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SpaceDev [OTC BB: SPDV.OB] of Poway, Calif., has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to explore the use of microsatellites in national missile defense. In […]

The family restaurant chain Golden Corral, of Raleigh, North Carolina, is deploying satellite broadband services provided by Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks’ [Nasdaq: GILTF] Spacenet unit for its IP-based network that […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s Terra and Aqua satellites are providing fire fighters with forest fire monitoring tools. A suite of satellites, flying in coordinated fashion, offers insight into […]

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 […]

Stratos, a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of remote communications solutions and services, has been awarded a five-year contract to upgrade and enhance the satellite-based communications infrastructure on the Ramform Banff, a […]

Hughes Network Systems, a Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has signed a contract with UAE- based Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications for the design and supply of […]

Due to continued weakness in its space and launch businesses, Boeing [NYSE: BA] has decided to consolidate its satellite and launch businesses. The company reported a $1.1 billion pre-tax charge […]

BT Broadcast Services believes the time is right to expand its presence in Asia. The British Telecom unit, a provider of terrestrial and satellite-based multimedia transmission solutions, hopes to strike […]

The European Economic and Social Committee is warning the European Commission that action is needed by member governments if Europe is not to become an also-ran in the race to […]

SDN Global and End II End Communications entered a strategic agreement to combine SDN’s satellite broadband technology with End II End’s encryption software to offer secure virtual private network (VPN) […]

A Scientific-Atlanta [NYSE: SFA] PowerVu digital satellite content distribution system, designed and installed by Atlantic Telecommunications Services for the Washington Public Affairs Network (TVW), is delivering state and local government […]

Alcatel Space, the satellite manufacturing arm of Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA], has signed a 15 million euro ($17 million) contract with the French space agency CNES for the third and […]

Orbcomm, a Dulles, Va.-based satellite communications provider, has signed an agreement with GE Transport International Pool, a unit of General Electric [NYSE: GE],to provide data transmitting services for GE’s asset […]

Iridium Satellite, an Arlington, Va.-based provider of satellite voice and data communications, has received authorization from the Coalition Provisional Authority (the current governing authority of Iraq) and the Iraqi Ministry […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite was given a new lease on life following the successful implementation of new software in three computers that […]

Auto-Q International [OTC BB: AUTQ.OB], a London-based provider of vehicle tracking and monitoring systems for trucking fleets and consumers, has received a contract from furniture and housewares chain MFI to […]

Verdisys, a Houston, Tex.-based provider of satellite communications and drilling services to the oil and gas industry, has completed its merger with Reconstruction Data Group [OTC BB: RDGI.OB] . The […]

Ottawa, Canada-based EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG] announced an amendment to a distribution agreement with Stratos, a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of satellite communications, designating Stratos as a “master distributor” for EMS […]

San Antonio, Texas-based SBC Communications [NYSE: SBC] and Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] have formed a strategic partnership to let SBC companies “aggressively market” co-branded SBC DISH Network multichannel […]

Denver-based Qwest Communications International [NYSE: Q] has signed strategic marketing agreements with Hughes Electronics’ [NYSE: GMH] DirecTV and EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] to make satellite TV services available to its […]

Loral Space and Communications [NYSE: LOR] agreed last week to sell arguably its most precious assets and to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy-court protection for the chance of emerging from the […]

Intelsat Ltd., of Hamilton, Bermuda, is addressing one of its most glaring weaknesses by signing a definitive asset purchase agreement to acquire six Loral Skynet satellites and orbital slots over […]

Major League Baseball fans in more than 200 countries worldwide watched last week’s All-Star Game with an assist that came from a distance much further away than the nose-bleed seats […]

By Sean Badding The digital satellite radio industry’s run to its one-millionth subscriber is approaching fast. The Carmel Group predicts this first major milestone will be broken during August-September 2003. […]

PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] President and CEO Joseph Wright said that technical problems aboard two of the company’s Boeing 601 model satellites now in orbit will not disrupt services to customers […]

Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] and its satellite TV subsidiary, DirecTV, last week bucked the industry-downturn trend by revealing strong financial results for the second quarter ended June 30. Hughes reported […]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Not content with its position in the New York cable TV market, Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC] plans to take on the two direct broadcast satellite (DBS) […]

Week of July 11 – 17, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol July 17 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 3.25 (3.0) 55.5 […]

Andrew Corp. [Nasdaq: ANDW], an Orland Park, Ill.-based satellite and telecommunications equipment manufacturer, announced that Vice Chairman and CFO Charles R. Nicholas will succeed Floyd L. English as chairman of […]

Stratos Global [TSX: SGB], a Bethesda, Md.-based satellite communications provider, recorded net earnings for the second quarter of $8.3 million, or 16 cents per share, an increase of $5.7 million […]