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Fastrax, a Finnish developer of OEM GPS receivers, has signed a new distribution and sales representation agreement with Headline Information & Communication todistribute Fastrax’s GPS receivers in South Korea. Financial […]

Red Hen Systems, a Fort Collins, Colo.-based provider of digital mapping products, has released the new VMS 300 GPS-video module designed to provide customers with greater location, faster satellite reacquisition […]

Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] has received orders from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has ordered four launch vehicles – two Pegasus and two Taurus rockets – for U.S. […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] is leading a team of companies that has been selected by the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey to implement a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]

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2003 Telecom Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group The Telecom Marketing Awards are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs […]

In the Oct. 28 story “AsiaSat To Provide Satellite Capacity for Connexion by Boeing,”we gave the incorrect full name of AsiaSat. It should be Asia Satellite Telecommunications. We regret the […]

Digital Angel [Nasdaq: DOC], of South St. Paul, Minn., has received orders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for 300,000 RFID animal tags and implantable microchips for use in […]

AGCO, an agricultural equipment dealer, has selected Spacenet, a U.S. subsidiary of Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF], to provide VSATs and satellite networking services for AGCO 1,500 stores in […]

Microspace Communications, a Raleigh, N.C.-based operator of a business satellite broadcast network, has joined the International Theatre Equipment Association (ITEA). Microspace is a provider of digital cinema content via satellite […]

SES Astra, [Luxembourg: SESG] a Luxembourg based- SES Global subsidiary, has teamed up with AVC, a UK-based network and communications company, to launch broadband satellite Internet service in the UK. […]

Conexant Systems [Nasdaq: CNXT], a Newport Beach, Calif.-based semiconductor supplier for digital information and home entertainment networks, has received an order from EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq:DISH] to supply a single-chip set-top […]

Intelsat intends toissue $900 million in senior unsecured notes in a private placement to finance the company’s purchase of Loral Space and Communications‘ [OTC BB: LRLSQ] North American satellite assets. […]

All you need to do is answer a few questions and we’ll get you started on your free trial to the proprietary materials on the Satellite Today Web site. Your […]

2003 Telecom Marketing Awards Presented by PBI Media’s Telecom Group The Telecom Marketing Awards are among the telecommunications industry’s most privileged honors, recognizing the best telecom marketing campaigns and programs […]

Stratos, a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of satellite communication solutions and services, has launched StratosNet 2.0, the latest version of its Internet connectivity and e-mail access via satellite. StratosNet 1.0 provides […]

Australian farmers are trying out a satellite-based pasture monitoring system designed to improve their ability to make informed farm management decisions. Using the MODIS sensor onboard the Terra satellite, Australia’s […]

Asia Satellite Communications (AsiaSat)and Connexion by Boeing, a unit of Boeing [NYSE: BA], have signed a lease agreement for Connexion by Boeing to use the Ku-band capacity on the AsiaSat […]

CNBC has ordered a satellite antenna produced by Antenna Technology Communications, a Chandler, Ariz.-based satellite communications company, for its new headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Financial terms weren’t disclosed. CNBC […]

Channel Master, a Smithfield. N.C. based- manufacturer of satellite antennas in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, has signed an agreement to be acquired by a large buyer whose identity was not […]

Denver-based Space Imaging and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) have held recent discussions about forging a multi-million dollar agreement for Space Imaging to provide imagery to the agency […]

Week of Oct. 17 – 23, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Oct. 23 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.24 3.7 (4.7) […]

By Roger Rusch For the past 20 years, TelAstra has maintained comprehensive records of satellite contracts, launches, and in-orbit experience. Each year, we update the records and examine the trends. […]

Aramiska, the pan-European satellite broadband provider, aims to enter the Italian broadband market in the second half of next year. The operator currently provides satellite broadband services in the UK, […]

British satellite TV provider BSkyB is entering a critical few months for its Sky+ DVR (digital video recorder) offering. The News Corp [NYSE: NWS] subsidiary aims to triple the number […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler Three developments in the U.S. satellite TV arena are especially worth highlighting this month. First, there was an impressive rollout by Cablevision Systems [NYSE: CVC] of its […]

Telesat, an Ottawa, Canada-based satellite services subsidiary of BCE [NYSE: BCE], is expanding its operations in the United States, choosing metropolitan Detroit as its new U.S. hub. The company is […]

The process has been slow but Hamilton, Bermuda-based Intelsat Ltd. moved another step closer to buying Loral’s North American assets last week. The satellite services operator also showed why it […]

Sea Launch, an international joint venture led by Boeing [NYSE: BA], is tapping an additional revenue source by offering launches for medium-sized commercial satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. […]

DirecTV will pay more than it originally planned for its DirecTV 7S satellite, but it successfully used creative deal-making skills and legal arguments to thwart archrival EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] […]