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The first Atlas 5 conical interstage adapter arrived at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 10, and is being inspected by the launch operations team supporting Atlas Missions. Following...

An experimental rocket, launched last week by Russia, has been recovered by search teams after it successfully returned to Earth using Inflatable Reentry and Descent Technology (IRDT). However, those teams...

Rupert Murdoch is considering a spin-off of the global satellite operations of his News Corp. Ltd. [NWS] empire. The media mogul is in the process of reorganizing the News Corp....

Arianespace has won a contract to launch two satellites for iSky’s proposed broadband service by offering much-needed financial help to assist the start-up company. The financing will allow iSky to...

Brazilian telecommunications agency Agencia Nacional de Telecomunica has awarded Hispasat a license to operate in Brazil. Hispasat will be able to use its Hispasat 1C satellite to offer satellite-based telephony,...

Hauppauge, N.Y.-based satellite Internet service provider NetSat Express announced an agreement with <ST>Cisco Systems Inc. [CSCO]<E> that will enable Cisco to build out its Internet infrastructure hardware in underdeveloped countries....

Peru’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications has granted the company a carrier license, enabling <ST>PanAmSat Corp. [SPOT]<E> to provide satellite-based Internet and telecommunications services directly to the Peruvian market. The...

Twenty one months after its initial planned launch date, the Greek Nova digital satellite bouquet has finally obtained a licence and is now officially on air. However, Greece seems set...

Stephen Blum, president of industry analysts Tellus Venture Associates, forecasts a buoyant future for DirecTV and Echostar’s DBS services over North America. He says that DBS, despite cable’s massive penetration...

ICO Global Communications has secured a definitive agreement with Craig McCaw’s Eagle River Investments, throwing a lifeline to the MSS operator, which has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy since last...