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If only the airlines managed passengers’ luggage so reliably: The wireless Precision Airdrop System (PADS) — developed by Reston, Va.-based Planning Systems Inc. — is proving to be a soaring...

The satellite manufacturing landscape remains a tough place to do business, with a host of manufacturers still competing for relatively few orders. Despite the intense competition, EADS Astrium remains one...

SATTEL The stock of Shin Satellite Corp. has yet to recover from the drop it took in the aftermath of the military coup in Thailand. The exchange was closed Sept....

The impending merger of France’s two satellite-TV providers — Canalsat and TPS — has raised the question about which fixed satellite services (FSS) company will inherit the combined companies’ business,...

SES Americom‘s new Internet-protocol (IP) TV service promises "a front-row seat to the next phase of video technology" for more than 30 programmers and networks that have signed deals to...

Santa Claus is getting nervous: Judging from satellite images taken last month, the Arctic’s perennial sea ice pack has encountered gaping openings of territory reaching all the way to the...

After a few frustrating years of slow launch rates due to a depressed commercial launch market as well as satellite manufacturing delays, Sea Launch is on target to perform six...

DTV Lost amid widely published speculation last week that Rupert Murdoch might divest his interests in DirecTV were definitive answers about what such a move would mean to the satellite...

The market for set-top boxes (STB) that combine Internet Protocol (IP) and direct broadcast service functionality is growing, and Michael Arden, an analyst with ABI Research believes satellite pay-TV operators...

DirecTV and Echostar have nearly 30 million subscribers in the U.S. between them. While they continue to trail established cable competitors in total subscribers, the two satellite operators also must...