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Telesat Canada and Storm Internet Services, an Ottawa, Canada-based subsidiary of International Datacasting [Toronto: IDC], are teaming to provide satellite-based broadband services to rural and remote areas of Canada. The […]

Boeing [NYSE:BA] is teaming with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. to develop laser technologies that will be used for satellite communications. Under the terms of the agreement, Boeing and Ball […]

As a first step in collecting space debris, the National Space Development Agency of Japan‘s (NASDA) satellite, mu-Lab Sat, last month captured images of a small target jettisoned from the […]

NavCom Technology (Redondo Beach, Calif.) has signed a sales representation and distribution agreement with Navtech Seminars & GPS Supply Co. to make NavCom’s line of StarFire dual-frequency GPS receivers more […]

Club Concepts, a golf management and marketing agency, has signed a contract with Inforetech Wireless Technology [OTCBB:WYRE], a Vancouver, British Columbia-based manufacturer of GPS devices for the golf industry, to […]

EMS Satellite Networks, an Atlanta, Ga.-based design and manufacturer of wireless, satellite and defense products [Nasdaq: ELMG], has delivered a second DVB-RCS hub to Loral Skynet, located in Bedminster, N.J. […]

Elop Electro-Optics Industries, a subsidiary of Israeli-based defense electronics company Elbit Systems [Nasdaq: ESLT], has agreed to join Ashburn, Va.-based AeroAstro inmanufacturing low-cost satellite systems and components. With the alliance […]

SATELLITE TODAY invites you and your team to join us on Tuesday, April 29, from noon-1:30 PM EST for an exclusive Webinar: “From Broadcast To Broadband: Seizing the Next Satellite […]

Don’t miss the International Space University‘s 8th Annual International Symposium: “Satellite Navigation Systems: Policy, Commercial and Technical Interaction” to be held in Strasbourg, France from May 26 – 28. The […]

Week of March 28 – April 3, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol April 3 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.55 1.3 […]

L-3 Communications [NYSE: LLL] announced March 31 that its Communication Systems-West division has delivered the first two super-high frequency airborne satellite communication (satcom) terminals, the first airborne wide band data […]

The European Space Agency’s Maxus 5 sounding rocket mission was launched April 1 at 6:00 GMT from Esrange, north of the Arctic Circle near Kiruna in northern Sweden. The rocket, […]

A Boeing [NYSE: BA]-built Delta II rocket deployed a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite March 31 for the U.S. Air Force. GPS IIR-9 was launched aboard a Delta II launch […]

Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS] subsidiary RT Logic has won a follow-on contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to supply portable universal ground processing units for use in satellite […]

David Sprechman has been appointed CEO of GlobeCast America, the U.S.-based arm of French satellite service provider GlobeCast. Sprechman will be responsible for overall direction and management of GlobeCast’s North […]

Arnaud Lagardere has been named co-chairman of European aerospace giant EADS. He will replace Jean-Luc Lagardere, who died on March 14. French holding company Sogeade (which includes French high-tech firm […]

Using Intelsat’s satellite capacity and Japan Telecom’s antenna facilities, Japanese broadcaster NHK is delivering programming from the Showa base in Antarctica to households in Japan. NHK has set up its […]

Fastrax, a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver developer, and Savox Communications, a telecom accessory product provider, have teamed up to provide a new GPS accessory for TETRA (terrestrial trunked radio) […]

NetScout Systems [Nasdaq: NTCT], a provider of network performance management products, announced that Tri-County Metropolitan Transit Agency (TriMet), the public transportation system in the Portland, Ore., area, is using its […]

Telenor Satellite Services is offering up to $3,000 of airtime to maritime customers who upgrade their satellite communications from the aging Inmarsat A analog service to the Fleet F77 digital […]

A U.S. district court has denied EchoStar Communications’ [Nasdaq: DISH] request for a preliminary injunction against Spanish language TV programming company TV Azteca. The injunction would have prevented Mexico City-based […]

The struggling satellite industry still managed revenue growth of 10 percent last year, despite clear indications of reduced demand for new satellite orders, according to a survey recently released by […]

By Christopher Baugh and John Stevenson, Northern Sky Research Despite all of the turmoil and spectacular collapses within the telecom business sector over the past 18 months, a steady and […]

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a Miramar, Fla.-based provider of satellite-based communications to cruise ships and offshore oil rigs, has signed a marketing and distribution agreement with Xantic, a Dutch satellite […]

The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) has launched an initiative to bring broadband via satellite to less developed regions of the globe. ITSO was formed during the privatization of Intelsat […]

New York-based Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR] appears to have taken more than its share of financial lumps during the 2002 fourth quarter, based on results the company released […]

XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR] has turned meeting expectations into a habit that is welcomed by Wall Street. The Washington-based satellite radio services company did it again last week when […]

Harris Corp. [NYSE: HRS] (Colorado Springs, Colo.), which supplies satellite communications equipment and integrated network control and support systems, landed a $3.2 million contract with Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS] to […]

The European Space Agency‘s experimental satellite Artemis has successfully transmitted data from the Japanese earth observation satellite Adeos II, ESA announced Monday. ESA and Japan’s National Space Development Agency (NASDA) […]

Satellite communications products provider Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM] (Hauppauge, N.Y.) has joined Helius‘ strategic alliance program. Helius (Lindon, Utah) provides satellite broadband routing. The Helius program integrates products and services […]