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Washington D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio Inc. [XMSR] took a big step toward gaining the financial breathing room it needed this week by closing on its previously announced $475 million funding […]

The government of Norway has agreed to purchase $15 million Canadian (US$9.8 million) worth of RADARSAT-2 data. Under the agreement, the first of its kind with Europe, Norway has committed […]

New Skies Satellites [NSK] has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder deal with Indian telecom company Reliance Infocomm, enabling Reliance to offer international long-distance telephone services to the United States. The bundled […]

Song, a new owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines [DAL], will be offering in-flight satellite TV as part of its effort to meet travelers’ needs, company officials said. Song is […]

Kingston inmedia, the satellite-based broadband technology arm of Kingston Communications, won two contracts last week. One deal involves providing Internet backbone connectivity and VoIP services via satellite to the engineering-oriented […]

Space Imaging, which provides Earth imagery and related services to commercial and government markets, is offering online purchasing of IKONOS satellite imagery through its Carterra Online Internet portal. The IKONOS […]

Integral Systems [ISYS], a provider of satellite command and control technology and satellite ground systems, is launching its Skylight system using a direct broadcast satellite terminal for remote sensing of […]

Telenor Satellite Services will provide dedicated capacity on Inmarsat satellites and land earth station services to Comtech to offer its customers real-time asset tracking and messaging services. The agreement is […]

Week of January 27 – 31, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Jan. 30 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.70 (1.2) 4.9 […]

by Gerry Oberst Will they or won’t they? Toward the end of December last year, one major satellite operator announced it was cutting back on an existing Internet satellite service […]

by Douglas Graham Have satellite-based distribution networks and broadband been over-hyped? This is the view of some industry insiders and analysts who claim satellite’s real future may reside in a […]

Look for the silver lining. In any review of 2002, it is sound advice. While on the face of it, the year just past may not have offered much for […]

To be successful, a satellite service must be competitive with a terrestrial alternative if one is available. The level of service must equal or exceed the terrestrial service at a […]

By James Careless Tough slogging: that is the outlook for the satellite Internet market. Whether it is selling direct Internet access to consumers or providing backbone links for ISPs, there […]

by Peter J. Brown The satellite industry is looking for new opportunities while trying to keep up with the demand for more services. A steady proliferation of robust fixed, portable […]

by Chris Mecray Two of the major U.S. satellite launch providers, Boeing and Lockheed Martin, have just completed $1.5 billion in investments in upgraded launch vehicles (not including government development […]

by Peter J. Brown The satellite industry is looking for new opportunities while trying to keep up with the demand for more services. A steady proliferation of robust fixed, portable […]

Televigation, a provider of wireless motion-based technology and services, has debuted its TeleNav service, which gives owners of certain Java (J2ME) mobile phones the ability to navigate turn-by-turn to virtually […]

Washington-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], which has been the target of protesters seeking expanded minority-oriented programming, is preparing to offer 350 hours of minority-oriented programming across 19 channels in […]

Artemis has finally reached geostationary orbit, some 36,000 kilometers above the Earth, at 21.5 degreesE, the European Space Agency announced Friday. The satellite was orginally launched July 12, 2001, into […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. [NYSE: ORB] has been awarded a major contract by the U.S. Air Force to provide space launch and missile defense target vehicles using deactivated Peacekeeper ICBM assets […]

New Valley Corp. [Nasdaq: NVAL], a company that offered to provide bankrupt Globalstar with $55 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing to gain majority control, failed in its bid to proceed […]

Mobile satellite operators should benefit from a Federal Communications Commission decision to let them add wireless capabilities as ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) services. High-profile business failures by mobile satellite services […]

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 […]

AOL Time Warner this week sold its 8.4 percent stake in Hughes Electronics for around $800 million. AOL sold the stake in Hughes–parent of DirecTV, Hughes Network Systems, and PanAmSat […]

New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK] has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder deal with Indian telecom company Reliance Infocomm, enabling Reliance to offer international long-distance telephone services to the United States. The […]

The government of Norway has agreed to purchase $15 million Canadian (US$9.8 million) worth of RADARSAT-2 data. Under the agreement, the first of its kind in Europe, Norway has committed […]

Canada’s Norsat International Inc. [NSAT; NII], a designer and marketer of satellite products for high-speed data transmission, sold a specialized terminal to an unidentified New York-based broadcaster, company officials said. […]

Washington D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio Inc. [Nasdaq: XMSR] took a big step toward gaining the financial breathing room it needed this week by closing on its previously announced $475 million […]

An oversight board convened by International Launch Services (ILS) to investigate the Nov. 26 launch failure of a Proton/Block DM rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan has completed its initial […]