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2004
2003
2002
2001
1999-2000
- Europe's
space race with US begins - Guardian - Dec.27.05
- Give
a gift that's out of this world... - IOL - Dec.25.05
- SES
to buy New Skies - spacetoday.net - Dec.14.05
- Sea
Launch wins Spaceway launch contract - spacetoday.net
- Dec.12.05
- FCC
Assigns 20 MHz Of Spectrum To ICO Satellite Services
- ICO Communications - Dec.12.05
- Iridium
Signs Service Provider Agreement with China Spacecom
- Iridium - Dec.12.05
- Loral
Space & Communications Inc. Common Stock To Begin
Trading On Nasdaq Under "LORL" - Lora l-
Dec.8.05
- BGAN
Begins - TelecomWeb - Dec.8.05
- Inmarsat
announces launch of BGAN service - Inmarsat - Dec.7.05
- Globalstar
Receives Us Government Approval To Proceed With Launch
Plans For Spare Satellites - Globalstar - Dec.7.05
- Itron
Selects ORBCOMM For Satellite Communications For Commercial
Gas Meters - ORBCOMM - Dec.6.05
- Globalstar
Service Provider Elsacom Wins 20 Million Euro Italian
Government Contract To Provide Satellite Voice And
Data Services - Globalstar - Dec.6.05
- Alcatel
wins Chinese satellite contract - spacetoday.net -
Dec.6.05
- EADS
acquires Dutch Space - spacetoday.net - Dec.2.05
- Orbital
to build, launch NASA's ST8 satellite - Spaceflight
Now - Nov.28.05
- Loral
emerges from bankruptcy after 28 months - New York
Business - Nov.22.05
- Jupiter
Research Forecasts U.S. Digital Satellite Radio Device
Market Will Grow To 55 Million Units In 2010 - Jupiter
Research - Nov.22.05
- Gone
dishin': WildBlue in Maine: Satellite broadband is
making inroads - Bangor Daily News - Nov.19.05
- Sea
Launch Signs with DIRECTV for Launch in 2007: Satellite
will Expand Capacity for HD services - Boeing - Nov.15.05
- SpaceDev
Reports Third Quarter Net Income - SpaceDev - Nov.15.05
- Orbital
Receives Contract For MEASAT-1R Commercial Communications
Satellite:First Order from Malaysian Operator is Company's
Fourth Geostationary Satellite Order in 2005 - Orbital
Science - Nov.14.05
- Getting
People to Pay for Radio - New York Times - Nov.12.05
- Iridium
Satellite Doubles Its Business Over 2004 - Aero-News
Network - Nov.10.05
- Tiny
Portable Satellite Radios: These portable satellite
radios deliver programming from 22,000 miles above
Earth to your pocket - Popular Science - Nov.05
- PanAmSat
reports Q3 profit - Financial Times - Nov.9.05
- Mobile
communications satellite launched into orbit - Spaceflight
Now - Nov.8.05
- Setbacks
Leave XM With 'Explaining to Do': Supply Worries,
Competitor's Moves Depress Share Prices of Satellite
Radio Leader - Wash Post - Nov.2.05
- XM,
Sirius Battle Over Subs Figures - Media Week - Nov.1.05
- Eutelsat
withdraws IPO - spacetoday.net - Oct.28.05
- SpaceDev
and Starsys Sign Merger Agreement: Merger Will Bring
Mechanical Systems Capabilities to SpaceDev’s Industry-Leading
Experience in Micro-Satellites and Affordable Access
to Space - SpaceDev - Oct.26.05
- Boeing-Lockheed
rocket venture hits another snag - Decatur Daily -
Oct.22.05
- Rocket
Maker Sues Boeing, Lockheed - Los Angeles Times -
Oct.21.05
- Rocket
firm sues Boeing, Lockheed - Seattle Times - Oct.21.05
- SpaceX
sues over rivals’ launch venture: Lawsuit claims Boeing-Lockheed
Martin alliance is illegal - MSNBC/Reuters - Oct.20.05
- Creating
the Global Hot Spot - Wired - Oct.21.05 (about
Inmarsat satellite broadband)
- Mobile
Satellite Ventures Announces Completed Proof of Concept
For Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Wireless Communications
- MSV - Oct.19.05
- DigitalGlobe
to expand Earth-imaging range - Flight - Int. - Oct.11.05
- Orbital
Recovery Group Signs a Reservation for the First Satellite
Servicing Mission Using its CX-OLEV "Space Tug"
- SpaceRef - Oct.11.05
- WorldSpace
Stumbles - Wash Times - Oct.10.05
- Soyuz
to launch Globalstar satellites - spacetoday.net -
Oct.8.05
- Sirius
Adds 359,000 Subscribers in Quarter - Los Angeles
Times/Boomberg - Oct.5.05
- Japanese
noodle company risks scalding to shoot first ad in
space - Brand Republic - Oct.4.05
- XM
Satellite Adds 617,000 Subscribers - LA Times/Bloomberg
News - Oct.4.05
- Mobile
Satellite Ventures (MSV) Issued Key Patent In Broadband
Multi-Spotbeam Satellite Systems - MSV - Oct.3.05
- Alliance
for Commercial Enterprises in Space Formed and October
Forum Announced - SpaceRef - Sept.26.05
- Senate
Looks at Benefits of Satellite Phones in Disaster
Zones - Space News/Space.com - Sept.26.05
- Permanent
camera on space station to film TV commercials - asahi.com
- Sept.22.05 - "Tokyo-based venture business plans
to produce television commercials and programs with
a camera that will be permanently fixed on the International
Space Station on Oct. 1"
- Outer-space
ad will hype Japanese noodles: ommercial to be filmed
aboard international space station - Space News /
MSNBC.com - Sept.21.05
- Space
too small for 3 satellite operators - Rocky Mountain
News - Sept.17.05
- ORBIMAGE
to buy Space Imaging - spacetoday.net - Sept.16.05.
