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1999-2000
- Is
GeoEye Poised to Take Off? - Seeking Alpha - Dec.29.08
- Satellite
Radio Still Reaches for the Payday - NYTimes.com -
Dec.26.08
- Global
Satellite Telephony Competitors Sharpen Knives for
Tough '09 - Space News/Space.com - Dec.15.08
- GeoEye
Wins Important Contract - Seeking Alpha - Dec.11.08
- Ciel
2 Spacecraft Launched On Proton - Aviation Week -
Dec.11.08
- 8th
Continent Incubator Enlists First Aerospace Business
Tenant - Space 2.0 Blog - Dec.9.08
- Ailing
Economy Not Expected to Derail Iridium Deal - space.com
- Dec.8.08
- US
Broadband Internet Satellite Scheduled for Launch
in 2011 - PC World - Dec.5.08
- With
vintage satellites still in orbit, sales are grounded:
Their longevity surprises manufacturers but is bad
for business. Upon retirement, they join the mass
of space junk. - Los Angeles Times - Dec.1.08
- Tapping
the potential of the final frontier - InvestmentNews
- Nov.30.08
- Colorado’s
First Aerospace Business Incubator Opens Doors - Space
2.0 Blog - Nov.25.08
- Middle
East first off the mark in quest for space-related
commercial opportunities - Business Intelligence Middle
East - Nov.17.08
- On
the Eve of Its Sale, SpaceDev Reports Profit - San
Diego Business Journal Online - Nov.14.08
- Spacehab
Reports Financial Results For First Quarter Fiscal
Year 2009 - Spacehab - Nov.13.08
- Years
Later, ICO Wins Ruling Against Boeing in Satellite
Contract Lawsuit - washingtonpost.com - Oct.27.08
- From
Heart Pumps to Braces, Space Technology is Transferring
into the Hands of Entrepreneurs - Space 2.0 Blog -
Oct.24.08
- ICO
wins lawsuit against Boeing - spacetoday.net - Oct.23.08
- Rocket
Launch Marks First Test for Korean Space Ambitions
- KoreaTimes - Oct.20.08
- Satellite
Business Booming in the Middle East and North Africa:
Highly Competitive Region Has 13 Operators - Space
News/space.com - Oct.20.08
- WorldSpace,
Inc. Voluntarily Files for Bankruptcy Protection -
WorldSpace - Oct.18.08
- Fannie
Mae, Freddie Mac, and lessons for space commercialization
- The Space Review - Oct.13.08
- Google's
Super Satellite Captures First Image - Wired - Oct.8.08
- UP
Aerospace does launches "quickly and cheaply"
- Denver Business Journal - Oct.7.08
- Business
on the ISS beyond space tourism - The Space Review
- Oct.6.08
- Globalstar
Catches and Measures Wind - Satnews - Sept.29.08
- AT&T
and DIRECTV, Inc. Reach Agreement to Offer Satellite
TV Service to AT&T Customers - DirectTV - Sept.26.08
- Sea
Launch Mission Report | Sea Launch deploys new Galaxy
for North America - Spaceflight Now - Sept.24.08
- Iridium
Merger Could Enable Satellite Broadband - PC World
- Sept.23.08
- Satellite
Insurance Rates Driven by Capacity, Not Track Record
- Space News/space.com - Sept.22.08
- After
Merger, Sirius XM Shares Falling Sharply - washingtonpost.com
- Sept.18.08
- NASA
Uses Commercial Microgravity Flight Services For First
Time - NASA - Sept.15.08
- Buyers
Bemoan Launcher Prices, Availability - Space News/Space.com
- Sept.15.08
- Auction
Of Intangibles Attracts NASA, Private Investors -
CNN Money - Sept.15.08
- UK-DMC
satellite first to transfer sensor data from space
using 'bundle' protocol - Surrey Satellite
- Sept.11.08
- O3b
Links With Google for Fast Satellite Internet Capacity
- NYTimes.com - Sept.9.08
-
Hollywood Monster Maker Designs Suits for Real Travel
in Space - Bloomberg - Sept.4.08
- GeoEye
Hopes for Clear Skies Ahead: Satellite Imaging Firm
Depends on Successful Launch for Rebound, Chief Says
- washingtonpost.com - Sept.1.08
- Satellite
phones make cowboys wildfire sentinels - PhysOrg -
Aug.30.08
- Dnepr
Rocket Launches Satellite Quintet into Orbit - Space.com
