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The Satellite News Financial Ticker
Week of Jan. 31 – Feb. 6, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Feb. 6 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.56 (8.0) […]
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Don’t miss the world’s largest satellite industry conference and exhibition! SATELLITE 2003 February 26 – 28, 2003 Washington Convention Center Washington, DC http://www.satellite2003.com SATELLITE 2003 is the industry event where […]
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Tandberg, Irdeto Access Launch Earlybird For Satellite TV Systems
Tandberg Television [Norway: TAT], which supplies open solutions for digital broadcasting, is introducing the Earlybird conditional access system for direct-to-home satellite, cable and terrestrial broadcasting. Tandberg (Lysaker, Norway), in partnership […]
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SeaSpace Introduces Transportable Weather Satellite Ground Station
SeaSpace said it is introducing the first completely transportable ground station for simultaneous reception and processing of data from geostationary and low Earth orbit meteorological satellites. The TeraScan terminal provides […]
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Sea Launch Review Panel Makes Progress
Sea Launch is reviewing the safety of an engine used in its Zenit-3SL rocket that is similar to an engine that failed on a Proton rocket launch in late 2002. […]
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Delta IV Launch Postponed
A technical problem caused Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Air Force to delay the planned launch Monday of the defense satellite communications system (DSCS) spacecraft, DSCS III A3, aboard […]
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For three decades, satellite communications systems have played a key role in international and long-distance telecommunications services. This role, however, has been largely that of a support facility rather than […]
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ESA Tallies Cost Of Rosetta Delay
European Space Agency (ESA) director general Antonio Rodota told SATELLITE TODAY that the delay in the Rosetta mission was necessary despite the costs. “The costs could be in the range […]
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Space Imaging Cuts 65 Jobs
Space Imaging has laid off 65 of its 370 employees in a restructuring aimed at realigning its business model. The company’s board of directors approved the cuts and plans to […]
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S&P Downgrades Telesat Canada’s Rating
Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has downgraded Telesat Canada‘s debt rating. S&P analyst Barbara Komjathy said the company’s biggest challenge is excess capacity on satellite and fiber-optic networks, which could […]
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Epicus Teams With DirecTV Partner
Epicus, a subsidiary of Phoenix International Industries [OTCBB:PHXU], has signed a comprehensive joint sales and marketing agreement with Satellite Solutions, a DirecTV reseller. The agreement enables Epicus (West Palm Beach, […]
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X-Prize Organizers Affirm Commitment As Tribute To Astronauts
X-Prize organizers renewed their commitment to the competition that will offer $10 million for the first private sector team to fly 100 kilometers or 62 miles to space, return to […]
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ViaSat Receives Order From ARINC for SKYLink Terminals
ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT] has received a delivery order from ARINC for initial production quantities of SKYLink airborne integrated satellite communications terminals. The contract includes delivery of terminals for corporate jets […]
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Boeing Executive Leaves For Northrop Grumman
Alexis Livanos is leaving his position as an executive vice president of Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] Boeing Satellite Systems division to join Northop Grumman [NYSE: NOC]. In his post as vice […]
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New Skies Plans To Relocate Satellite
New Skies Satellites N.V. [NYSE: NSK], a global satellite operator based in the Hague, the Netherlands, plans to change the orbital assignment for its yet-to-be launched NSS-8 satellite. The spacecraft […]
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Don’t miss the world’s largest satellite industry conference and exhibition! SATELLITE 2003 February 26 – 28, 2003 Washington Convention Center Washington, DC http://www.satellite2003.com SATELLITE 2003 is the industry event where […]
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Gilat Secures Approval of Debt Restructuring Plan from Creditors
Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] announced Wednesday that its bank lenders and the holders of its 4.25 percent convertible subordinated notes due 2005 voted to approve the company’s debt restructuring […]
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GMPCS Extends Distribution Agreement with Telenor
GMPCS Personal Communications of Pompano Beach, Fla., has extended its distribution agreement with Telenor Satellite Services, a unit of Norwegian telecom carrier Telenor [Nasdaq: TELN]. GMPCS will continue to use […]
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Eutelsat To Expand Broadband Services With ViaSat Terminals
European satellite operator Eutelsat has awarded contracts worth $2.5 million to ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT] for two broadband satellite networking systems and development of a future Ka-band system. The systems will […]
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AirTV Validates In-flight Internet Connectivity on Alitalia
Italian airline Alitalia this month will begin passenger demonstrations of AirTV‘s in-flight Internet access following the service’s validation on one of the airline’s Boeing 767s. AirTV uses satellites to offer […]
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Final Ariane 4 Flight Is On Schedule
The last flight of the highly reliable Ariane 4 rocket is scheduled for Feb. 12. It will carry the Intelsat 907 satellite into orbit, Arianespace officials said. The 4,685-kilogram (10,328-pound) […]
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Boeing Demonstrates Capabilities of Micro-satellite
Boeing [BA] has completed a 12-hour test mission for its first micro-satellite, called XSS-10, to show that an autonomous satellite can operate near other orbiting space objects without colliding, company […]
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TV Globo Chooses Intelsat 805 As Distribution Platform
TV Globo, Brazil’s largest broadcaster, has signed a 10-year contract to distribute its international news and entertainment programming to cable and satellite TV operators throughout the Americas over the Intelsat […]
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Canadian Space Agency Tags MDA To Design Satellite Mission
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [Toronto: MDA] has been selected by the Canadian Space Agency to design an Earth observation satellite mission that will use hyperspectral technology. The mission will use […]
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SES Astra Gains New Customer
InOut TV agreed to buy satellite capacity from SES Astra, a unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG]. A satellite at 19.2 degrees East will allow InOut TV subscribers to receive […]
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DirecTV To Offer Five New Chinese-language Channels
TVB Satellite Platform (El Segundo, Calif.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Chinese-language broadcaster TVB Group, agreed to let DirecTV, a Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] subsidiary and the largest […]
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Showtime Aims To Break Profitability Barrier This Year
Middle Eastpay-TV satellite operator Showtime expects to become profitable in 2003. The operator, which has around 250,000 subscribers in markets throughout the Middle East, hopes to consolidate its already strong […]
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Loral Loses Arbitration Ruling In Dispute With Alcatel
An arbitration tribunalhas ruled against Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR] in its dispute over whether it violated a partnership agreement with Alcatel Space. Still unresolved is whether Loral will […]
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Samsung Selects Conexant’s Set-Top Box for Interactive TV
Korea’s Samsung Electronics has selected Conexant Systems [Nasdaq: CNXT] to provide digital satellite set-top box (STB) semiconductors deployment in Korea digital satellite broadcasting’s (KDB) SkyLife satellite television network. The STB […]
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Optimus Gets FHA Contract To Test GPS-based Pedestrian Alert System
Optimus, a provider of public safety technology, has been awarded a Federal Highway Administration research grant to develop a pedestrian alert system (PAS) using Global Positioning System technology. An Infiniti […]