- Satellite
Companies Offer Communication Services to Gulf Coast
- Space News/Space.com - Sept.12.05
- New
Company Launches With Aim of Colonizing Mars - SPACE.com
- Sept.8.05
-
- Launch
companies announce contracts - spacetoday.net - Sept.7.05
- Sat
Phones Surge After Katrina - Wired - Sept.7.05
- Good
and bad news for US space: Industrialists forecast
continued growth in business, but warn of offshore
threat country's US dominance of sector - Flight Int.
- Sept.9.05
- Arizona
Uses Ikonos Imagery in Dispute with Developer - Space.com
- Sept.5.05
- High
Altitude Merger - Motley Fool Take - Sept.2.05
- Orbital
wins satellite order - spacetoday.net - Aug.31.05
- GAN
and mini-M provide vital back-up communications for
disaster relief efforts in hurricane-hit US southern
state - Inmarsat - Aug.31.05
- Iridium
CEO eyes IPO in early 2006: Firm to pitch itself as
a growth stock - MarketWatch - Aug.30.05
- Globalstar
Satellite Phone Service Uninterrupted in Hurricane-Lashed
Gulf Region - Globalstar/PRNewswire - Aug.29.05
- How
one company is making space pay: SpaceDev's Jim Benson
on the "killer apps" that lie beyond Earth - MSNBC.com
- Aug.25.05
- Intelsat
to acquire PanAmSat - spacetoday.net - Aug,29.05
- Soyuz
rocket launches U.S. cable TV spacecraft - Spaceflight
Now - Aug.13.05
- Space
& Satellite Market Surpasses $103 Billion, to
Reach $158 Billion by 2010 - Int. Space Business Council/Yahoo!
- Aug.9.05
- Heaviest
ever telecom satellite reaches orbit - New Scientist
- Aug.11.05
- Shakeout:
Too many companies for too few deals jolt satellite-imaging
industry - Rocky Mountain News - Aug.8.05
- Iridium
Issues 2005 Mid-Year Report:Subscribers Up 20% and
Revenue Up 27% in First Half; Company Has 127,000
Voice and Data Subscribers Worldwide - Iridium - Aug.1.05
- Satellite
radio firm[WorldSpace] has IPO - spacetoday.net -
Aug.5.05
- PanAmSat
buys first Land Launch mission - spacetoday.net -
July.29.05
- PanAmSat
acquires Europe*Star - spacetoday.net - July.20.05
- XM
Satellite Radio Announces Strategic Investment In
Worldspace - XM Radio - July.19.05
- Rivals,
and Friends? Satellite radio's Sirius and XM indicate
they want to end harmful competition, but that may
not be possible until one cedes the game - LA Times
- July.10.05
- XM
Satellite Radio Extends Lead With More Than 640,000
New Net Subscribers During Second Quarter Of 2005
- XM Radio - July.1.05
- Orbimage
To Provide Microsoft MSN With Satellite Images Of
Earth - InternetWeek - June.30.05
- Europe
approves joint Galileo bid - spacetoday.net - June.28.05
- Inmarsat's
debut earns rave reviews - Telegraph - June.18.05
- Synertech,
A New Joint Venture Operational In Russia - EADS -
June.15.05
- Iridium
Closes $32 Million Credit Facility with Bank of America
- Iridium - June.14.05
- Thrillionaires:
The New Space Capitalists - New York Times - June.14.05
- Globalstar
And Qualcomm Sign $140 Million Multi-Year Manufacturing
Agreement - Globalstar - June.13.05
- ORBCOMM
Announces Agreement with M2M Communications Corp.
