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Planning on climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro this summer, but want to stay connected to your friends and family? You might want to invest in the SPOT Connect, a device that when paired with your smartphone, connects to a global satellite network.

Shares of TerreStar Corp. plunged more than 50 percent in Monday's trading following a Wall Street Journal article reporting that the debt-laden mobile wireless network provider may file for bankruptcy.

Far removed from the glory days of the Cold War, Russia's spy satellites are assigned to more mundane work.

CIOs are giving satellite communications a second look, as providers deliver faster, more affordable services and as more government agencies and large corporations focus on keeping networks up and running.

AT&T Mobility should achieve true nationwide coverage by the end of this year after it introduces a planned service that utilizes both satellite and cellular service.

The U.S. Air Force late last month disputed a General Accountability Office report concluding that the Global Positioning System used by the military and millions of motorists worldwide may be in danger of disruption unless aging satellites are replaced quickly.

NASA is set to launch what it's calling a nanosatellite - a spacecraft the size of a loaf of bread.

While in Queensland the use of animal recognition technology is being used to conserve water, on the other side of the country in Western Australia, satellite technology is providing farmers with a suite of tools to accurately estimate the amount of feed in their pastures, how quickly their pastures are growing and the pasture quality.

As it turns out, satellites are good for more than peeping on sunbathing celebs. They're also pretty handy at helping archaeologists re-discover lost cities.