Author: Staff Writer

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) said it signed a Space Act Agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regarding the development of human spaceflight hardware. Space Act Agreements...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reached a settlement with the government of Israel covering six years of tax assessments against the company, Gilat announced May 30. Under the settlement, Gilat agreed...

Russia announced it is preparing to launch an English-language television news broadcasting service targeted at foreign viewers around the globe. The new 24-hour news channel, named Russia Today TV, will...

Globalstar introduced May 31 Express Data, a subscription-based service that allows users to send e-mail, transfer files and browse the Internet two to five times faster than the 9.6 kilobits...

Shin Satellite PCL raised about 3.2 billion Thai bhat ($78.2 million) in a public stock offering, the company said June 2. The Thai satellite operator sold 208 million new shares...

Novatel Inc. claims to be the first company to demonstrate a dual mode GPS and Galileo L1/E5A dual frequency prototype receiver in North America. Novatel made the claim even though...

Globecomm Network Services Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Globecomm Systems Inc., captured a pair of contracts from unnamed customers valued at a combined $1.6 million, Globecomm announced June 1....

OHB Technology AG and Apollo Capital Partners GmbH will acquire Man Technologies AG, OHB announced June 1. Man, based in Augsbug, Germany, manufactures components for the main cryogenic stage, solid...

Xantic introduced a new integrated services digital network channel for existing Fleet 77 terminals that doubles the speed of current data services, the company announced. The channel, which can provide...

Iridium Satellite LLC named four companies as the first members of its newly created value-added developers program, the company announced June 1. The program is designed to establish technical relationships...