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Delta II Delivers NASA Satellites

By | January 20, 2003
A Boeing [BA] Delta II rocket has successfully launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s ICESat (ice, cloud and elevation satellite) and CHIPSat (cosmic hot interstellar plasma spectrometer satellite) from...

Globecomm Gets Contract

By | January 15, 2003
Globecomm Systems, a U.S.-based provider of satellite-based communications, received a $15 million contract to provide satellite infrastructure to a European customer. Under the terms of the contract, Globecomm will modernize...

Boeing Delta II Delivers

By | January 15, 2003
A Boeing Delta II rocket successfully launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s ICESat (ice, cloud and elevation satellite) and CHIPSat (cosmic hot interstellar plasma spectrometer satellite) Jan. 12 from...

DirecTV Latin America To Enter Chapter 11?

By | January 15, 2003
DirecTV Latin America (DLA) is to undergo a financial restructuring that could have serious consequences for fixed satellite service (FSS) operator PanAmSat. DirecTV is coming to grips with mounting losses...

Preparing For The Impending Spectrum War

By | January 15, 2003
By Maury Mechanick Juxtaposition of the words “spectrum” and “war” is nothing new. Battles over who gets what spectrum have been waged since the time of Marconi. What is different...

What Does 2003 Hold?

By | January 15, 2003
In the end 2002 proved to be a quiet year. Despite endless talk, there was little consolidation, and certainly not any major groundbreaking deals that could be described as a...

Transponder Monitor

By | January 15, 2003
A = Analog D = Digital 80 degreesE: Express 6A D New Year greetings were displayed in a caption on the Russian Far East feed circuit on 3975 MHz RHCP,...