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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 […]

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 […]

DigitalGlobe, a Longmont, Colo.-based satellite imagery firm, said that its QuickBird satellite images were used recently by Alaska’s Forestry Division to help firefighters navigate wildfires. Fires began blazing through forested […]

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [TSX: MDA], of Richmond, British Columbia, signed a multi-year, C$4.5 million contract with an unnamed customer to provide information products using RADARSAT-1 data. RADARSAT-1 uses synthetic […]

The National Association of Broadcasters is asking the Federal Communications Commission not to approve the proposed News Corp [NYSE: NWS] purchase of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] unless the companies agree […]

Boeing [BA] unveiled key elements of an integrated, e-enabled aviation strategy at the Paris International Air Show this week. Boeing featured its Boeing e-Enabled Advantage product that the company says […]

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 […]

Alcatel Space has received a $190 million order from Brazilian satellite operator Star One to build and launch the Star One C1 communications satellite serving the Latin American market. Based […]

Chrysler‘s new RB1 Navigation Radio is making its debut as both a dealer-installed option and as a factory-installed option on select Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep vehicles. Factory-installation cost varies from […]

KVH Industries [Nasdaq:KVHI] announced that Canadian recreational vehicle manufacturer Triple E RV has chosen the KVH TracVision line of satellite TV antennas as a standard option on its three premier […]

Minneapolis-based Meteorlogix has received a contract to provide the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) access to weather data delivered via satellite and Internet. Three upgrades to the Mn/DOT Minnesota weather […]

Week of June 6 – 12, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol June 12 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.80 (13.5) 19.2 […]

Washington, D.C.-based WorldSpace Corp. is looking to the U.S. government in an effort to kick start its sagging satellite radio service to developing nations. WorldSpace launched its government sales unit […]

The Federal Aviation Administration – along with other aviation agencies around the world – is moving ahead with implementation of the Future Air Navigation System (FANS), which uses satellite communication […]

Mexican carrier Aero Mexico has ordered avionics and in-flight entertainment systems from Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins [NYSE: COL] for 11 new Boeing 737-700 aircraft. The avionics package includes a […]

Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a Germantown, Md.-based satellite broadband unit of Hughes Electronics Corp. [NYSE: GMH], has launched a new satellite broadband program that will enable tenants of shopping centers […]

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded more than C$3 million (US$2.2 million) in contracts to nine Canadian companies to develop uses for satellite-based Earth Observation data and applications. The […]

General Technologies has launched satellite broadband services in the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe following a six-month pilot phase. General Technologies aims to provide services to all types […]

On June 7, a Proton K rocket successfully placed SES Americom’s AMC-9 satellite into geostationary orbit at 85 degrees West Longitude. The launch occurred at 4:15 a.m. local time (6:15 […]

Marcelo Sant’Anna has been named general manager of Loral Skynet do Brasil, the Brazilian subsidiary of New York-based satellite communications firm Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR]. Sant’Anna will be […]

Canada’s MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates [TSX: MDA] has been awarded the first phase of a multi-million dollar contract by an unidentified prime contractor in the United States to work on […]

Paris-based Alcatel Space has signed a 148 million euro ($173 million) contract with KT Corp. [NYSE: KTC] and the Korean Agency for Defense Development to build Koreasat 5 – a […]

The High Court in Hong Kong ruled June 11 found five defendants guilty of importing and trading in unauthorized satellite TV signal decoding equipment. In the ruling, a judge granted […]

Denver-based Space Imaging has won a contract from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) to evaluate a new technology enabling the search of large satellite imagery databases for specific […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] launched two spacecraft June 10 within hours of each other from different vantage points on the globe. In an early morning launch (6:56 a.m. PDT) from the […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler DirecTV and EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] have enjoyed rising stock prices, despite intense competition from cable TV. Just prior to last week’s National Cable & Telecommunications Association […]

Subscriber feedback has spurred Canadian satellite TV services provider Bell ExpressVu to carry U.S.-based Catholic channel ETWN, said Tom Wenzel, EWTN’s director of marketing. Viewers of cable and satellite systems […]

By Roger Rusch Early this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the use by mobile satellite service (MSS) operators of terrestrial repeaters, known as ancillary terrestrial components (ATC). The […]

CHICAGO–Bundled product offerings that feature video, broadband, data and new interactive services will help cable TV operators gain a significant competitive advantage over the satellite TV industry, cable industry leaders […]

CHICAGO–Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service providers are looking to add sports programming to their lineups in an effort to entice subscribers away from cable TV. Both Hughes Electronics’ [NYSE: GMH] […]