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...
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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...
The Satellite News Financial Ticker
Week of January 20 – 24, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Jan. 23 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.72 (3.9) 6.8...
New Skies Expands In Asia-Pacific
New Skies Satellites [NSK] and REACH, an international carrier of voice, private line and IP data services, have signed an agreement that will combine the capabilities of New Skies’ newly...
Spacenet To Provide Lottery VSATs
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.’s [GILTF] subsidiary Spacenet Inc. has signed multiple agreements with global lottery services provider GTECH Corp. to install more than 10,000 Gilat Skystar Advantage broadband satellite communications...
Inforetech Signs With Satellite Golf
Inforetech Wireless Technology Inc., a supplier of Global Positioning System technology for the golf industry, announced that Satellite Golf Inc. had acquired distribution rights for its products in Nevada and...
Space Imaging Signs Up Raytheon
Space Imaging has signed up Raytheon Australia, a unit of U.S.-based Raytheon [RTN], as a master reseller of Space Imaging’s products and services, including imagery from its earth imaging satellite...
Boeing Joins MUOS Team
Lockheed Martin [LMT] and General Dynamics [GD] have added Boeing Satellite Systems to their team competing to develop the U.S. Navy’s next generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system, known as...