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Littleton, Colo-based EchoStar Communication Corp. [Nasdaq: DISH] and Atlanta-based EarthLink [Nasdaq: ELNK], the nation’s third-largest Internet service provider, have agreed to team up to bundle EchoStar’s DISH Network digital satellite […]

Peregrine Semiconductor, a supplier of high-performance integrated circuits for satellite, wireless and wireline communications, has raised $7.5 million in the third and final tranche of its $23 million series A1 […]

Sutron has received a $445,000 contract for a meteorlogical-hydrological project from Venezuelan electricity provider CVG Electrificacion del Caroni (EDELCA). Under the contract, Sutron (Sterling, Va.) will provide remote hydro-met stations […]

Aether Systems [Nasdaq: AETH], a provider of satellite-based mobile fleet tracking products, has signed a contract with truckload carrier TRL (Pittson, Pa.) to convert its entire fleet of 600 trucks […]

Integrated Services Group (ISVG) and Global Pocket PC Solutions have signed a letter of intent under which Integrated Services will acquire Global Pocket PC Solutions for an undisclosed consideration. Global […]

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Space Imaging has laid off 65 of its 370 employees in a restructuring aimed at realigning its business model. The company’s board of directors approved the cuts and plans to […]

European Space Agency (ESA) director general Antonio Rodota told SATELLITE TODAY that the delay in the Rosetta mission was necessary despite the costs. “The costs could be in the range […]

For three decades, satellite communications systems have played a key role in international and long-distance telecommunications services. This role, however, has been largely that of a support facility rather than […]

A technical problem caused Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Air Force to delay the planned launch Monday of the defense satellite communications system (DSCS) spacecraft, DSCS III A3, aboard […]

Sea Launch is reviewing the safety of an engine used in its Zenit-3SL rocket that is similar to an engine that failed on a Proton rocket launch in late 2002. […]

SeaSpace said it is introducing the first completely transportable ground station for simultaneous reception and processing of data from geostationary and low Earth orbit meteorological satellites. The TeraScan terminal provides […]

Tandberg Television [Norway: TAT], which supplies open solutions for digital broadcasting, is introducing the Earlybird conditional access system for direct-to-home satellite, cable and terrestrial broadcasting. Tandberg (Lysaker, Norway), in partnership […]

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New Skies Satellites N.V. [NYSE: NSK], a global satellite operator based in the Hague, the Netherlands, plans to change the orbital assignment for its yet-to-be launched NSS-8 satellite. The spacecraft […]

Alexis Livanos is leaving his position as an executive vice president of Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] Boeing Satellite Systems division to join Northop Grumman [NYSE: NOC]. In his post as vice […]

ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT] has received a delivery order from ARINC for initial production quantities of SKYLink airborne integrated satellite communications terminals. The contract includes delivery of terminals for corporate jets […]

X-Prize organizers renewed their commitment to the competition that will offer $10 million for the first private sector team to fly 100 kilometers or 62 miles to space, return to […]

Epicus, a subsidiary of Phoenix International Industries [OTCBB:PHXU], has signed a comprehensive joint sales and marketing agreement with Satellite Solutions, a DirecTV reseller. The agreement enables Epicus (West Palm Beach, […]

Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has downgraded Telesat Canada‘s debt rating. S&P analyst Barbara Komjathy said the company’s biggest challenge is excess capacity on satellite and fiber-optic networks, which could […]

Boeing [BA] has completed a 12-hour test mission for its first micro-satellite, called XSS-10, to show that an autonomous satellite can operate near other orbiting space objects without colliding, company […]

The last flight of the highly reliable Ariane 4 rocket is scheduled for Feb. 12. It will carry the Intelsat 907 satellite into orbit, Arianespace officials said. The 4,685-kilogram (10,328-pound) […]

Italian airline Alitalia this month will begin passenger demonstrations of AirTV‘s in-flight Internet access following the service’s validation on one of the airline’s Boeing 767s. AirTV uses satellites to offer […]

European satellite operator Eutelsat has awarded contracts worth $2.5 million to ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT] for two broadband satellite networking systems and development of a future Ka-band system. The systems will […]

GMPCS Personal Communications of Pompano Beach, Fla., has extended its distribution agreement with Telenor Satellite Services, a unit of Norwegian telecom carrier Telenor [Nasdaq: TELN]. GMPCS will continue to use […]

Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] announced Wednesday that its bank lenders and the holders of its 4.25 percent convertible subordinated notes due 2005 voted to approve the company’s debt restructuring […]

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An arbitration tribunalhas ruled against Loral Space & Communications [NYSE: LOR] in its dispute over whether it violated a partnership agreement with Alcatel Space. Still unresolved is whether Loral will […]

Middle Eastpay-TV satellite operator Showtime expects to become profitable in 2003. The operator, which has around 250,000 subscribers in markets throughout the Middle East, hopes to consolidate its already strong […]

TVB Satellite Platform (El Segundo, Calif.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Chinese-language broadcaster TVB Group, agreed to let DirecTV, a Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH] subsidiary and the largest […]