Starchaser Unveils New Rocket Engine
Starchaser Industries unveiled its new Churchill Mk3 liquid rocket engine May 11. With a design thrust of 33,000 pounds, it is the largest engine built in the United Kingdom in...
Month: May 2005
Satpoint Introduces VoIP Termination Services Over VSAT
Satpoint, a provider of broadband satellite communications for marine platforms, introduced a service that provides Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to public switched telephone network termination services. The service allows...
Falling Sales Lead To First Quarter Loss For Norsat International
Norsat International Inc. lost 1.2 million Canadian dollars ($970,000) in its 2005 first quarter as sales slipped 42 percent from the same period in 2004, Norsat reported May 10. For...
Space Adventures Opens Tokyo Office
Space Adventures Ltd., which markets flights into space and other space-related tourism packages, opened an office in Tokyo to meet demand for its services in the Asia- Pacific region, the...
Aerojet to Develop Propulsion System for NASA
Aerojet, a subsidiary of Gencorp Inc., received a contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop an electric propulsion system for cargo transport vehicles, Aerojet announced. Under...
MultiChoice Steps Up Local Music Efforts
MultiChoice, the digital satellite pay-TV operator in Africa, announced a new music channel set to launch on its DStv platform. The channel, which will focus primarily on Afrikaans music related...
Northrop Grumman Ships Final DSP Satellite to Cape Canaveral
Northrop Grumman Corp. shipped the 23rd and last satellite in the long-running Defense Support Program (DSP) series to the U. S. Air Force’s Cape Canaveral Air Station, FL, for launch...
Globecomm Systems Awarded Two Infrastructure Contracts
Globecomm Systems Inc. won two infrastructure contracts from a pair of unnamed international customers valued at approximately $2.1 million combined. The first contract is with a new competitive service provider...
Iridium Taps Cambridge Consultants For Next-Generation Terminal Equipment
Iridium Satellite LLC selected Cambridge Consultants as a strategic wireless technology development consultant. In this role, Cambridge will help Iridium evolve the design of its ground-based terminal equipment. Cambridge is...
Xtar Nabs First U.S. Government Contract
Xtar LLC said May 11 that the U.S. Department of State‘s Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office awarded the company a five-year contract to provide X-band communications services to U.S. embassies...