of satellite contracts, launches, and in-orbit experience. Each year, we update the records and examine the trends. […]

Week of Oct. 17 – 23, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Oct. 23 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.24 3.7 (4.7) […]

GlobeCast, a Paris-based satellite service provider, has partnered with Fileas, a provider of telecommunications services via satellite, to provide a fourth satellite platform for Radio France Internationale (RFI), which will […]

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB] has received a contract from T-Com, Deutsche Telekom‘s fixed-network division, for Global Positioning System (GPS) survey equipment and software. The equipment will be used to […]

San Jose, Calif.-based Telcontar, a locations-based software service provider, and Walnut Creek, Calif.-based GlobeXplorer, an aerial and satellite data image provider, have signed an agreement for Telcontar to resell GlobeXplorer’s […]

Norsat International [Toronto: NII], a Burnaby, British Columbia based-satellite equipment company, has received a contract to supply its Securelink satellite terminals to the University of California to deliver health care […]

GPS Industries [OTC: GPSN], a Vancouver, British Columbia-based supplier of GPS-based golf systems, is supplying the Brookwater Gold Club in Brisbane, Australia, with its Inforemer golf system. No financial terms […]

Pharos Science & Applications, a Torrance, Calif. based GPS services company, has introduced Smart Traffic for its GPS-enabled Smartphones. The web-based service will provide real-time traffic information and alerts to […]

2003 Telecom Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group The Telecom Marketing Awards are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs […]

All you need to do is answer a few questions and we’ll get you started on your free trial to the proprietary materials on the Satellite Today Web site. Your […]

A U.S. bankruptcy court judge has ruled that DirecTV will remain the owner of DirecTV 7S, a satellite undergoing the final stages of construction in a Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) factory. […]

ND Satcom [PNK: NUDY], Friedrichshafen, Germany-based supplier of satellite-based broadband, broadcast and military communication network products, has been awarded a contract by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for a […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to EADS Astrium (UK) [PNK: EADSF] to build the Aeolus satellite that will monitor winds from space. No financial terms were […]

Honeywell Technology Solutions, a Phoenix, Ariz.-based unit of Honeywell [NYSE: HON], has been awarded two National Aeronautics and Space Administration contracts with a potential value of $1.7 billion. Under one […]

SES Astra, a unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], and Alfacam, the Belgium-based TV facilities provider, have signed an agreement to launch Europe’s first high-definition television (HDTV) channel, Euro 1080, […]

Elbit Systems [Nasdaq: ESLT] has completed the acquisition of a minority share in AeroAstro, a provider of small satellites and related technology products. Financial terms were not disclosed. This transaction […]

2003 Telecom Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group The Telecom Marketing Awards are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs […]

All you need to do is answer a few questions and we’ll get you started on your free trial to the proprietary materials on the Satellite Today Web site. Your […]

Additional scrutiny is ahead for Northpoint Technology now that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has launched an inquiry into whether Northpoint has provided financial interests in the company to “well-connected individuals.” […]

A team led by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC] has submitted a proposal for the risk reduction and system definition (RR&SD) effort of the Department of […]

Melville, N.Y.-based Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [Nasdaq: CMTL] has received a $1.5 million order for its messaging and location tracking mobile satellite transceivers. Comtech didn’t release the name of the company […]

Italian satellite TV provider Sky Italia and Englewood, Colo.-based CSG Systems, a subsidiary of CSG Systems International [Nasdaq: CSGS], have signed an agreement to expand Sky Italia’s customer billing platform. […]

Annapolis, Md.-based ARINC has been awarded a contract from Saudi Arabian corporate jet operator National Air Services (NAS) to provide GlobalLink radio and satellite communications for its fleet of Boeing […]

Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB], a Dulles, Va.- based satellite company, received a contract worth $8.4 million to supply its satellite-based ORBCAD communications and dispatch software system for the San Diego […]

RF Magic, a San Diego, Calif.-based supplier of integrated radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) for consumer broadband digital entertainment markets, has raised $24 million in its series-C funding round. EchoStar […]

2003 Telecom Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group The Telecom Marketing Awards are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs […]

All you need to do is answer a few questions and we’ll get you started on your free trial to the proprietary materials on the Satellite Today Web site. Your […]

Intelsat has topped the bid of EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] for the North American satellites of Loral Space & Communications [OTCBB: LRLSQ]. Loral announced Monday that Intelsat had upped its […]

Disappointing growth in the satellite access market has led satellite operators to pursue alternative models of broadband service delivery, according to a study by Orlando, Fla.-based research firm Northern Sky […]

EADS Astrium is teaming with Alcatel Space to build two satellites – Arabsat-4A and Arabsat-4B – for Saudi Arabian satellite operator Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat). Financial terms were not […]