Author: Staff Writer

by Peter J. Brown Business television (BTV) has been around for years, serving as an essential tool for multi-site enterprises. Today, dozens of these networks are in operation, and satellite...

By Robert Wold The reviews are in. Some oracles opined that the Olympics are now “as much about television and show business as they are about sports, and have been...

by Peter J. Brown In the ISP world, a new paradigm–“Deliver Data, View Video”–has taken hold, and the broadcast or point-to-multipoint advantages of Internet Protocol (IP)-based transmissions via satellite are...

By Theresa Foley In the last three years, Internet service providers (ISPs) have developed into a promising new customer sector for satellite service providers. Large U.S. consumer ISPs like AOL,...

Less than a month after restructuring its rocket program, Andrew Beal, founder and CEO of Beal Aerospace Technologies Inc., stopped production and called it a day for his low-cost rocket....

Two cosmonauts and an astronaut were launched to the International Space Station Oct.31, pioneering a new trend in human space exploration and development. A Soyuz TM-31 rocket roared toward space...

Alcatel Space said it has signed a subcontract with the Russian Satellite Communications Co. to supply the communications payloads for three satellites that RSCC has under construction in Russia. The...

In an effort to reduce the price to space, NASA is pushing forward with proposal requests for the second-generation reusable launch vehicle program. “Technologies developed and tested under the Second...

Cidera Inc., a supplier of Internet broadcast backbone and broadband content to the edge of the Internet, said its European operation recently achieved the milestones of having customers and points...

Final Analysis Inc., which is building the Faisat low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite system for global mobile data services, has named Karl Olsoni Jr. as its chief financial officer. He will be...