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Few entrepreneurs have succeeded in achieving the full potential of commercial space. In the wake of the Mars mission and Iridium LLC failures, industry pioneers have realized the right combination...

A Boeing Co. [BA] Delta 2 launcher has replaced one of the first U.S Global Positioning System satellites, which was launched aboard another Delta rocket 11 years ago. The launch...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a $9.6 million contract to AlliedSignal Technical Services Corp., for engineering services to support the agency’s environmental satellites. The services will be...

A Canadian proposal to protect emissions into the GPS bands by mobile satellite services (MSS) operating in adjacent bands came as a surprise to the U.S. delegation last week at...

Inmarsat awarded its fourth-generation (I-4) satellite contract – for three satellites worth about $700 million – to newly formed Astrium, previously Matra Marconi Space. The satellites will be able to...

Working with the government on any project, naturally, poses unique challenges to commercial business developers. But after closely working with the U.S. Air Force for eight months, executives at TRW...

As the Boeing Co.’s [BA] Connexion By Boeing venture to provide satellite-based services to airline passengers gears up for its 2001 North American rollout (SBN, May 10), executives at Airbus...

Tachyon Inc., which specializes in high-performance, two-way satellite connections for Internet service providers, has chosen five companies as its first resale partners. The five ISPs are: Knoware, an ISP in...

Cidera Inc. of Laurel, Md., announced that it will work with Intel Internet Media Services to optimize the distribution, performance and scalability of streaming content via the Internet. Intel explained...

The Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) subsidiary of ATC Teleports Inc. has purchased the C-band satellite communications assets of a competitor, CruisePhone, which is in financial reorganization under the U.S. Bankruptcy...