- Aug.29.08
- Inmarsat
To Seek MSS License - Aviation Week - Aug.29.08
- Globalstar
Begins Production Assembly And Testing Of New Second-Generation
Satellites: Globalstar prepares to provide next-generation
of wireless services as delivery of first new satellites
is less than a year away - GlobalStar - Aug.27.08
- RapidEye
constellation ready for launch - SSTL - Aug.27.08
- The
Sky's The Limit If Satellite Maker Wins Space Station
Contracts - Investor's Business Daily - Aug.26.08
- Spacesuit
makers will try again for contract: Two ventures to
submit revised bids after NASA overturns original
deal -AP/msnbc.com - Aug.22.08
- Bigelow
Aerospace Advances Work On Full-Scale Space Habitat
- Space News - Aug.22.08
- Earthbound:
Gravity is not the main obstacle for America’s space
business. Government is - Economist - Aug.21.08
- Environmental
Tectonics Corporation's NASTAR Center Receives
'Vision to Reality' Award - NASTAR/CNN - Aug.6.08
- Satellite
Firms Return After Failure to Launch - washingtonpost.com
- Aug.4.08
- Iridium
Selects Two in Competition for Design and Development
Contract for 'Next' Constellation - Iridium
- Aug. 04.2008
- FCC
approves satellite radio merger - spacetoday.net -
July.26.08
- Harbinger
to Provide SkyTerra and MSV with $500 Million in Financing
- Skyterra - July.25.08
- Orbital
reports increased profits - spacetoday.net - July.19.08
- Astrium
Takes Control Of Spot Image - Aviation Week - July.15.08
- GeoEye:
Falling Star? - Motley Fool - July.7.08
- DIY
satellites take smaller and smaller steps for mankind:
Surrey team launches fridge-sized modules and helps
keep Britain in the space race - The Guardian - July.7.08
- Global
availability of SwiftBroadband nears - Flightglobal.com
- July.2.08
- Spacehab
Eyes Biomedical Research Opportunities Aboard ISS
- SpaceNews/space.com - June.23.08
- FCC
moves towards approving Sirius-XM merger - spacetoday.net
- June.16.08
- 2007
Satellite Industry Revenue Grows 16% - Space News/space.com
- June.16.08
- Financial
risk analysis for the space industry - The Space Review
- June.16.08
- Commercial
Satellite Industry Revenues Jump 16% In 2007: Satellite
Industry Association Issues Global Satellite Statistics
- Satellite Industry Association (SIA) - June.11.08
(pdf)
- Transforming
Satellite Broadband - SatMagazine - June.08
- Astronauts
share space through souvenirs - collectSPACE - June.4.08
- Personal
Spaceflight Federation to Release Results of New Study
Defining Personal Spaceflight Industry: First-time
study reveals significant investment and revenue growth
- Personal Spaceflight Federation - May.28.08
- IPO
To Aid DigitalGlobe-GeoEye Comparison - Space.com
- May.26.08
- Globalstar
Signs Contract With Hughes To Pave Way For Next Generation
Advanced Satellite Services: New Internet Protocol
(IP) based ground network will provide ability to
continuously refine and update satellite voice and
high-speed data offerings as standards evolve for
developing technologies - Globalstar - May.19.08
Both
Globalstar + Hughes Will Be Well Grounded - Satnews
- May.20.08
- Thales,
Orbital share Koreasat 6 contract - spacetoday.net
- May.16.08
- Lockheed
wins GPS 3 - spacetoday.net - May.15.08
- GeoEye
Gets a Shiner - Fool on Call - May.13.08
- Feds
confirm decision to reject space deal - CTA.ca - May.9.08
- DirecTV
Profit Up 10% as Subscriptions Grow - New York Times
- May.8.08
- I
Spy GeoEye - Foolish Forecast - May.7.08
- Globalstar,
Inc. Announces First Quarter Results For 2008 - Globalstar
- May.7.08
- Orbcomm
Signs Next Generation Satellite Constellation Contract
For 18 New Spacecraft: Sierra Nevada Corporation Forms
Strategic Team with Key Subcontractors Boeing, ITT
