Author: Staff Writer

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to launch the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) on May 11 at 6:22 a.m. EDT...

Lockheed Martin completed a “jitter” test of the Space-based Infrared System (SBIRS) High satellite, part of the U.S. military’s next-generation missile warning system, the company said. The heart of the...

Inmarsat said it made the first voice call from a Nera BGAN terminal over the Inmarsat-4 satellite, a key step in preparation for the launch of its new Broadband Global...

Orbimage Inc. said it expects revenues for 2005 to be between $50 million and $60 million, an increase of 62 to 93 percent from 2004 revenues. The company also expects...

Nordic Satellite SB (NSAB) awarded International Launch Services (ILS) a contract to launch the Sirius 4 satellite in the second quarter of 2007 on a Proton Breeze M rocket. Nordic...

Asia Pulse reported May 3 that TU Media Corp. formally launched its mobile satellite TV service, which allows subscribers to receive television broadcasts on mobile phones and other handheld devices....

Wilbur Trafton, president and chief operating officer of Kistler Aerospace, has joined the board of advisors of Wifi Wireless Inc., Wifi announced. During his aerospace career, Trafton served as vice...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. named Erez Antebi CEO of its Gilat Network Systems business unit. Antebi joined Gilat in May 1991 and most recently served as the company’s vice president...

The British Skylark rocket motor performed its final mission May 2, launching a Maser 10 sounding rocket for the European Space Agency (ESA), Swedish Space Corp. said. The Skylark was...

Star Choice Communications Inc. in Canada unveiled its new high-definition digital video recorder satellite receiver, the DVR530 HD. The receiver comes equipped with a dual tuner and a 160-gigabit hard...