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International Launch Services (ILS) said the window for its May 21 launching of the DirecTV 8 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan will open at 1:59 p.m. EDT. The...

New Skies Satellite BV became the second Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) operator acquired by private equity owners in recent years to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of stock. New...

The future is looking bright for Telespazio. The Italian joint venture, one of two companies formed when Alcatel and Finmeccanica merged their respective space activities, (SN, Jan. 31) concentrating on...

Managed network satellite services provider Segovia is doing its part to help keep soldiers in Iraq in contact with their families in the United States and other parts of the...

Satellite operators that broadcast television content soon could see a new market for their services–facilitating the delivery of broadcast content to mobile phones and other portable devices. Already, TU Media...

With the satellite industry just starting to get back on its feet in the public eye–as evidenced by the recent performance of satellite industry stocks– the industry may need to...

The big news last week for Wall Street observers was the May 10 initial public offering (IPO) of common stock for New Skies Satellite BV. If the performance of that...

In anticipation of an upcoming competition, Raytheon unveiled its prototype of the network architecture for the Air Force‘s planned Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT), the next-generation constellation of satellites that...

Xtar LLC completed the first field trials of the Space Systems/Loral-built Xtar-Eur satellite, placed on orbit at 29? East in February, Xtar announced. The demonstration for the U.S. Army‘s 7th...

Inmarsat Group Ltd. earned $6.3 million in the 2005 first quarter, rebounding from a loss of $10 million in the same period one year ago, Inmarsat reported May 9. Revenue...