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It seems like Wall Street was ready for Orbcomm’s filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, at least in terms of how it affected one of its parent companies – Orbital […]

The calling capacity of the Asia Cellular Satellite’s Garuda 1 mobile services satellite “is likely to be limited by an antenna-related anomaly discovered…during testing by its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin Corp.” […]

Hughes Space and Communications Co. [GMH] will build at least three additional satellites for New ICO, the reorganized and refinanced company that has emerged from the bankrupt ICO Global Communications. […]

Gilat-To-Home Inc. has a new name, StarBand Communications, but its plan to become America’s first consumer, two-way, high-speed satellite Internet service remains the same. The McLean, Va.-based company said the […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] has agreed to sell about one-third of its equity interest in Inmarsat Ventures Ltd. to Telenor, the largest Norwegian carrier, for more than $100 million. Lockheed […]

The Mobile Satellite Users Association is an industry organization representing the users of mobile satellite services. The group is hosting its first users conference in Crystal City, Va., just outside […]

Lessons Learned from Iridium, ICO, and Globalstar – Part 3 The aerospace industry has been notorious for over-runs on government programs. However, the commercial space industry has been operated like […]

Leading Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has bought a 2.48 per cent stake in Germany’s Kirch Media Group for L391.3 billion (E202.09 million). Mediaset, which is controlled by media magnate and […]

Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) confirmed that the construction of AsiaSat 4 has started following the finalisation of a satellite procurement contract with Hughes Space and Communications International. AsiaSat 4 will […]

In his keynote address to the recent Satel Conseil conference in Paris, John F Connolly, CEO of GE Americom, noted that his company is now in “the upper tier of […]

One trend picked up on at the recent Satel Conseil event in Paris was that the industry is “moving towards larger and heavier satellites” – with a 6,000kg satellite possibly […]

Meeting up with Sumner Redstone, chairman of Viacom is an experience. Viacom is a phenomenon. Redstone, at 78 years old, is equally phenomenal, and was on a quick tour of […]

Dubai is rapidly turning itself into the technology hub of the Gulf, but it has a larger vision. Already under construction is the $272 million (E318.64 million) Dubai Internet City, […]

Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 100.5 degreesE: Asiasat-2 D – AsiaSat has ordered AsiaSat-4 from Hughes Space and Communications International. The new craft, positioned at 122 degrees East, […]

Rupert Murdoch has, after several failed attempts, succeeded in getting a foothold in Germany’s radio market. The US-Australian media entrepreneur whose News Corp so far was only active in Germany’s […]

Netherlands-based New Skies Satellite (NSS) is understood to once again be preparing its Initial Public Offering, with a late September date being speculated. NSS scrubbed an IPO earlier this year […]

BBC Prime, the BBC’s international entertainment channel, has landed a deal with Orbit Communications for satellite distribution across the Middle East. BBC Prime reaches nearly 10 million subscribers in Europe, […]

Belgium telecom operator Belgacom and Eutelsat have launched a new service called Internet Over Satellite, which is aimed at ISPs and corporate users located in areas with poor terrestrial infrastructure. […]

Eutelsat’s W1 satellite was successfully launched by Ariane V132. The Ariane 44P rocket, delivered by Arianespace, took off from Kourou, French Guyana. Control of the satellite by CNES in Toulouse […]

Australia’s CSIRO has designed a new multibeam antenna which, it claims, unlike the existing antenna systems where one dish receives the signal from a single satellite, this antenna can receive […]

Telenor of Norway is set to buy around one third of Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications’ (LMGT) stake in Inmarsat Ventures Limited. Following the transaction, LMGT’s stake in Inmarsat will be […]

From satellite imagery to mobile communications, the Summer Olympic Games have made their way onto business plans within the space industry. Globalstar USA, the subsidiary of Globalstar L.P. [GSTRF], announced […]

The Space Shuttle Atlantis launched from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Sept. 8 at 8:46 a.m. EDT en route to the International Space Station. While at the station, the seven- member […]

For many industry leaders trying to lessen the cost of space access, it has proven to be an uphill battle with varying degrees of U.S. government support. Members of the […]

BETHESDA, Md.–Satellite manufacturers and launch vehicle providers must take more responsibility with software providers in all project phases, as new commercial systems are conceived, built and deployed. That was the […]

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. said it is developing a global information gateway that will carry voice, video conferencing, Internet connectivity and broadband data services to aircraft in flight over […]

Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications [LOR] has signed an agreement with Sea Launch to launch the Telstar 8 satellite in 2002. The rocket will lift the […]

The U.S. Army’s Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) has asked contractors for ideas on the feasibility of producing a 2-1/2-inch-diameter, dual-frequency GPS antenna that can be worn on an infantryman’s shoulder. The […]

NASA has selected 110 research proposals form 97 firms in 27 states for negotiation of phase-2 contract awards for its Small Business Innovative Research program. The total value of the […]

Eastman Kodak Co. [EK] appointed Michael Whaley as the company’s new chief operations officer and vice president, commercial and government systems. Under his new position, Whaley will have the responsibility […]