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By Gerry Oberst In a June report, the European Commission reported that the Galileo satellite navigation program is the largest pan-European industrial project ever. European scientists and industry have been...

By Jason Bates VSAT systems have established themselves as a technology ideally suited to corporate networking, enabling a new tier of users to take advantage of the enhanced flexibility the...

For a long time, establishing a satellite link required the user to stop or pause along the way, and that still remains a valid option today in many instances. However,...

Emerging from the elation of a first-rank performance in the Space Shuttle Discovery mission to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA now faces a sobering series of challenges extending over...

Boeing Co. warned that it would take a $350 million charge before the end of 2006 if it shuts down its Connexion by Boeing satellite Internet service for aircraft, the...

Stratos Global Corp. already holds more than $100 million in U.S. government contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the White House Communications Agency, among...

Scientists using data provided by a European radar satellite say the recent tear in the Earth’s continental crust near the Red Sea in Africa’s Afar desert could isolate Ethiopia and...

With a population of more than 1 billion people, India has been targeted as one of the largest potential markets for satellite services, but the Indian Space Research Organization‘s (ISRO)...

San Diego-based All Road Communications, a provider of satellite phone equipment for the Iridium and Globalstar systems, donated two Iridium satellite phones to the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society as...

With the consolidation of the major players in the Fixed Satellite Services industry now completed, public and private investors are now turning their attention to other aspects of the satellite...