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Marlink has signed a three-year agreement with Kyma Ship Management, of Miami, Fla., to provide satellite communications onboard the TSS Topaz cruise ship. The vessel will be under charter for...

SI International [Nasdaq: SINT], a Reston, Va.-based provider of information technology and space system products and services, has been awarded a contract with a potential value of $24 million to...

Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences Corporation [NYSE: ORB] successfully launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) satellite April 28 aboard the company’s Pegasus rocket. The 312-kilogram...

Launch of the AMC-9 satellite has been delayed by about 30 days after the April 26 planned lift-off was postponed due to a technical problem with a component on the...

Week of April 25 – May 1, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol May 1 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.23 5.1...

Intelsat Ltd. is targeting opportunities in selected niche business segments after reporting weakened financial results for the first quarter. Intelsat’s net income fell 24 percent to $64.1 million during the...

Major satellite operators are increasingly turning to fiber optic networks to speed their growth strategies. Once the enemy, fiber is now becoming the friend of satellite executives looking to cut...

Rejecting an effort by the Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association to overturn an earlier decision, the Federal Communications Commission last week reaffirmed its 2002 order allowing wireless cable operators to...

Princeton, N.J.-based Americom Asia-Pacific is using satellite technology to launch what company officials describe as Mt. Everest’s first Internet café. The Internet café operated at Mt. Everest’s base camp went...

By Steve Symonds Broadband is the “hot button” du jour in the satellite marketplace. Every trade show, seminar, and magazine these days seems to be hyping how broadband services will...