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Loral Space & Communications is to expand its fixed satellite services (FSS) fleet by adding the new Estrela do Sul satellite in 2002, currently under construction by Space Systems/Loral. Loral...

Few at the Euroconsult Financing Summit had kind words for LEO constellation Globalstar. Stephane Chenard, Euroconsult’s executive vice president and chief analyst, said there was still far too much bad...

The initiative comes along with a new managing director, Nick Thompson, who recently joined UK-based Kingston from Loral Cyberstar. This week the company has also signed new uplink contracts. One...

Key D – Digital A – Analogue 169 degreesE: PAS-2 D – In preparation for the forthcoming Olympics in Sydney several streams were activated on September 1 and 2. On...

Walt Disney Television Inter-national has confirmed it will launch three new channels for the UK this month in a bid to gain more of the UK children’s TV market. The...

Industry leaders are not pleased with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) final rules and regulations that go into effect Aug. 30 and will govern the entire remote sensing...

The U.S. State Department is delaying its announcement of commercial satellite launch quotas with Russia’s Proton launchers, which is having a negative effect on the Khrunichev center that produces the...

Amsterdam-based MirCorp has entered its first civilian into training at Russia’s Star City. Businessman Dennis Tito is preparing for his commercial flight to the Russian space station slated for next...

In an effort to avoid the unsanctioned use of the rocket engine RD-180 and to safeguard this technology in conjunction with the organization of production of this engine, Russian and...

4B A Lockheed Martin Corp.[LMT] Titan 4B rocket successfully launched a reconnaissance spacecraft for the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office from Vandenberg Air Force Base Aug. 17.Lockheed...