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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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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) […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Zanett [Nasdaq: ZANE] has acquired Paragon Dynamics, a firm that provides software and satellite engineering services with domain area expertise on government and aerospace satellite and IT infrastructure contracts. According […]

The U.S. Air Force has launched a Delta II rocket, built by Boeing [NYSE: BA], with a Global Positioning System IIR-8 satellite and an XSS-10 demonstration satellite payload. The rocket […]

Intelsat has introduced occasional video solutions (OVS), a service that offers a one stop shop for the video needs of news, sports and special event content providers. A dedicated video […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] confirmed its subsidiary, EchoStar DBS, completed a previously announced repurchase of all of its 9.25 percent senior notes due 2006. The redemption occurred three years early […]

Joseph Wright, the president and CEO of Wilton, Conn.-based satellite operator PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT], has laid out a growth strategy for his company that entails entering the broadband market later […]

Mobile satellite operators will enjoy expanded opportunities to develop viable businesses and to meet consumer needs following a landmark decision by the Federal Communications Commission last week allowing mobile satellite […]

Ottawa-based C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. [CMI] is partnering with the Minnesota State Patrol to keep the U.S.-Canada border secure. C-Com recently delivered a number of its iNetVu Mobile satellite-based antenna […]

By Stephen A. Blum The U.S. DBS industry is at a crossroads, at least in terms of trend analysis. Recent results in general, and DirecTV’s 2003 guidance in particular, point […]