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Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS] has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) to provide an EPOCH satellite control system for JSAT Corp.’s A2100-based JCSAT-9 satellite. The system […]

Despite overcapacity and strong competition from terrestrial networks, the fixed satellite services market in North America will continue to grow throughout the rest of the decade, according to a recent […]

The AMC-10 satellite of SES Americom, the Princeton, N.J.-based unit of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], has been fully integrated into the fairing of the AtlasIIAS launch vehicle and is ready […]

General Motors [NYSE: GM] announced Monday that it would be increasing the availability of XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] on more than 50 cars and trucks in the 2005 model […]

PlanetLink Communications [OTC BB: PLKC], a Cumming, Ga.-based provider of satellite-based products and services, has begun the field-testing phase of its PlanetTRAKS GPS product. Twelve PlanetTRAKS units will be installed […]

Telenor Svalbard has opened the world’s northernmost fiber-optic broadband access network at 78 degrees North, serving the citizens and businesses of Longyearbyen, Norway. Svalbard’s broadband access is supplied in partnership […]

Nicolas de Ledinghen, 43, has been named vice president of the Navigation and Aeronautical Communications Business Unit at Paris-based Alcatel Space. He is in charge of all activities in this […]

People BOEING: Makes Executive Changes Phil Condit resigned as chairman and CEO of Boeing. The board named Lewis Platt as non-executive chairman and Harry Stonecipher as president and CEO. Platt […]

by Owen Kurtin & Michael Flynn Sometimes, you can get too close to what you are examining and lose perspective, like the famous story of the blind man, who, when […]

If money were no object, Africa would be leading the world’s hottest satellite services markets. With the exception of some major cities, the continent’s terrestrial communications infrastructure is inadequate at […]

Interactive TV (ITV) is just one of many attractive entertainment options for content providers and Direct-to-Home (DTH) and Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) operators alike. Satellite-based ITV opportunities include rich interactive […]

In many respects, the year 2003 will be remembered as a turning point for the global satellite industry. This past year renewed industry drive, ambition and a will to move […]

by Peter J. Brown In a perfect world, all television viewers would be reclining in front of a big screen High Definition Television (HDTV), wearing heads up displays–a device like […]

by Gerry Oberst Once again, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) was called on to referee the shenanigans of countries alleged to be taking liberties with the international rules on bringing […]

Alcatel Space has been selected to be the prime contractor on the European Union’s Maestro (mobile applications and services based on satellite and terrestrial internetworking) research and development project. The […]

London-based LogicaCMG [LSE: LOG] has won contracts worth 7.5 million euros ($9.3 million) from the European Space Agency (ESA) to design two sets of ground facilities for the Galileo navigation […]

U.S.-based SeaDigital has formed an alliance with Telenor Satellite Services to market an integrated calling card solution for the maritime industry. The SeaDigital ONE Card will provide seafarers with worldwide […]

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has delivered a prototype integrated air and space command and control (C2) capability to the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Strategic Command taking the first step […]

Boosted by a growing demand for new air-ground communications and supported by a global satellite marketing strategy, Annapolis, Md.-based ARINC emerged in 2003 as the world’s leading provider of aeronautical […]

GPS Industries Inc. (GPSI) [OTCBB:GPSN], a Vancouver-based developer and provider of global positioning system (GPS) golf course and sports solutions, announced the addition of InforeZone, a high-speed wireless service now […]

Competition from high-powered satellite TV services is causing cable TV subscriber levels to stagnate, according to the Federal Communications Commission‘s (FCC) annual study of television competition. However, cable remains the […]

GlobeCast, a satellite service subsidiary of France Telecom, has added Serbian television channel Pink Plus and radio station Radio Pink to the lineup of international programming on its direct-to-home satellite […]

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates’ (MDA) MD Robotics subsidiary has been awarded an additional C$2.3 million (US$1.7 million) contract by Boeing [NYSE: BA] to provide elements for the Orbital Express program, […]

Longmont, Colo.-based DigitalGlobe has entered into an agreement with Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Native Communities Development Corp. (NCDC) to provide high- resolution satellite imagery for integration with NCDC’s remote sensing, geographic […]

Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) [Nasdaq: UEIC] has agreed to supply its new remote control platform to France’s La Television Par Satellite (TPS) to control TPS customers’ set-top satellite television receivers […]

Verestar, a Fairfax, Va.-based provider of managed network solutions via satellite and fiber, has reached an agreement in principle to sell substantially all of its assets to SkyTerra Communications. Under […]

Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has selected Northrop Grumman [NYSE: NOC] as a teammate in the competition to develop the space-based radar (SBR) system for the U.S. Air Force. […]

A first-of-its-kind conference about the rural use of satellite services was held Tuesday by the Federal Communications Commission that featured the participation of Chairman Michael Powell, four FCC commissioners and […]

Space Imaging has signed an agreement with Antrix Corp., a division of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), to extend its sales and marketing agreement through 2010. The agreement gives […]

Bethesda, Md.-based Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has delivered the first major component of the integrated space command and control (ISC2) system to the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) and the North […]