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Responding to a complaints from a pair of investors, Loral Space & Communications Inc. and its largest shareholder will consider alternatives to a recent equity financing deal. Loral asked MHR […]

It’s not difficult to understand the literal and figurative gravity involved with trying to summit Mount Everest. On average, about 10 percent of those annually attempting it are killed, and […]

The combination of the Kudelski Group and OpenTV should create a much stronger force in the satellite pay-TV and other markets, as Kudelski gained control of OpenTV in a deal […]

Northrop Grumman has a handle on cost overruns that have plagued the National Polar-orbiting Observational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), and the program can be completed for $11.5 billion, an official […]

The U.S. District Court in Miami voided a proposed settlement that Echostar Communications Corp. had reached with several TV stations to allow the satellite-TV company to continue broadcasting local network […]

Alcatel Alenia Space will develop on-board and ground segment equipment for the Laser Interferometry Space Antenna (LISA) Pathfinder mission, the company announced Oct. 25. The LISA Pathfinder will provide in-orbit […]

BA Charges related to the shut down of the Connexion satellite Internet unit pushed Boeing Co.‘s profit lower in the 2006 third quarter, the company announced Oct. 25. Boeing posted […]

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to conduct investigations into the operations of each Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, the NAB […]

Even as concern over oil prices and the war in Iraq have "the level of [investor] uncertainty … about as high as I’ve ever seen it," Hoyt Davidson, CEO and […]

An analysis of land-change data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) found that 217 square miles of Louisiana’s coastal lands were transformed to water after hurricanes Katrina and Rita swept […]

Galileo is one of the most ambitious space projects ever undertaken in Europe, as a partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission (EC) works to bring […]

LORL Loral Space & Communications Inc. will sell $300 million of stock to its largest shareholder, MHR Fund Management LLC, Loral announced Oct. 17. The proceeds, combined with existing resources, […]

Digital+, the Spanish pay-TV operator, has seen very slow subscriber growth in the last quarter, although it did reach an important milestone by surpassing 2 million subscribers. Sogecable, the owners […]

Alcatel Alenia Space and Globalstar Inc. announced their signing of an initial authorization-to-proceed agreement to start work on mobile satellite voice-and-data services provider Globalstar’s second-generation satellite constellation. The preliminary contract […]

In the increasingly connected world, "users are growing to expect continuous access to data, and they increasingly are using location information where they live and work," according to Darren Koenig, […]

A directive passed last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) focuses on three kinds of dishes: beef, chicken and satellite. As mandated in […]

Australia is one of the most dynamic pay-TV markets in Asia, and the country’s geography and large numbers of households situated in remote areas of the country making it an […]

SPAB Spacehab Inc., a provider of commercial space services, announced Oct. 6 that its common stock has closed for more than 30 consecutive days below the minimum $1-per-share requirement for […]

The board of International Launch Services Inc. (ILS) appointed Frank McKenna the company’s president, as Lockheed Martin Corp. completed the sale of its interests in the international joint venture. Lockheed […]

For the fourth year running, the global commercial satellite industry has had solid, measurable growth, generating $88.8 billion in revenues in 2005, according to the 2006 “State of the Satellite […]

After struggling through several depressed years, the satellite industry continues to rebound in the early 21st century, with the services sector leading the way. More companies and individuals are discovering […]

Throughout the global developing and developed regions, the need for specialized satellite-enabled communication platforms is on the rise. Specific network criteria is diversified by the client served, but all require […]

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Oct. 3 granted anti-trust clearance to the United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture that will combine the government launch operations of Boeing Co. […]

NFL fans in Washington and Miami are getting their games on more than ever through a pilot program between Kangaroo TV and DirecTV. Using Kangaroo TV’s handheld unit with a […]

Microsoft Corp. and Hughes announced Sept. 28 a plan to roll out 5,000 broadband-enabled kiosks across India. The two companies plan to deploy information and communications-technology kiosks in an estimated […]

The competition for satellite pay-TV operators is getting more intense around the globe, with traditional rival cable now joined by a growing number of telcos eager to gain a slice […]

BA $70 Million To End Contract Boeing Co. will pay SES Americom $70 million as part of the shutdown of the Connexion By Boeing inflight Internet service, SES Global announced […]

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R series (GOES-R), which already has seen its price tag soar more than $5 billion, stands in danger of seeing further cost increases, missed schedules and […]

An arbitrator denied XM Satellite Radio’s request to recover 20 percent of the value of two Boeing-built satellites, XM announced in a Sept. 27 filing with the U.S. Securities and […]

Word of the Sept. 21 anomaly which rendered Intelsat Ltd.’s IS-802 satellite useless to customers in the Eastern Hemisphere has raised renewed concern about whether poor design is to blame […]