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Intelsat announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved the transfer of FCC licensesfor Loral Space and Communications‘ [OTCBB: LRLSQ] North American satellite assets to Intelsat. The regulatory nod […]

Ft. Worth, Texas-based electronics retailer RadioShack [NYSE: RSH], Littleton. Colo.-based satellite TV service provider EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] and New York-based satellite radio service provider Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] […]

Asia Satellite Communications Co. (AsiaSat) [NYSE: SAT], a Hong Kong-based satellite operator, agreed to buy a single consolidated primary satellite control system from Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS], a Lanham, Md.-based […]

ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT], a Carlsbad, Calif.-based satellite technology company, received a contract for more than $7 million from Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems [NYSE: LMT] for satellite equipment to be installed […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV appears to be looking for a way to reduce its monthly churn by naming an executive vice president of customer satisfaction. The satellite TV service provider […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based Hughes Electronics [NYSE: HS] reported that its fourth quarter 2003 revenues rose more than 20 percent to $2.95 billion, on the strength of rising subscriber gains and […]

Campbell, Calif.-based American Wireless, a North American wireless retail distributor, has agreed to begin selling the satellite TV services of EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] and its DISH Network nationally, rather […]

Elektra, a Mexican-based home appliance retailer, plans to expand its VSAT network with the help of Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF]. Elektra’s network provides internal connectivity services to its […]

KVH Industries [Nasdaq: KVHI], a Middletown R.I.-based manufacturer of mobile communication products, has introduced a new compact satellite communication device to offer global voice coverage. The device, called the Tracphone […]

Sirius Satellite Radio, [Nasdaq: SIRI] has agreed to broadcast The Wall Street Journal Radio Network throughout the United States. Starting this month, subscribers will be able to hear hourly market […]

Standard Radio, a Toronto-based radio broadcasting company, is the latest partner to team up with New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] in an attempt to bring satellite radio to […]

Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF], an Israeli-based satellite communications company, has developed a new generation of products called the SkyEdge family. The SkyEdge product family includes a series of VSAT […]

VIENNA, Va. — U.S.-based Cisco Systems [NYSE: CSCO] and British small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology have successfully launched and deployed a “router in space.” The Cisco-supplied router is part […]

The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS), designed to improve the accuracy of satellite global navigation systems, is now undergoing tests prior to service launch in the middle of the […]

Satellite Security, a San Diego-based company that provides secure Global Positioning System (GPS) services, has signed a pact to monitor oil tankers for New York-based Metro Fuel Oil. No financial […]

El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV, the largest U.S. satellite television services provider, added to its executive team by naming Richard Slenker to become its executive vice president of technology and engineering […]

Week of Jan. 30 – Feb. 5, 2004 Percentage Change Symbol Feb. 5 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.41 (12.7) […]

Despite bankruptcy at its parent company, Space Systems/ Loral (SS/L) has picked up some key satellite manufacturing orders recently, most notably in October from DirecTV. The turnaround has clearly been […]

By Maury Mechanick As the satellite industry emerges from its most recent downturn, a number of new opportunities and threats loom on the horizon. Among these, voice over Internet Protocol […]

Satellite-based video services are expected to help save lives through a Houston-based program jointly operated by the U.S. Army, Texas A&M University and the University of Texas Health Science Center […]

Hybrid services are changing the shape of the satellite industry and causing a ripple effect in the regulatory arena. Satellite, wireless, wireline, Wi-Fi, and fiber-optic cable technologies are being used […]

Joe Wright, the president and CEO of Wilton, Conn.-based PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT], characterized his company during last week’s earnings conference call as the world’s top-performing and best-positioned fixed satellite services […]

Intelsat is preparing to pursue its long-anticipated initial public stock offering (IPO) at a time when the market for such transactions appears to be recovering. The plan is for Intelsat […]

White Plains, N.Y.-based ITT Industries [NYSE: ITT] signed a definitive agreement to purchase the Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) business from Eastman Kodak Co. [NYSE: EK] for $725 million to significantly […]

Houston-based SPACEHAB‘s [Nasdaq: SPAB] revenue for the second fiscal quarter of 2004, excluding a $17.5 million long-term contract prepayment, decreased by approximately 46 percent from the prior year’s quarterly revenue […]

Lanham, Md.-based Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS] notched a 2.5 percent rise in revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2004 to reach $20.1 million, up from $19.6 million in the […]

New Skies Satellites N.V.[AEX, NYSE: NSK], a global satellite communications company based in The Hague, Netherlands, introduced a new teleport in Athens, Greece, to become the company’s primary European gateway […]

The Canadian Space Agency and Industry Canada announced Friday that they will develop a multipurpose satellite called CASSIOPE, which will require the building of a satellite platform adaptable for a […]

International Launch Services launched the AMC-10 satellite Thursday at 6:46 p.m. (EST) on board an Atlas IIAS rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The satellite is an A2100 model, built by […]

A number of consortia have been short-listed for the Galileo satellite navigation system concession. One consortium is led by Alcatel [NYSE: ALA] and includes Finmeccanica and VICNI Concessions. Another consortium […]