- June.13.05
- Sirius
Boosts Capacity: New modulation technology gives the
satellite radio company the capacity to offer advanced
services. - Red Herring - June.13.05
- Inmarsat
plans IPO - spacetoday.net - June.2.05
- Report:
Loral wins XM satellite contract - spacetoday.net
- May.31.05
- Orbital
Sciences under federal probe - spacetoday.net - May.27.05
- MSV
to launch new telecom satellite - ScienceDaily - May.25.05
- WildBlue
to Roll Out Satellite Broadband Internet Service First
Week of June - SatNews Daily - May.20.05
- MacDonald,
Dettwiler and Associates looks Earthward for growth,
AGM told - CBC News - May.12.05.
- Xtar
Awarded Multi-Year Contract To Provide Diplomatic
Communications Services For The U.S. Department Of
State - Loral - May.11.05
- Spacenet
is selected to deploy broadband satellite service
to 237 Arby's restaurants nationwide - Spacenet -
Apr.18.05
- WorldSpace
Sets Stock Offering - Washington Post - Apr.19.05
- Orbital
wins PanAmSat contract - spacetoday.net - Apr.19.05
- Japan
renews iridium global phone service - InfoBeat - Apr.15.05
- Private
Equity Firms Make a Bet on Satellite Companies - NY
Times - Apr.18.05
- Successful
Design Review Validates the Technical Feasibility
Of Orbital Recovery Ltd.'s CX-OLEVTM Space Tug - Orbital
Recovery Corp. - Apr.13.05
- Forrester:
Satellite Radio Will Grow Fourfold By 2010 - MediaPost
- Apr.13.05
- China
launches commercial communications satellite - spacetoday.net
- Apr.12.05
- The
final frontier?: Strapped for money, NASA is offering
to sell online corporate sponsorships - Miami Herald
- Apr.8.05
- Cablevision
to shut down Voom - spacetoday.net - Apr.8.05
- Space
Imaging puts itself up for sale: Satellite firm's
move part of fallout from loss of contract - Rocky
Mountain News - Apr.5.05
- XM
Reports Big Subscriber Gain - Washington Post - Apr.2.05
- Dolan
pledges to keep Voom operating - spacetoday.net -
Mar.31.05
- Satellite
Radio's Two-Way Competition Takes Aim at Broadcast
Radio - PBS Online NewsHour - Mar.30.05
- Teal
Near-Term Outlook Projects 26% Growth in Spacecraft
Launched - Teal Group/PR Newswire - Mar.23.05
- Spacenet
expands its reach with global broadband services -
Spacenet - Mar.22.05
- Iridium
Satellite Constellation Passes Milestone for Longevity
- Iridium - Mar.21.05
- Irish
cinema 'set to go digital' - BBC - Mar.20.05
- Asian
satellite TV venture planned - spacetoday.net - Mar.15.05
-
ProtoStar Closes on Initial Funding From New Enterprise
Associates and SpaceVest. New Direct-to-Home (DTH)
Satellite Provider to Support Asia's Expanding Market
Demand. - ProtoStar - Mar.14.05
- Begin
the BGAN: City-bound Inmarsat looks to regain the
high ground as its satellite blasts off - The Independent
- Mar.13.05
- Satellite
will deliver high-speed data - Florida Today - Mar.12.05
- Orbital
reports 2004 profit - spacetoday.net - Mar.3.05
- Intelsat
to end on-orbit insurance of satellites - spacetoday.net
- Mar.4.05
- Iridium
Announces 2004 Revenue and Subscriber Growth - Iridium
- Feb.23.05
- Loral
wins satellite contract, settles another - spacetoday.net
- Feb.24.05
- Sirius
to broadcast NASCAR starting in 2007 - CNET - Feb.22.05
- Satellite
radio growth projections stir concern - Marketwatch.com
- Feb.18.05
- Northrop
Settles Rocket Dispute With SpaceX - Los Angeles Business
Journal - Feb.11.05
- XM
loss, subscribers increase - spacetoday.net - Feb.11.05
- New
Generation of Communications Services to Emerge With
Today's FCC Action; MSV Moves Ahead On Vision For
MSS - MSV (Moblie Satellite Venture) - Feb.10.05
- Satellite
radio companies court travelers - CNET - Feb.9.05
- Spacehab
Subsidiary Garners $4.25 Million For New Missions:
Astrotech Supporting Commercial and Government Launches
Coast-to-Coast - Spacehab - Feb.1.05
- Sirius
denies merger negotiations with XM - spacetoday.net
- Jan.26.05
- EchoStar
to buy Rainbow satellite - spacetoday.net - Jan.21.05
- Satellite
TV snubbing Microsoft - CNET - Jan.21.05
- Intelsat
spacecraft a goner after electrical failure - Spaceflight
News - Jan.16.05
- Stocks'
Final Frontier - Motley Fool - Jan.10.05
- Tax
policy and space commercialization - The Space Review
- Jan.10.05
- Can
tax credits work? - Space Politics - Jan.10.05
- Sat
Radio Recording Moves Ahead - Wired - Jan.4.05
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