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Green Light For Arianespace Saturday Launch
Arianespace Flight 162 has the go-ahead for a liftoff on Saturday with a three-satellite payload. An Ariane 5G vehicle is set to carry the European Space Agency‘s SMART-1 lunar exploration […]
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SATELLITE TODAY’s Company Profile
This week, we take a closer look at a company with a plan to dominate the satellite radio market: XM Satellite Radio. For more in-depth competitive intelligence reports detailing “who’s […]
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SATELLITE TODAY To Host ‘Cable vs. Satellite’ Virtual Seminar
The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who is likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up […]
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PBI Media’s Telecom Group Presents 2003 Telecom Marketing Awards
The Telecom Marketing Awards presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs of the past year. […]
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Intelsat Kicks Off New Maryland Teleport
Intelsat has expanded its terrestrial network by powering up a new mountaintop teleport in Hagerstown, Md. Intelsat’s teleport will provide service to 100 existing customers of GlobalConnex, the operator’s bundled […]
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Canada, Mexico Ink Satellite Coordination Accord
The Canadian and Mexican governments have signed a satellite coordination agreement that will reduce interference among different satellite signals, provide a stable, cooperative environment and ensure room for expansion for […]
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Sirius, Pana-Pacific Unveil Satellite Radio System for Truckers
Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] and Pana-Pacific, a product supplier to the commercial and off-road vehicle market, will introduce STREAMER, a portable Sirius radio system for commercial trucks, at this […]
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SkyFrames, Others To Provide IP Telephony For U.S. Troops
SkyFrames [OTC: SKYU] will partner with AeroTech, PacWireless and Solomon Technology to supply IP telephony services for U.S. troops in Iraq. The soldiers will be provided with the ability to […]
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Hughes Joins With Sun To Deliver Biometrics Via Satellite
Hughes Network System, a Germantown, Md.-based satellite broadband unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has joined forces with Sun Microsystems [Nasdaq: SUNW] and AC Technology for the delivery of biometric-related […]
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Kyocera Wireless To Sell GPS-Enabled Handsets To Venezuela
Kyocera Wireless, a Japanese manufacturer of CDMA wireless handsets, has begun providing GPS-enabled handsets to Venezuelan mobile carriers Telcel and Movilnet. This latest deal is part of a recent expansion […]
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ESA Official Details Plans for Future Weather Satellites
The European Space Agency (ESA) is building a new generation of weather satellites, ESA Director of Earth Observation Programs José Achache told European meteorologists in Rome last week. Meteosats, the […]
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SATELLITE TODAY To Host ‘Cable vs. Satellite’ Virtual Seminar
The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who is likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up […]
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PBI Media’s Telecom Group Presents 2003 Telecom Marketing Awards
The Telecom Marketing Awards presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs of the past year. […]
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DirecTV’s Hartenstein Outlines Satellite Industry Bill of Rights
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The direct broadcast satellite (DBS) business is in its earliest stage of evolution and must continue to work hard to make satellite TV the most popular multichannel […]
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Harris Wins Telesat Canada Contract
Harris [NYSE: HRS] has inked a deal with Ottawa-based Telesat Canada to provide a satellite command and control system to support BS 601 and E3000 satellite bus types. Telesat operates […]
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Miami CSTARS Facility To Begin SPOT Imagery Reception
The University of Miami‘s CSTARS Facility has signed a receiving station contract with Mississippi-based RESOURCE 21 and Chantilly, Va.-based SPOT Image for data reception from the SPOT 2 and 4 […]
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ESA Plans Launch Of Proba-2 Microsatellite For Early 2006
The European Space Agency‘s second microsatellite, Proba-2, is expected to be ready for launch early in 2006. Proba-2, a similar satellite to the Proba-1 spacecraft launched in October 2001, will […]
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DISH Network Reaches DVR Milestone
EchoStar Communications‘ [Nasdaq: DISH] DISH Network has reached a milestone by selling its one millionth digital video recorder (DVR). Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar said its DISH Network is the fastest growing […]
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SATELLITE TODAY To Host ‘Cable vs. Satellite’ Virtual Seminar
The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who is likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up […]
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PBI Media’s Telecom Group Presents 2003 Telecom Marketing Awards
The Telecom Marketing Awards presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs of the past year. […]
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Loral Skynet Seeks $141 M For Telstar 4
The in-orbit failure of Loral Skynet‘s Telstar 4 satellite poses significant financial consequences. The company yesterday declared the satellite a “total loss” and announced plans to seek $141 million from […]
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Commercial Markets Falter–Government Drives Satellite Demand
A recently released report from Northern Sky Research concludes that after an average of 90 satellites were launched annually during 1995-2000, an average of 60 launches a year is expected […]
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VOD, PVR: Pawns in DBS vs. Cable Battle
Personal video recording (PVR) devices are the weapon of choice for direct broadcast satellite (DBS) operators, while video-on-demand (VOD) technology is the favored weapon of cable TV in the battle […]
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Raytheon Building F-35 Fighter’s Anti-Jam GPS Sensor
Raytheon [NYSE: RTN] has been selected to develop the next-generation militarized GPS system with anti-jam and stealth capabilities for the Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The […]
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MDA Helps Provision U.S. Military Ground Station
Canadian firm MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has been awarded a contract worth several million dollars by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) to participate in the delivery of […]
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Data Access, Telenor Share U.K. Resources
Data Access, an India-based provider of international wholesale data and voice services, has signed an agreement with Norwegian telecom carrier Telenor [Nasdaq: TELN] to share complementary network resources in the […]
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The battle for video and high-speed Internet access is here. Find out who is likely to win, who has the greatest challenges, and what opportunities that knowledge will open up […]
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Comtech Gets $1.2M Order for Satellite Communications Products
Comtech Telecommunications [Nasdaq: CMTL], a Melville, N.Y.-based communications equipment supplier, said its Comtech EF Data subsidiary has received a$1.2 million order for satellite communications products from an undisclosed U.S.-based systems […]
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Stamerjohanns Named Galileo GM
Galileo Industries‘ shareholder committee approved the appointment of Gunter Stamerjohanns as general manager. For now, Stamerjohanns will be responsible for the daily management of the company with its headquarters in […]
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Sea Launch Sails To Launch Galaxy XIII/Horizons-1 Satellite
The Sea Launch launch platform and Commander vessel have embarked on their transit to the equator for the launch of the Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built Galaxy XIII/Horizons-1 satellite for PanAmSat [Nasdaq: […]