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Robert W. Turner has been named director of government services at New Skies Satellites [NYSE: NSK], a Dutch satellite communications company. Turner will manage New Skies’ government-related sales and business […]

Mark Wright has been named chairman and CEO and C. Reed Brown has been named president of MotoSAT, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based satellite-equipment company. Brown has served as COO […]

Milan, Italy-based Carlo Gavazzi Space has awarded a contract to Integral Systems Europe, a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S.-based Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS], to provide the satellite ground system for […]

Delegates to the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) now underway in Geneva reached a preliminary agreement that will lower the minimum dish size for fixed satellite services (FSS) in the 13.75-14 […]

OrbView 3, a high-resolution imaging satellite developed and built by Orbital Sciences Corp. [NYSE: ORB], is scheduled to be launched Thursday aboard a Pegasus rocket. Orbital Imaging (ORBIMAGE) will be […]

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite expects to experience a blackout in the transmission of its scientific data this week that will last for two to three weeks. Engineers […]

Nielsen Media Research has selected Antenna Technology Communications’ (ATCi) Simulsat C/Ku multi-beam antenna to assist in monitoring more than 300 syndication, network and cablenet feeds. The antenna is roof mounted […]

Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] crossed the 100,000 satellite radio subscriber mark this month. Separately, the company announced the appointment of Jay Clark as executive vice president of programming. Clark, […]

CSI Wireless, a Calgary, Canada-based designer and manufacturer of wireless and GPS products, has received its first major purchase order for its line of Vector GPS heading sensors for the […]

LodgeNet Entertainment [Nasdaq: LNET], a provider of broadband interactive television services to the lodging industry, announced Tuesday that its digital satellite network delivers digital entertainment with DVD/CD functionality to more […]

Week of June 13 – 19, 2003 Perentage Change Symbol June 19 One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 2.68 44.9 61.4 74.0 […]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has scheduled an August launch for SciSat, a Canadian scientific satellite. The mission marks the first new Canadian scientific satellite to be launched since […]

A Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led team has completed an accelerated on-orbit checkout of the last Milstar II secure communications satellite and transferred full operational control of the spacecraft to the […]

General Dynamics [NYSE: GD] has agreed to buy Veridian Corp. [NYSE: VNX], an Arlington, Va.-based remote sensing and information processing firm, for $35 per share in cash. With the assumption […]

Canada’s Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP) purchased 8,800 square kilometers of one-meter IKONOS satellite imagery for disaster risk assessment and emergency preparedness along the Canada-United States […]

Satellite telephone usage in post-war Iraq is on the rise as U.S. and coalition forces take control of the country, with thousands of users making more than 1 million calls […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) has signed an agreement to supply TM SAT, a privately owned Russian satellite service provider, with a DirecWay broadband satellite network. That network would include a […]

France’s Arianespace and Italy’s ELV have signed a collaboration agreement that would enable Vega rocket launches at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. ELV, as industrial prime contractor, will be […]

Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, a unit of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], has been awarded a contract to build two communications satellites for SES Astra, a unit of SES Global […]

Alcatel Space received two contracts worth a combined $340 million to build communications satellites based on its Spacebus 3000B3 platform. One order, worth $190 million, was received from Brazilian satellite […]

Princeton, N.J.-based SES Americom officials contend that their aggressive schedule for deploying new and replacement satellites makes good business sense, despite the general industry view that there is excess satellite […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler The cable versus satellite battlefield was featured during a panel discussion at the recently held National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) conference in Chicago (see SN, June […]

The Inspiration Networks (INSP), a Christian content programmer, has agreed to use PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] to deliver its message nationwide. The Charlotte, N.C.-based programmer has signed a long-term transponder lease […]

Consumer groups and broadcasters took aim at News Corp’s [NYSE: NWS] proposed acquisition of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] last week by demanding that restrictions be placed on the combined organization […]

The International Telecommunication Union’s World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) wrapped up its second week in Geneva tackling an ambitious agenda of spectrum-related initiatives. Among the list of 48 agenda items is […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] is revamping its aviation communications strategy, combining its Connexion by Boeing satellite broadband service with advanced avionics, the company announced during the Paris International Air Show last […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced Monday that it had completed the integrated baseline review for the Global Positioning System (GPS) control segment. Boeing is responsible for the development of the new […]

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 “no earlier” than June […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a Germantown, Md.-based broadband satellite unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], has agreed to provide Czech telecommunications firm GiTy with a DirecWay broadband satellite network, including […]

Alcatel Space and SkyBridge, subsidiaries of Paris-based Alcatel [NYSE: ALA], have agreed to take a combined 17.9 percent stake in SatLynx, a European satellite broadband venture formed by SES Global […]