Sea Launch Set For XM-4 Mission
Sea Launch plans to perform its fifth mission of 2006, placing the XM-4 satellite into orbit for XM Satellite Radio Oct. 26. Liftoff of the Zenit-3SL vehicle from Sea Launch’s...
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Pair Of Companies Make Competing Offers For Loral Debt Offering
Investment firm Highland Capital Management LP has offered to purchase $300 million in Loral stock “on terms that are more beneficial than those offered” to another investment firm. Highland delivered...
Alcatel Alenia Space To Provide Equipment For LISA Pathfinder
Alcatel Alenia Space will develop on-board and ground segment equipment for the Laser Interferometry Space Antenna (LISA) Pathfinder mission, the company announced Oct. 25. The LISA Pathfinder will provide in-orbit...
JAXA Announces Start Of Operations For Advanced Land Observing Satellite
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has completed initial functional verification. and calibration and verification tests of the Advanced Land Observing Satellite and operations began Oct. 24, JAXA announced. Daichi...
GM Hits Factory-Installed XM Satellite Radio
General Motors of Canada Ltd. delivered its 50,000th vehicle with factory-installed XM Satellite Radio, the company announced Oct. 24. GM Canada installs XM in more than 50 models and in...
Northrop Grumman Selects Nallatech For FPGA-Based Satellite Platform
Nallatech, a manufacturer of high-performance field programmable gate array (FPGA) components, announced its development of a test platform for space-borne processing with Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Space Technology sector. As part...
Iridium Names Four Value-Added Partners
Iridium Satellite has expanded its value-added partner program, adding three manufacturers and a reseller, Iridium announced Oct. 25. The new value-added manufacturers are Fastwave Communications of Perth, Australia; Uplogix of...
Northrop Grumman Space Revenues Slip
Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Aerospace segment, which includes the company’s satellite operations, reported a 10 percent improvement in operation margin in the third quarter of 2006 despite a 6 percent drop...
Harmonic Encryption Technology Integrated With SES Americom's IP-Prime Service
SES Americom has integrated video encryption technology developed by Harmonic Inc. with the satellite operators IP-Prime Internet Protocol (IP) distribution service, the companies announced Oct. 24. Harmonic Prostream 1000 provides...
Harris Corp. To Provide Multiband Satellite Terminal For U.S. Navy
Harris Corp. received a 12-month contract to provide the U.S. Navy with a Harris AN/WSC-6E(V)9 multiband shipboard satellite communications terminal (MSSCT) for the Lockheed Martin Littoral Combat Ship, Harris announced...