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The New Space Race For the majority of us, the thought of taking a trip into space is still well and truly science fiction. However, if you have the money available, a visit to the final frontier is absolutely possible. Helen Jameson explores how what was once science fiction is now rapidly becoming science fact.   Click here to read the full article

ITU cancels ITU TELECOM EUROPE 2007
The ITU has announced that its forthcoming ITU TELECOM EUROPE 2007 event in Sofia, Bulgaria, scheduled for December this year has been cancelled. The decision has been taken in order to focus capacity and resources on upcoming ITU TELECOM events as well as a number of new initiatives...

RAD Partners with Inmarsat to Provide High Quality Voice over BGAN Services
RAD Data Communications announced that it has been appointed by Inmarsat as a solutions partner for the Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service...

Global TV News channel for satellite industry launches this month in Singapore
The Satellite Evolution Group – the leading Satellite industry publishing group – extends its service to fully multi media later this month with the global launch of SatTV at the giant CommunicAsia exhibition in Singapore in June...

Starsem successfully launches Globalstar satellites
Globalstar, Inc., a leading provider of mobile satellite voice and data services to businesses, government, and individuals, and Starsem, the Soyuz Company today announced that four Globalstar satellites were successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, using the Soyuz launch vehicle. These satellites, together with the additional four ground spare satellites due to be launched shortly, will augment the current operating constellation and improve the Globalstar quality of two-way voice and data service through the launch of the second generation satellite constellation...

SSL veteran receives lifetime achievement award
Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications and the world's leading provider of commercial telecommunications satellites, has announced that Robert E. Berry, systems fellow and former chairman of SS/L, will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the satellite communications industry at the ISCe 2007 satellite conference in San Diego. The Lifetime Achievement Award is one of three awards that will be presented at the annual ISCe 2007 Awards Dinner Reception, which takes place on Wednesday, June 6 in conjunction with the conference...

Boeing joins Billion Dollar Roundtable
Boeing has become one of the newest members of the Billion Dollar Roundtable, an organization that brings together major corporations that make meaningful and measurable contributions to the economic growth of woman-owned and minority-owned companies. Don McKneely and Sharon Patterson, roundtable co-founders, formally introduced Boeing as one of the newest member companies at a reception last night in New York...

Council approves Intersputniks accession to RCC
The 37th meeting of the Heads of RCC Telecommunications Administrations was held in Jurmala on May 28, 2007 on the invitation of the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia...

TerreStar Notified of New Satellite Delivery Date
TerreStar Networks Inc. (TerreStar), a majority owned subsidiary of Motient Corporation (MNCP), today announced that they have been notified by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) that delivery of its satellite, TerreStar-1, is expected to be August 2008. This new delivery schedule helps ensure that SS/L delivers the premium quality satellite necessary to set the standard for industry performance. TerreStar remains on schedule to meet its operational milestone of November 2008...

XTAR names William R. Schmidt VP, Government Services
XTAR, LLC, a joint venture between Loral Space & Communications and HISDESAT, today announced that it has named William R. Schmidt vice president of government services. Mr. Schmidt will be responsible for the business development, sales, and marketing of XTAR’s unique X-band services to the civil and military sectors of the US government, including the Departments of Defense, State and Homeland Security, as well as allied governments. He reports to Dr. Denis Curtin, chief operating officer of XTAR...