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  • Integral Introduces Skylight Weather System For Military

    Integral Systems [Nasdaq: ISYS], a provider of satellite command and control technology and satellite ground systems, is launching its Skylight system using a direct broadcast satellite terminal for remote sensing […]

  • T. Howard Foundation Plans To Honor Ted Turner

    The T. Howard Foundation, an organization devoted to helping women and people of color break into the satellite telecommunications industry, will recognize the achievements of AOL Time Warner [AOL] Vice […]

  • Noteworthy

    Don’t miss the world’s largest satellite industry conference and exhibition! SATELLITE 2003 February 26 – 28, 2003 Washington Convention Center Washington, DC http://www.satellite2003.com SATELLITE 2003 is the industry event where […]

  • Telenor Satellite Services Inks Pact With Comtech

    Telenor Satellite Services will provide dedicated capacity on Inmarsat satellites and land earth station services to Comtech to offer its customers real- time asset tracking and messaging services. The agreement […]

  • C-Com Satellite Serves Minnesota State Patrol

    C-Com Satellite Systems is teaming up with the Minnesota State Patrol to provide satellite-based communications. C-Com (Ottawa, Ontario) delivered a number of its iNetVu Mobile satellite-based antenna systems to the […]

  • Nera Telecommunications Will Serve the Philippines

    Nera Telecommunications (NeraTel) signed a memorandum of understanding with Isaiah Verse 65 Foundation in the Philippines for the supply, delivery and implementation of 1,000 Nera satellite communications terminals. The contract […]

  • Amnis, Hughes Network Systems Sign Satellite Video Agreement

    Amnis Systems [OTC: AMNM], a provider of networked streaming video systems, has signed an agreement with Hughes Network Systems (HNS), the broadband satellite unit of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH], to […]

  • Crosby Named To Head Conexant’s STB Business

    Jeffrey Crosby has joined Conexant Systems [Nasdaq: CNXT] as vice president of marketing for set-top box (STB) products. Conexant supplies chipsets used in STBs for satellite TV and other uses. […]

  • Water Utility Uses GPS Vehicle Tracking System To Manage Fleet

    Radio Satellite Integrators (RSI), a provider of customized GPS-based vehicle tracking and mobile data solutions, has sold an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system to the Erie County, Pa., Water Authority […]

  • Noteworthy

    Don’t miss the world’s largest satellite industry conference and exhibition! SATELLITE 2003 February 26 – 28, 2003 Washington Convention Center Washington, DC http://www.satellite2003.com SATELLITE 2003 is the industry event where […]

  • The Satellite News Financial Ticker

    Week of January 20 – 24, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Jan. 23 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.72 (3.9) 6.8 […]

  • ORBIMAGE Reaches Bankruptcy Accord

    Orbital Imaging (ORBIMAGE) has signed a non-binding agreement with its unsecured creditors and its parent, Orbital Sciences [ORB], that will allow it to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Under […]

  • Europeans Debate Space Policy

    With the release last week of a “green paper” on Europe’s space policy, the European Commission and the European Space Agency are preparing to debate its future direction. The paper […]

  • Starz Encore Renews PanAmSat Order

    Starz Encore Group and its sister company, International Channel Networks, have renewed satellite capacity contracts with PanAmSat [SPOT]. As part of the agreement, Starz Encore and International Channel will continue […]

  • Space Imaging Gets NIMA Contract

    Space Imaging has been awarded a multi-year satellite imagery capacity contract by the U.S. Defense Department’s National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). Under terms of the contract, NIMA would acquire […]

  • TOMRA Selects Nexterna Product

    TOMRA East, a division of TOMRA North America, a provider of automated recycling systems for collecting used beverage containers, will deploy Nexterna’s Clearview field service management solution. The system will […]

  • GeoLogic System Launched

    Aether Systems [AETH], in partnership with TransCommunications, a Chattanooga, Tenn.-based provider of business telecom products for the transportation industry, and the Mobilacomm Eagle division of BOT Engineering, are launching GeoLogic […]

  • XM To Close $475M Financing

    XM Satellite Radio [XMSR] has received tenders and consents from a majority of the holders of its senior secured notes due 2010. In addition, XM has received the necessary approvals […]

  • Liberty Satellite To Acquire Astrolink

    Liberty Satellite & Technology, a majority owned entity of Liberty Media [L], has reached an agreement with Lockheed Martin [LMT], Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Space & Mission Systems division and Telespazio […]

  • Allure of Asian Satellite Market Proves Irresistible

    HONOLULU–Asia represents one of the world’s largest markets for satellite products and services, with 67 commercial satellites transmitting to a third of the world’s population. Asian satellite operators “may be […]

  • 2003 Marks Dramatic Shift For DBS

    By Jimmy Schaeffler Retention of the 20 million U.S. satellite TV subscribers is becoming an increasingly important priority for the two companies that serve them. Hughes Electronics Corp. [GMH] reflected […]

  • Spotlight: Satellite, Wireless Communications Users Cruise the Internet

    COZUMEL, Mexico–Passengers and crew members on the Norwegian Sun and other ships in the Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) fleet now are using satellite and other communications technologies to surf the […]

  • Preparing For The Impending Spectrum War

    By Maury Mechanick Juxtaposition of the words “spectrum” and “war” is nothing new. Battles over who gets what spectrum have been waged since the time of Marconi. What is different […]

  • WildBlue: Broadband for the Masses

    Denver-based satellite broadband hopeful WildBlue received its best Christmas present ever this holiday season with a $156 million equity investment. Now, the company needs to finish building its system and […]

  • Are Satellite’s ‘Bent Pipe’ Days Over?

    HONOLULU–Existing and new satellite customers continue to ask satellite operators to be integrated services providers, not just “bent pipe” carriers offering single, space- based solutions to customers’ telecommunications needs. “We […]

  • Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Satellite Range Extension Capability

    Lockheed Martin Space Systems, a unit of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT],hassuccessfully tested a proof-of-concept system that will extend the range and effectiveness of the U.S. Navy‘s Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) […]

  • GOL TV Selects GlobeCast for Network Origination

    Satellite broadcast provider GlobeCast has begun supplying all-soccer channel GOL TV with program origination, production studios, satellite uplink and capacity. The service is provided from GlobeCast’s Digital Broadcast Center in […]

  • SES Astra, Partners To Develop Low Cost Satellite Return Channel

    SES Astra, a subsidiary of SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], Canal Satellite, Canal+ Technologies, Newtec, STMicroelectronics, and Thomson have signed an agreement to develop a low cost satellite-based response channel for […]

  • DVB-RCS, DOCSIS Offer Opportunities for Satellite Service, Study Says

    Both DVB-RCS and DOCSIS offer varying degrees of viability for interactive satellite services, according to a study by Northern Sky Research. DVB-RCS is already a commercial reality, while DOCSIS over […]

  • Orbital’s Pegasus Rocket Launches NASA’s SORCE Satellite

    Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] announced it launched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s (NASA’s) Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) satellite into its targeted orbit aboard its Pegasus rocket on […]