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Italy’s Netsystem has signed a long-term agreement to use a second transponder on SES Astra’s satellite at 19.2 degrees East Longitude to provide satellite-based Internet service throughout Italy. This follows...

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Science Applications International Corp. has selected 15 partners to join the U.S. Army future combat systems (FCS) program. The 15 new partners will lead teams of...

Nissan North America’s Infiniti division will begin offering XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] and Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] equipment as a factory or dealer installed option for its entire...

PlanetLink Communications [OTC BB: PLKC.OB] , a Cumming, Ga.-based provider of satellite-based products and services, has signed a sales and marketing agreement with James J. Vogel, dba Market One Direct,...

Andrew Wright, president of the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA), said that the Federal Communications Commission’s Report on 2002 Cable Industry Prices, released last week, “illustrates why consumers continue...

Arianespace is trying to get back on track after a turbulent few months. The high profile launch failure in December of the Ariane 5 10-ton rocket with Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD...

Washington, D.C.-based Intelsat has appointed Doug Triblehorn and Jean-Philippe Gillet to head regional sales efforts for its Media and Entertainment Business Unit in Asia and Europe, respectively. Triblehorn is responsible...

Thales Group has signed an agreement with Galileo Industries, the consortium set up to build, deploy and operate the European Galileo satellite navigation system, under which Thales will become the...

New York-based Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR] and Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA] announced this week that they had reached a settlement resolving all outstanding issues between them, including a...

The European Space Agency and European Union member states are proposing to double spending on space-related activities, from a current level of 6 billion euros (US$6.9 billion) to 12 billion...