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By Piero Muscara Rupert Murdoch is a man of his word. Years ago he claimed that he “would never buy a newspaper” that he couldn’t “understand what’s written in it.”...
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Allure of Asia Irresistible
HONOLULU–Asia represents one of the world’s largest markets for satellite products and services, with 67 commercial satellites transmitting to a third of the world’s population. Asian satellite operators “may be...
Arianespace Optimistic Despite Rosetta Delay
Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall expects a decision on the launch of the Rosetta scientific satellite to take place in the next three months. Arianespace and the European Space Agency...
DirecTV LA's Critical Month
DirecTV Latin America (DLA) expects to know before the end of February whether it will have to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The satellite TV operator announced earlier this month...
GeoLogic System Launched
Aether Systems [AETH], in partnership with TransCommunications, a Chattanooga, Tenn.-based provider of business telecom products for the transportation industry, and the Mobilacomm Eagle division of BOT Engineering, are launching GeoLogic...
TOMRA Selects Nexterna Product
TOMRA East, a division of TOMRA North America, a provider of automated recycling systems for collecting used beverage containers, will deploy Nexterna’s Clearview field service management solution. The system will...
Space Imaging Gets NIMA Contract
Space Imaging has been awarded a multi-year satellite imagery capacity contract by the U.S. Defense Department’s National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). Under terms of the contract, NIMA would acquire...
Starz Encore Renews PanAmSat Order
Starz Encore Group and its sister company, International Channel Networks, have renewed satellite capacity contracts with PanAmSat [SPOT]. As part of the agreement, Starz Encore and International Channel will continue...
Europeans Debate Space Policy
With the release last week of a “green paper” on Europe’s space policy, the European Commission and the European Space Agency are preparing to debate its future direction. The paper...
ORBIMAGE Reaches Bankruptcy Accord
Orbital Imaging (ORBIMAGE) has signed a non-binding agreement with its unsecured creditors and its parent, Orbital Sciences [ORB], that will allow it to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Under...