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A Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta IV rocket is scheduled to launch the first satellite for the U.S. Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program on Saturday from Cape Canaveral Air […]

Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq:GILTF] has received approval from the Israel District Court in Tel Aviv for its debt-restructuring plan. The court’s approval of the plan, allowing the company to restructure […]

The break-up of an alliance between Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] and America Online appears to be a move to prepare for the eventual sale of Hughes, a non-core business unit […]

Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] and Boeing Satellite Systems, formerly Hughes Space and Communication Co., reached a $32 million settlement with the U.S. Department of State involving claims of technology transfer […]

Motorola [NYSE: MOT] reached an out-of-court settlement that covers all five remaining lawsuits filed against the company by Chase Manhattan Bank due to the financial failure of Iridium LLC, a […]

The path is clear for Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] to operate without the financial questions that have followed it in recent months after its debt holders approved a recapitalization. […]

FiberSat Global Services, previously known as McKibben Communications, won a contract from Hotelevision to handle satellite installation services, technical support and installation base management, company officials said. FiberSat Global Services’ […]

ITT Industries [NYSE:ITT] has been awarded a contract by the Department of the Navy‘s Space, and Naval Warfare Systems Command to provide hardware and software for the management and control […]

The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management for wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) satellite leased communication services. As the FAA moves toward implementation of […]

The strategic alliance forged between Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] and America Online in 1999 has been terminated, Hughes reported in a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The […]

U.S. aerospace employment has reached its lowest level since 1953, dropping to 689,000 jobs at the end of 2002. Based on the latest data from the Department of Labor‘s Bureau […]

Telenor Satellite Services is extending its offer for customers to try out its wireless packet data satellite service–Regional Broadband Global Area Network (Regional BGAN). Telenor is offering 50 free megabytes […]

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hydraulic engineers are monitoring water levels in the New England region’s major rivers and the depth of snow cover throughout the region to regulate Corps […]

NetCentrex, which provides next-generation networking products and applications for voice-over-IP (VoIP), PSTN and mobile networks, announced today that LatAmNap will use its CCS Softswitch and Media Server architectures to deploy […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] said its stockholders have overwhelmingly approved the company’s proposed recapitalization. A majority of Sirius (New York City) stockholders voted to approve transactions to exchange $700 […]

M2sat and Thuraya Satellite Telecommunication are teaming up to offer satellite broadband services of 192 Kbps to the international broadcasting industry and other high-capacity users. Thuraya’s (Abu Dhabi, UAE) satellite […]

EchoStar Communications [DISH] netted approximately 400,000 new subscribers during the fourth quarter to boost its subscriber total to 8.18 million at the end of 2002. EchoStar (Littleton, Colo.) also reported […]

Fisher Pathways, a provider of video and data connectivity and distribution, and DWJ Television, which produces broadcast communications services, have signed an agreement under which Pathways will provide studio services, […]

SAT-TEL [Toronto: SAJ] and IROC Systems [Toronto: IRC] have received shareholder approval to merge the two companies based in Red Deer, Alberta. Financial terms were not disclosed. SAT-TEL specializes in […]

High-definition broadcaster HDNet has selected PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] to provide satellite delivery of its high-definition television (HDTV) content to its cable and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) providers throughout North America. […]

EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG] announced a series of deals in conjunction with the SATELLITE 2003 conference this past week in Washington, D.C. Among the announcements, EMS hardware will be part […]

Global Positioning System servicesprovider FleetBoss Global Positioning Solutions has been granted use and ownership of the slogan, “We Are GPS,” by the U.S. Patent Office. GPS technology is used in […]

Canadian firm Norsat International [Nasdaq: NSAT] (Burnaby, British Columbia) has deployed three Norsat NewsLink portable satellite terminals in Kuwait. The units, two of which were purchased by New York City-based […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -Large satellite operators looking for merger partners are unlikely to forge deals anytime soon. For example, Eutelsat’s shareholders appear content to wait until valuations rise before considering the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -The troubled economy in Latin America has not deterred a number of satellite operators in that marketplace from making strategic plans to invest heavily to grow their services […]

By Marc A. De Simone Satellite industry executives likely remember the increased demand on their services and the strain on their employees immediately after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, […]

Redmond, Wash.-based Advanced Digital Information Corp. [ADIC], a provider of storage management software, is helping the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) […]

By W.L. Pritchard & Co. Commercial satellite operators plan significant expansion of Ka-band satellite capacity during the next three years, with some 20 satellites under construction. The first steps in […]

Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat is planning to seek permission from the European Commission to forego an initial public stock offering (IPO) that the company otherwise would need to complete by […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During these times of increased use of commercial satellite equipment and services by the U.S. military, companies looking to do business with the Department of Defense (DoD) […]