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New York-based Sirius Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: SIRI] is unveiling what the company calls the first national radio channel aimed at the large niche audience of gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual […]

By Jimmy Schaeffler Hughes Electronics Corp. [NYSE: GMH] offered surprisingly good news when it held its first quarter conference call with financial analysts last Monday. Wall Street satellite analysts were […]

AIRIA, a venture of London-based Inmarsat Ventures, is forging ahead with plans to provide cost-effective, live television services onboard aircraft. The latest step forward involved the delivery of transmission equipment […]

AsiaSat 4 is settling into its geostationary orbital position at 122 degrees East Longitude after a successful April 11 launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard an Atlas IIIB rocket operated […]

The U.S. military’s Global Positioning System (GPS) offers a ready-made satellite constellation that Olathe, Kan.-based Garmin International has been exploiting commercially. The company is supporting a growing number of consumer […]

Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] reported one of its strongest recent quarters last week with results that outperformed the expectations of Wall Street analysts across a range of financial metrics. Rising […]

Satellite communications firm Intelsat has opened a field office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, pushing to 13 its number of customer service centers worldwide. Intelsat UAE, as the office in […]

Problems with engine-lining material prompted National Aeronautics and Space Administration managers to postpone the launch of the space infrared telescope facility (SIRTF) satellite aboard a Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II […]

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq:GCOM], a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based provider of satellite-based products, landed a $4.2 million turnkey direct-to-home infrastructure contract from an unidentified U.S. customer. Under the terms of the contract, Globecomm […]

Toshiba America Electronic Components has launched a single-chip, high-definition digital multimedia decoder device with an integrated 64-bit 200 MHz MIPS-based reduced instruction set computer TX49 central processing unit, an MPEG-2 […]

Calian Technology [Toronto: CTY] announced Monday that its Systems Engineering Division has received new contracts that increase the division’s backlog of signed work to over $71 million through March. The […]

Garmin International is supporting a growing number of consumer GPS navigation and location applications that have caught the attention of Wall Street. Parent company Garmin [Nasdaq: GRMN] is enjoying a […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a Palo Alto, Calif.-based subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR], has completed static-load testing of iPSTAR-1, the largest commercial communications satellite with a launch weight […]

Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced that its engineers are designing an orbital space plane (OSP) for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Boeing is one of three contractor teams developing proposals […]

SkyFrames [OTCBB: SKYU], a provider of secure satellite broadband Internet services, plans to incorporate an information security product from CyberGuard [AMEX: CFW] to enhance the security of satellite broadband communications. […]

Pioneer Hi-Bred International is launching a GPS device based on FieldWorker Products software to help growers with crop management. Pioneer agronomists will use this system to capture field-scouting observations using […]

Satellite videophones, developed in the United Kingdom, are bringing a new dimension to reporting on the battlefield in Iraq. The live action on the frontline, which is being beamed into […]

Boeing Integrated Defense Systems has awarded ITT Industries’ [NYSE: ITT] Aerospace/Communication Division (A/CD) a contract with a potential value $31 million to upgrade 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) Block IIF […]

The Allied Defense Group‘s California-based SeaSpace subsidiary has signed a long-term collaborative agreement with Taiwan’s National Space Program Office (NSPO). Under the agreement, SeaSpace and NSPO will collaborate initially on […]

EMS Technologies [Nasdaq: ELMG] has signed up NSSL as a master distributor for its suite of Inmarsat satellite products and services. NSSL will provide service to customers worldwide in the […]

A passenger onboard a recent bmi flight from Chicago to Manchester, England, became the first commercial airline passenger to have an electrocardiogram in flight with data from the procedure transmitted […]

Medianet Communications [CDNX: MNE] has signed an agreement with Aboriginal Voices Radio (AVR) to provide administration/production facilities and support for satellite-delivered programming. Under this agreement, programming content will be produced […]

Centrality Communications has launched its Atlas processor family, targeted for GPS-enabled handsets, PDAs and telematics systems. By combining up to six chips, Centrality’s Atlas processor family provides reduced system bill […]

DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellite imagery is being used to support a wildlife observation study in Bristol Bay and the Bering Sea, Alaska. The imagery, purchased by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]

Equant [NYSE: ENT], a provider of data and IP services for multinational businesses, will deploy an IP virtual private network for EUMETSAT to process crucial weather data gathered from international […]

Geospatial engineering company I-cubed has developed a satellite image mosaic of the Middle East for use by the media covering the Iraq conflict. The mosaic includes Bahrain, Iraq, Israel/the West […]

Japanese digital satellite TV provider SKY PerfecTV! has taken a minority stake in Dream Stage Entertainment (DSE), a Los Angeles-based martial arts program provider. In conjunction with the investment, DSE […]

CSI Wireless [Toronto: CSY], a Canadian manufacturer of wireless and GPS technologies, has received a $3-million purchase order from 3-D Marketing, a U.S. firm, for its MBX-3S differential (DGPS) beacon […]

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo announced Wednesday that it would begin marketing its first GPS–compatible handset, dubbed F661i, on Tuesday. The mobile phone features a one- touch GPS button that lets users […]

Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] outperformed the expectations of key Wall Street analysts, according to it 2003 first-quarter results released Monday. Hughes, the parent company of DirecTV, Hughes Network Systems and […]