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X-band: How Interested Should The Commercial Sector Be?
Supplying a diverse cache of satellite services is currently a major driver among industry executives needing to increase their profit margins. The commercial satellite payload operators catering to global clients […]
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Dollars And Sense: The Space Market Outlook–Commercial Forecasts Still Look Shaky
by Chris Mecray Probably the most interesting incremental data point on the space market in recent weeks was imparted by Boeing’s space business head, Jim Albaugh, speaking to the press […]
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Industry At Large
People BALL AEROSPACE: Welcomes Legislative Liaison Erin Hatch was hired as the legislative liaison for civil and commercial space government relations for Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. Prior to joining […]
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August Launch Manifest
Launch Company Date and Time Facility Vehicle Payload Boeing Aug. 4, N/A Cape Canaveral AFB Delta IV DSCS-III B6 Sea Launch Aug. 7, 8:31 p.m. PDT Sea Launch Platform in […]
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Hudson Named Senior Vice President of Sales at iSECUREtrac
Fred W. Hudson has been appointed senior vice president of sales at iSECUREtrac [OTC BB: ISRE.OB], an Omaha, Neb.-based developer of GPS tracking and monitoring devices. Hudson will be responsible […]
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Inforetech Wireless Retires C$2.4 Million In Debt
Inforetech Wireless Technology [OTC BB: WYRE.OB], a Vancouver, Canada-based supplier of GPS technology for the golf industry, announced that it has retired C$2.4 million (US$1.7 million) in outstanding debt obligations. […]
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Trimble Reports Rising Revenues, Net Income
Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB], a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based supplier of GPS products, reported second quarter revenues of approximately $138.1 million, versus $123.3 million in the second quarter of 2002. For the third […]
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Telesat Canada Posts Increase In Revenue, Earnings
Telesat Canada, a satellite operating subsidiary of BCE [NYSE: BCE], posted C$82.4 million (US$58.9 million) in second quarter revenue and net earnings of C$21.2 million (US$15.2 million), compared with C$77.8 […]
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Air Force, Boeing Delay Launch of Military Communications Satellite
The U.S. Air Force and Boeing [NYSE: BA] officials are delaying the launch of a Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS III B6) spacecraft aboard a Delta IV rocket from Cape […]
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Zarlink Offers Demodulator Chip Targeted For Asian Satellite TV Markets
Ottawa, Canada-based Zarlink Semiconductor [NYSE: ZL] is making available channel demodulator for its family of RF chips for digital satellite TV systems. Zarlink’s ZL10312 chip is aimed primarily at set-top […]
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Delphi Signs Accord With Sears To Offer SKYFi Satellite Radio Products
Delphi [NYSE: DPH] has signed a deal with Sears, Roebuck and Co. [NYSE: S] for the mass retailer to sell the complete line of XM Satellite Radio‘s [Nasdaq: XMSR] SKYFi […]
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Skywalker Communications Signs Distribution Agreement with StarBand
Skywalker Communications, an O’Fallon, Mo.-based distributor of satellite television, consumer electronics and computer equipment, has signed a distribution agreement with StarBand, a consumer high-speed, two-way satellite Internet provider. The agreement […]
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Telenor Offers Dedicated Leased Lines To Inmarsat Regional BGAN Users
Telenor Satellite Services has completed installation of its dedicated leased line offering Inmarsat regional BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) users access to a secure transmission path for their high-speed data […]
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Garmin Notches Increase In Revenues, Income
Garmin [Nasdaq: GRMN], a supplier of GPS products, reported that revenues for the second quarter increased 17 percent to $143.5 million, up from $122.8 million in the same period a […]
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Intelsat CEO Says Price For Loral Birds Is ‘Fair’
Intelsat CEO Conny Kullman believes his company is paying “a fair price” for Loral Space and Communications‘ six north American satellites and the rights to their orbital locations. Intelsat announced […]
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Sydney Yacht Race Tracked by Satellite Technology
Satellite-based telematics operator Satamatics, in partnership with its service provider SecTrack, is supplying satellite-based location tracking technology and services to the 68 yachts taking part in the Sydney Gold Coast […]
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StarBand Unveils Faster Satellite Modem
StarBand, the struggling U.S. provider of two-way satellite broadband to residential and small office customers, has introduced a modem designed to provide peak download speeds of up to one megabit […]
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Rent-Way Chooses Spacenet for Satellite Retail Data Network
Spacenet, the U.S. subsidiary of Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF], has been awarded a five-year contract by Rent-Way to provide a two-way satellite-based IP network to all of Rent-Way’s […]
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Arianespace, Boeing, Mitsubishi Formalize Alliance
The much talked about launch alliance among France’s Arianespace, U.S.-based Boeing Launch Services (BLS), and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was formalized Wednesday with the signing of an agreement. Under the […]
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British See Red Over Green Paper About Space Programs
The U.K. government has a number of problems with the Green Paper on European Space Policy issued jointly by the European Space Agency and the European Union, particularly the proposal […]
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Intelsat’s Revenues, Earnings Dip In Second Quarter
Satellite operator Intelsat reported reduced revenues and earnings for the second quarter compared with the same quarter a year ago. Telecommunications revenues for Intelsat dipped 1 percent, or $2.2 million, […]
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Sogecable Cagey On Digital+
With the merger of the two Spanish satellite platforms – Via Digital and Canal Satelite Digital (CSD) – completed, the new merged platform called Digital+ was launched with much fanfare […]
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BT Broadcast Services Revamps Asia Strategy
BT Broadcast Services CEO Mark Smith is convinced that in a couple of years the satellite solutions provider could be generating more revenues from the Asia-Pacific region than from Europe. […]
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Further Collaboration With Satellite Operators
BT Broadcast Services already has deals with a number of satellite operators. In August 2002, it inked a deal with PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] to provide video and broadcast services in […]
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India and China
In terms of markets, BT is going to attack in the region – India and China represent the two biggest opportunities for the company. Smith believes recent deals in India […]
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TPS’ Lackluster Numbers Belie Strong Fundamentals
TPS, the number two satellite pay-TV platform in France, added only 20,000 net new subscribers in the first half of 2003, compared to 35,000 net new subscribers for the first […]
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Latin Transponder Market To Recover Gradually
By Patrick French and Karim Nour With revenues dropping slightly from an estimated $887 million in 2001 to $877 million in 2002, the Latin American satellite transponder market is beginning […]
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PanAmSat’s Outlook Positive Despite Revenue Decline
PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] had revenues of $203.4 million in the second quarter of this year, a drop of just under 3 per cent compared to the corresponding quarter last year. […]
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Iberia’s In-Flight Links
Spain’s Iberia Airlines has selected ARINC to deliver a package of satellite communications services for the passengers and crew on its entire fleet of long-haul aircraft, including new Airbus A340-600s. […]
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Cosmo Contract Awarded
EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: EMLG] has received a contract valued at $5.7 million from Italian satellite manufacturer Alenia Spazio to supply switching technology for the Cosmo SkyMed earth observation satellite mission […]