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Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] has deployed a fixed rural satellite telephony network for Empresa Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones (Enitel) to serve 170 communities throughout Nicaragua. The new Enitel network, based […]

Mars Express, the European Space Agency‘s first spacecraft developed for a mission to the planet Mars, has completed its tests at Toulouse, France. After six months of extensive thermal environmental, […]

Zarlink Semiconductor [NYSE: ZL] won a contract to provide its MT312 demodulator chip for a new digital set-top box satellite receiver manufactured by Chinese satellite TV equipment company FuZhou ZhuoYi […]

Responding to complaints of favoritism in the Department of Defense‘s commercial satellite service procurement process, Intelsat told the General Accounting Office that a contract it received to provide satellite transponder […]

Connexion, a business unit of Boeing [NYSE: BA], is tasking ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT] to develop airborne receive and transmit subsystems [ARTS] for its in-flight communications system for aircraft. For the […]

Premier Retail Networks (PRN) plans to deliver high-definition TV programming to 870 Sears‘ in-store television broadcast platforms using EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] DISH Network Business Solutions as the satellite delivery […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has purchased Integral’s [Nasdaq: ISYS] SKYLIGHT ground terminal system for receiving and processing satellite Earth science data. The system includes a receiver and data […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), founded by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk, has successfully test fired the company’s Falcon rocket main engine. “Satellites and spacecraft urgently need a more […]

The U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a patent for a ceramic rocket nozzle throat for solid rocket motors. The new ceramic material promises […]

Inmarsat, a London-basedprovider of global mobile communications via satellite, reported increases in revenues, profits and earnings per share last year compared with 2001. Revenues rose 5 percent to $463 million; […]

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) has named Angela Hearn as marketing manager and Heidi Sann as communications and marketing coordinator. Hearn, who joined SBCA in 2001, will be […]

Annual sales revenues from commercial applications of Europe’s planned Galileo satellite navigation service could reach 400 million euros ($425 million) by 2015, according to Hispasat CEO Jacinto Garcia Palacios. When […]

The U.S. State Department has selected Space Imaging‘s Geobook geographic information systems (GIS) product for use by the department’s “future of Iraq” project. The working groups will use Geobook for […]

With the imminent launch of AsiaSat 4 in the next few weeks, AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson admitted that the main challenge for the operator in 2003 would be to sell […]

Inmarsat is moving one of its five in-orbit spare satellites over the Middle East to meet the rising demand for communications in that region of the world. The move is […]

DirecTV Latin America, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based subsidiary of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH],has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The filing applies only to DirecTV Latin America and not its […]

Orbis Telecom has launched voice over IP (VoIP) services based on its CosmoCall Universe platform, which uses satellite communications links. The CosmoCall Universe servers in Florida can route calls via […]

Symmetricom [Nasdaq:SYMM] is launching the first micro-controlled intelligent GPS L1 splitter which will enable carriers to comply with the Federal Communications Commission‘s E-911 wireless emergency response requirements. The SmartSplitter, developed […]

SchlumbergerSema, the IT business segment of Schlumberger Ltd. [NYSE:SLB] is investing in a new satellite teleport facility in Macae, Brazil, to enhance remote communications between offshore vessels and land-based offices […]

Honda Motor Co.’s [NYSE: HME]Acura dealerships in the United States began taking delivery this week of the first Acura model vehicle and first luxury sedan to include an audio system […]

Orland Park, Ill.-based Andrew Corp. [NASDAQ: ANDW] received Intelsat-type approval for its 4.9-meter C- and Ku-Band earth station antennas (2- and 4-port versions), company officials said. A newly Intelsat-approved 4.9-meter […]

Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB] and Infineon Technologies [NYSE: IFX; FSE] are offering their integrated Global Positioning System (GPS) chipset and software product in a smaller package, company officials said. The new […]

EchoStar Communications [DISH] Chairman and CEO Charlie Ergen has returned to his usual feisty form by directing verbal barbs at his competitors. He is also taking characteristically aggressive steps to […]

PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT], SES Americom and Intelsat Ltd. have positioned themselves to tap into the U.S. government’s demand for satellite services, one of the few segments that is showing growth […]

By Roger Rusch At one time elementary students were warned about upsetting the balance of nature. We were told about foolish people who introduced alien species to remove a pestilence. […]

Distance learning is earning high marks in Latin America. Phoenix-based Antenna Technology Communications (ATCi), a provider of commercial satellite communications systems, has signed a $2.8 million contract with the Mexican […]

EchoStar Communications [DISH] is back on the acquisition prowl. A recent indication came from a March 4 conference call that revealed an unusually positive set of numbers for year-end 2002. […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Launch industry officials and analysts offered little hope for a quick turnaround in the beleaguered launch sector because of drastically curtailed demand, according to a March 11 […]

Gilat Satellite Networks [GILTF] last week announced the resignations of its co-founders, Chairman and CEO Yoel Gat and President Amiram Levinberg. The resignations will take effect at the April meeting […]

GlobeCast, the satellite services unit of France Telecom [FTE], said China’s national broadcaster CCTV-9 is now available on its digital DTH Hot Bird platform as part of French satellite bouquet […]