and its wholly-owned subsidiary, MicroSat, to Build
ORBCOMM Generation 2 Satellites - Orbcomm - May.7.08
- World's
Largest Commercial Satellite Achieves Key Milestone:
ICO G1 Successfully Deploys 12 Meter Unfurlable Reflector,
Initial Satellite Operations on Schedule - Loral -
Apr.28.08
- The
Economic Impact of Commercial Space Transportation
on the U.S. Economy - FAA - April 2008 (pdf)
- Orbital
Posts Strong Second Quarter; Sells TMS Unit - Satellite
Today - Apr.17.08
- AMC-14
declared a total loss - spacetoday.net - Apr.11.08
- SpaceX
Founder Musk Competes In Space Race - CNN/Investor's
Business Daily - Apr.14.08 issue
- Commercial
Space Hasn't Yet Landed Big VC Investments - CNN/Investor's
Business Daily - Apr.14.08 issue
- Lost
in space by Terence Corcoran, National Post [Ca] -
Apr.11.08
- Harper's
right to hold up MDA deal - Edmonton Journal - Apr.11.08
- Canada
blocks MDA sale - spacetoday.net - Apr.10.08
- Surrey
Satellite to be bought by EADS Astrium - The Register
- Apr.8.08
- Worldwide
Space Economy Passes $250 billion - Aviation Week
- Apr.7.08
- Astrium
to acquire SSTL - spacetoday.net - Apr.7.08
- Odyssey
Moon Announces Commercial Launch Services Agreement
- Odyssey Moon/media-newswire - Mar.26.08 (pdf)
- Company
to deliver ashes to moon: Guaranteed spot in heavens
for only $10,000 - Reuters/msnbc.com - Mar.26.08
- Justice
Department approves XM-Sirius merger - spacetoday.net
- Mar.24.08
- Space
Adventures Announces the Acquisition of Zero Gravity
Corporation - Space Adventures - Mar.19.08
- SpaceX
wins USAF contract for third launch - floridatoday.com
- Mar.19.08
- Iridium®
Satellite Selects Three Finalists To Design and Develop
Iridium "NEXT" Iridium- Mar 19, 2008
- Pratt
& Whitney Rocketdyne Completes Assembly of Flight
Clearance Scramjet for the X-51A - Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne - Mar.19.08
- Space
Advertising Plan Thrown in Doubt - Digital Chosunilbo
- Mar.18.08
- SPACEHAB
Debuts New SPACETECH Product at Aviation Industry
Expo - Spacehab/Yahoo - Mar.17.08
- Two-Firm
Race for Mideast Satellite Television Market - Space
News - Mar.17.08
- Northrop,
Loral to collaborate on satellite work - spacetoday.net
- Feb.28.08
- Satellite
radio in limbo as merger stalls - Reuters - Feb.27.08
- Sirius
Thinking - The Motley Fool - Feb.26.08
- Iridium®
Satellite Announces Q4 and Fiscal Year 2007 Results:
EBITDA up 37 Percent, Revenue Up 23 Percent and Subscribers
up 34 Percent Over FY 2006; Record-Setting Profit,
Sales, Subscriber Growth and Network Traffic - Iridium
Satellite - Feb.25.08
- Japan
launches experimental communications satellite - spacetoday.net
- Feb.23.08
- Orbital
Sciences has record financial year - spacetoday.net
- Feb.16.08
- EchoStar
invests in TerreStar - spacetoday.net - Feb.9.08
- SPACEHAB
Announces Formation of Council on Science and Microgravity:
Financial News - SpaceHab/Yahoo! Finance - Jan.28.08
- Spot
Hopes to Meet Consumer Imagery Demand with New Satellite
- Space.com - Jan.21.08
- Rice
Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship and
NASA Partner for the 2008 Rice Business Plan Competition
- SpaceRef - Jan.19.08
- Satellite
Navigation Market Continues To Soar Worldwide - Space
New/space.com - Jan.14.08
- New
distributors belly up to Microgravity's space
drinks - New Mexico Business Weekly - Jan.10.08
- ATK
to buy MDA space business - spacetoday.net - Jan.9.08
- Eutelsat,
ViaSat order Ka-band satellites - spacetoday.net -
Jan.8.08
- ViaSat-1
to Transform North American Satellite Broadband Market
- ViaSat, Inc. - Jan.7.08
- Astrium
to build new-generation Ka-band satellite for Eutelsat
- EADS Astrium - Jan.8.08
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