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Boeing To Build MEASAT-3

Malaysia’s Binariang Satellite Systems and Boeing Satellite Systems, a unit of Boeing, have signed a contract for the procurement of a high-power communications satellite. The new Boeing 601HP satellite, designated...

Pitsch Joins New Skies

Dutch satellite communications company New Skies Satellites has named Jurandir M. Pitsch as sales director for its commercial activities in Brazil and the Mercosur region of Latin America. Pitsch will...

Sirius CFO Resigns

John Scelfo, Sirius Satellite Radio’s chief financial officer, is leaving the U.S.-based satellite radio provider April 6 to join a company outside the satellite industry. Scelfo played a key role...

Satellite Radio Tunes Up With OEM Sales

By Jimmy Schaeffler The spotlight for satellite radio now is shining on original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The reasoning is that satellite radio’s prime success will come from units that are...

Inmarsat Posts Rising Revenues, Earnings

Inmarsat, a London-based provider of global mobile communications via satellite, reported increases in revenues, profits and earnings per share last year compared with 2001. Revenues rose 5 percent to $463...

Intelsat Defends DoD Procurement Process

Responding to complaints of favoritism in the Department of Defense’s (DoD) commercial satellite service procurement process, Intelsat told the General Accounting Office that a contract it received to provide satellite...

Gilat Deploys Nicaraguan Network

Gilat Satellite Networks [GILTF] has deployed a fixed rural satellite telephony network for Empresa Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones (Enitel) to serve 170 communities throughout Nicaragua. The new network, based on Gilat’s...

Sea Launch To Resume Launches

Sea Launch said March 20 that it is ready to resume satellite launches following completion of the Sea Launch Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) investigation into the failure of the...