European students launch satellite
European students launch satellite into space (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Students from more than 20 universities across Europe have designed, built and on Thursday launched their own satellite into space.
Europe's student-built satellite rockets into space (USA Today)
A student-built spacecraft rocketed into space alongside several other microsatellites early Thursday, riding a Russian booster skyward into space. The boxy SSETI Express satellite was built by more than 400 university students for the European Space Agency.
World slow to turn the dial to satellite radio (International Herald Tribune)
In India, salesmen are going door to door selling satellite radios that receive, among other things, National Public Radio's RAll Things Considered.R
Satellite radio for the rest of the world, if they'll listen (USA Today)
WorldSpace Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based outfit is trying to make satellite radio, already a success in the United States, a global phenomenon by combining 1930s-style marketing and space-age technology. Their goal is proving to be quite a challenge.
XM Satellite users double, losses grow (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. on Thursday posted a wider third-quarter loss on escalating programing costs, but subscriptions to its pay-radio service doubled to more than 5 million and it expects solid fourth-quarter growth.
Russia launches Iran's first satellite (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Russia put Iran's first ever satellite into space, as a Kosmos-3M rocket blasted off from the northwestern Plesetsk launch site carrying one Russian and seven foreign devices, the Russian space agency said.
Russia Launches Iran's First Satellite Moscow, Russia (AFP) Oct 27, 2005 (Space War)
Moscow, Russia (AFP) Oct 27, 2005 - Russia put Iran's first ever satellite into space Thursday, as a Kosmos-3M rocket blasted off from the northwestern Plesetsk launch site carrying one Russian and seven foreign devices, the Russian space agency said.