Featured Stories

Analyst Bullish On Satellite Radio Stocks Wall Street analyst Bear Stearns & Co. placed an "outperform" rating on both Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio. Looking back at Howard...

If you hear rumors that Echostar Communications Corp. is unhappy about offering a package of channels that are considered family friendly, ignore them. In truth, making Congress happy by providing...

Globalstar LLC will use its planned system of terrestrial repeaters to boost the availability of its Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) in urban areas and within buildings, but the company also...

Iridium Satellite is supplying mobile satellite phone systems for a group of amateur ham radio operators preparing for an Antarctic expedition in February. The two-week DXpedition is intended to establish...

Eutelsat ended 2005 in hectic fashion, closing the saga of its efforts to go public with a successful initial public offering (IPO) Dec. 2 after an earlier false start. With...

TV Vlaanderen will launch Belgium’s first dedicated satellite TV platform in January using capacity from SES Astra, TV Vlaanderen announced Dec. 15. The operator will broadcast a bouquet of Flemish...

NSE The biggest news in the satellite industry last week was the Dec. 14 announcement that SES Global S.A. will acquire New Skies Satellite Holdings Ltd. for $760 million in...

Arianespace signed a contract to launch the Herschel and Planck scientific spacecraft in late 2007 or early 2008, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced Dec. 15. The spacecraft, with a...

Already disappointed in the subscriber numbers for its satellite-digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) service, TU Media now faces the end of its monopoly in the market with the launch earlier this...

Spacedev introduced Dec. 12 its new Mission Xcelerator Solution Program, a service offering that includes the building and launch of microsatellites and nanosatellites for less than $20 million. The package...