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C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. announced Oct. 31 it has signed a sales partnership agreement with Ottawa-based OrbitIQ, which will assist C-com in identifying strategically located global sales partners for the […]

Iridium Satellite has announced two new initiatives aimed toward the U.S. military market. The company has approval to provide its 9601 data modem to the U.S. Department of Defense and […]

NDS, a supplier of middleware and conditional access services to direct-to-home operators, posted a 14 percent increase in revenues to $164 million in the third quarter, the company announced. Operating […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. signed a strategic long-term agreement with Rocketplane Kistler to participate in the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, MacDonald Dettwiler announced Oct. 31. Rocketplane Kistler […]

XM Satellite Radio and Sea Launch announced the Oct. 30 launch of the XM-4 satellite. Early data indicate the spacecraft is accurately positioned and in excellent condition. XM-4, built by […]

Located some 6,000 miles from the United Kingdom and 1,750 miles from Cape Town, South Africa (whence the islanders receive their sea-snail mail through the vagaries of ship schedules), Tristan […]

Technology ICG Introduces Cabin Telecommunications Unit For Business Jets International Communications Group (ICG) introduced its Aerocom 1100 cabin telecommunications unit, which provides an automated integrated package of telephone, fax and […]

By Owen Kurtin During my career, and specifically this year, I examined the chronic overcapacity of satellite operators, manufacturers and launch service providers in the industry. I wrote a series […]

By Peter J. Brown The number of satellite dishes found in the vast region stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Bay of Bengal has exploded throughout the past decade, […]

By Gerry Oberst European satellite operators are complaining that new regulatory structures being establish in the old country are recreating the "landing rights" system that supposedly has been abolished. Landing […]

The People’s Republic of China’s first large direct broadcasting satellite, Sinosat-2, was launched Oct. 29 aboard a Long March-3B rocket, according to Xinhua. Sinosat-2, which will be positioned at 92.2 […]

Alamo Rent-A-Car has introduced portable GPS units at 51 of its locations across the United States, the company announced Oct. 30. Locations offering the GPS units include major American airports […]

Rainbow Media continues to expand the global reach of its Voom high-definition (HD) channel, signing a distribution agreement with Zonemedia (Zone Vision Networks) to sell Voom throughout much of Europe, […]

Porsche Cars of North America Inc. has signed a deal with XM Satellite Radio, while Bentley Motors Inc. has added Sirius Satellite Radio, in a pair of exclusive deals announced […]

Terrestar Networks Inc., a provider of 4G mobile communications networks, announced Oct. 30 a cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), part of the […]

Iridium Satellite LLC announced Oct. 30 that it has launched products and service offerings in Brazil through an alliance with Omnilink. Anatel, the Brazilian telecommunications agency, has confirmed operational authority […]

SES Global and Eutelsat plan to invest 130 million euros ($165.3 million) to develop a mobile broadcasting satellite service for Europe, the companies announced Oct. 30. The joint venture will […]

A Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile failed and self-destructed shortly after launch from the Dmitry Donskoy submarine, the second test failure for the missile, the Russian navy reported. The new type […]

The Spacecraft Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, launched into space atop a Delta II rocket made by The Boeing Co. [BA], NASA announced. STEREO rose from Launch Pad 17-B […]

Space Shuttle Discovery on Wednesday will move from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building, NASA announced. Discovery will lift off no sooner than Dec. 7, when a […]

A Russian Progress cargo vehicle launched successfully from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, but then was delayed in docking with the International Space Station (ISS) by a balky antenna, NASA and Starsem […]

A series of Raytheon Co. [RTN] ADM-160B Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD) vehicles demonstrated successful separation performance when launched from an Air Force F-16 aircraft. Tests occurred at Eglin Air […]

NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency have named two astronauts and two cosmonauts to the next International Space Station crew, known as Expedition 15. Astronauts Clayton Anderson and Daniel […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] announced that Spectrolab, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary, has produced its two millionth multi-junction, gallium-arsenide solar cell. Spectrolab pioneered this type of cell in 1983, perfecting the […]

U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and South Korean Minister of National Defense Yoon Kwang Ung expressed “grave concern” about the “intransigence” of North Korea as it flouts international […]

President Bush met with top aides and outside experts to consider the Asian military situation, including the U.S. ballistic missile defense effort. Among those in the meeting was Riki Ellison, […]

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin tomorrow will announce his decision on whether a space shuttle will be dispatched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope and keep it functioning. […]

The National Polar-orbiting Observational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) won’t see further cost overruns and can be completed for $11.5 billion as the total price including launch vehicles and many other […]

While the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has done a “reasonable” job of ensuring safety of paying passengers on commercial flights into space, Congress should decide whether the FAA should begin […]