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The European Space Agency and European Union member states have agreed to double spending on space-related activities, from a current level of 6 billion euros (US$6.9 billion) to 12 billion […]

Orbital Sciences’ [NYSE: ORB] success last week launching the long-delayed OrbView-3 satellite for Orbimage should boost its recovery efforts. Orbital also is helping itself by issuing lower-cost debt to replace […]

By Jose del Rosario In 2004, Shin Satellite (ShinSat) of Thailand will launch a new iPSTAR satellite aimed at providing telecommunications and multimedia services to households, businesses and public organizations. […]

Reston, Va.-based iDirect Technologies has teamed with Technical and Management Services Corp. (TAMSCO) to provide U.S. Army personnel in Iraq with a TDMA satellite network. TAMSCO, an information technology company, […]

As the International Telecommunication Union’s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) enters its final week in Geneva, expect a flurry of activity on the spectrum front at the plenary level. Big issues […]

The successful June 26 launch of the OrbView-3 high-resolution imaging satellite could help the Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Imaging Corp. (Orbimage) turn around its financial fortunes. The satellite imagery provider is […]

Connexion by Boeing has yet to collect a dollar from its fledgling commercial in-flight satellite communications service, but the new venture already is facing stiff competition. Verizon Airfone is rolling […]

Olof Lundberg has resigned as CEO and chairman of Globalstar [OTC BB: GSTRF.OB], a provider of handheld satellite phone service. Lundberg joined Globalstar in 2001 to help guide the company […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] and Hughes Electronics’ [NYSE: GMH] DirecTV unit have filed a lawsuit against North Carolina for enacting a 5 percent sales tax on satellite TV service. This […]

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) said Monday that the country’s first space telescope, called MOST (Microvariability & Oscillations of STars) was successfully launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia […]

QuakeFinder successfully launched its QuakeSat satellite Monday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia. The satellite was placed into a low-Earth polar orbit, approximately 840 kilometers above the earth. QuakeFinder’s objective […]

The launch of the second Mars Exploration Rovers, named “Opportunity,” aboard a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., has been delayed until July 2 from an […]

Verestar, a provider of satellite integration services, has agreed to sell its General Telecom unit to New Global Telecom for an undisclosed sum. General Telecom is a provider of outsourced […]

The Washington-based telecom law firm Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis has entered into an affiliation agreement with Carlos Casasus, former chairman of Mexican telecom regulator Cofetel. Under the agreement, Casasus will […]

Orbital Imaging Corp.‘s OrbView-3 high-resolution Earth imaging satellite was successfully launched into space Thursday at 3:05 p.m. (EDT) aboard an air-launched Pegasus rocket provided by Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] from […]

Next year, Shin Satellite (ShinSat) of Thailand will launch a new iPSTAR satellite aimed at providing broadband telecom and multimedia services to households, businesses and public organizations in Asia. Individual […]

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] and Hughes Electronics’ [NYSE: GMH] DirecTV unit have filed a lawsuit against the state of Ohio for enacting a 6 percent sales tax on satellite TV […]

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association has come out strongly against a measure passed Thursday by the Senate Commerce Committee that would prohibit the holding of an auction for multichannel […]

New Orleans-based AXONN has shipped the first production units of its AXTracker mobile asset tracking device. AXTracker is a battery-operated, telemetry device designed to communicate with the Globalstar satellite constellation […]

BestNet Communications Corp. [OTC BB: BESC] , a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based provider of Internet-based communications, has opened new European sales office in the United Kingdom. BestNet is an Internet-based provider […]

Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] has signed an agreement with the Bulgarian petroleum company TRANSAT to deploy a Skystar 360E hub and VSAT network with sites throughout Bulgaria. TRANSAT, and […]

Telenor Satellite Services has completed testing of its aeronautical data communications service called Swift Mobile Packet Data Service (MPDS). Based on Inmarsat‘s Swift64 technology, Telenor’s aeronautical MPDS will deliver a […]

EADS CASA Espacio has delivered an in-orbit reconfigurable multi-beam antenna (IRMA) to INTA for use in a satellite under construction by Space Systems/Loral for the Spanish Ministry of Defence. The […]

Mainstream Data and Airpath Wireless are teaming to offer satellite Internet connectivity for Wi-Fi providers in need of broadband connectivity in remote or cost- prohibitive locations. As part of the […]

Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB], a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based GPS device maker, has secured a new $175 million secured credit facility with a syndicate of nine banks, arranged by Scotia Capital. The new […]

The Senate Commerce Committee approved a measure Thursday that would prohibit the holding of an auction for multichannel video distribution and data service (MVDDS) spectrum in the 12 GHz band. […]

The European Space Agency and European Union member states have agreed to double spending on space-related activities, from a current level of 6 billion euros (US$6.9 billion) to 12 billion […]

At the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) underway in Geneva this week, delegates reached a tentative agreement to allocate an additional 455 MHz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band for […]

United Airlines [NYSE: UAL] and Verizon Airfone are pairing up to offer a narrowband in-flight messaging and e-mail service that will heighten competition to the proposed Connexion by Boeing satellite […]

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to approve an item tomorrow that would expand the use of electronic filing for satellite and earth station applications. The item is the third […]