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By Sam Silverstein As countries across Asia move forward following their prolonged economic slump, the satellite industry is mobilizing to take advantage of the brightening conditions and the pent-up demand […]

By Peter J. Brown During the process of preparing my accompanying feature article on rich media delivery via satellite, it was difficult at best to avoid the bright lights cast […]

By Gerry Oberst When one of the highest policy-making levels of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) meets next month, among its numerous issues will be how to deal with ITU […]

By Nick Mitsis As we were going to press, the two largest U.S. military contractors, Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp., announced the formation of a joint venture, United Launch […]

A group of creditors who hold more than $379 million of outstanding notes of Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) filed an involuntary Chapter 11 petition May 26 against the […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. announced May 27, as this issue of Satellite News was going to press, that U.S. government agents executed search warrants at the company’s Dulles, Va., and Chandler, […]

Thai Shin Satellite plans to launch its Ipstar satellite no later than July 18 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, according to documents the company filed with the Stock Exchange of […]

The Wall Street Journal Reported May 31 that XM Satellite Radio awarded the contract for its fifth satellite to Loral Space and Communications, though the article did not get formal […]

The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group said May 30 it launched a new Global Uplinker Registry, which will provide regional and local uplinkers with a central means of increasing their […]

Optus, Australia’s second largest telco and a subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., said its aging B1 satellite experienced an outage last week. The May 23outage was caused by a failure […]

The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has stepped up its actions to combat piracy in Hong Kong. Most recently, the association filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction […]

Foxcom, Inc. with offices in Israel and the United States, hired George Combes and Steve Fendley covering the U.S. West Coast/Latin America and APAC respectively. “We are excited about adding […]

Bell Canada announced May 27 it will deploy a new encryption platform for its Bell ExpressVu direct-to-home satellite television service to help protect against signal theft. As of July 1, […]

Africa and Asia will offer satellite operators the best growth opportunities in the near term, industry CEOs said May 23 at the opening roundtable discussion at Intelsat‘s 31st annual Global […]

EMS Satcom opened an office in Monterrey, Mexico, that will be the headquarters for the company’s Latin American sales operations. “The opening of this office and our expansion into the […]

dbsXmedia, a subsidiary of Ariel Way Inc., signed a new contract with Virgin Megastores to deliver in-store music and advertising with the Virgin Megastores Radio service into retail stores throughout […]

The U.S. Air Force announced May 23 it selected Lockheed Martin to continue development of the Innovative Space Based Radar Antenna Technology, or ISAT. The contract, valued at $19.5 million, […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. unveiled its lightweight broadband terminal designed to meet airline cabin baggage requirements. The 0.77-meter terminal is contained within a pair of suitcases and can be set up […]

Global Crossing announced May 24 a new agreement under which Loral Skynet will be able to more easily reach locations outside its satellite network. Using Global Crossing’s iMPLS service, the […]

Inmarsat announced May 24 its collaboration with ViaSat Inc. to develop new solutions based on the integration of Inmarsat’s forthcoming Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) Mobile Satellite Service and ViaSat’s […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, is making meteorological data available to users beyond its core user group of Europe’s weather services. More than 1,000 users […]

Norsat International Inc. shipped portable satellite terminals for use by a military organization in Asia, the company announced. The terminals will enable high data-rate communications among bases. The size of […]

Digitalglobe will provide imagery collected by its Quickbird satellite for use in mapping floodplains in Kauai County, Hawaii. The Digital Ortho Quarter Quad product, which offers two-foot resolution, will allow […]

European entrepreneurs, small businesses, academia and research institutes are invited to participate in a competition to develop innovative uses of the planned Galileo global navigation satellite system. The best idea […]

Globalstar announced that Burlington Resources Canada Ltd., a division of Burlington Resources Inc. and an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, purchased and activated 120 GSP-1600 handheld phones. […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.‘s Spacenet Inc. subsidiary introduced Connexstar SE, a new product that uses the Gilat SkyEdge very small aperture terminal (VSAT) platform to provide next-generation speed, security and […]

EMS Satcom, a division of EMS Technologies Inc. announced that Turkey selected the company’s system for its search-and-rescue (SAR) operations. The contract is valued at approximately $1.2 million. The SAR […]

Satellite operator Telesat announced the launch of its two-way satellite broadband service. The service, operating on Anik F2’s Ka-band payload, delivers high-speed Internet connectivity throughout Canada. “By delivering superior broadband […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) completed an aircraft flight from Dakar to Mombassa using the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), the European satellite navigation system. The mission could play […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) said the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized the launch and operation of a next-generation L-band satellite at 101 degrees West. This follows the April 5 […]