Month: May 2005

NDS Group plc said Viasat Broadcasting, a digital satellite pay-TV broadcaster in the Nordic region, will use the NDS XTV personal video recorder solution. Using this technology, Viasat subscribers will...

SeaSpace Corp., a subsidiary of Allied Defense Group, won orders valued at more than $1 million for its new tracking antenna system, Allied Defense said. SeaSpace will deliver versions of...

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) won a $100 million contract to provide launch services to the U.S. Air Force, the company said. Under the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the...

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...

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...

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...

The Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. will combine the production, engineering, test and launch operations associated with U.S. government launches of Boeing Delta and Lockheed Martin Atlas rockets. United...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reported revenues of $53 million for the first quarter of 2005, a slight drop from the $57.4 million in revenues in the first quarter of 2004....