Month: November 2005

Arianespace announced this weekend that it has postponed the launch of the Ariane 5 ECA carrying the Spaceway 2 and Telkom 2 satellites. The dual-satellite Ariane 5 ECA mission, which...

China Great Wall Industry Corp. and China Satellite Communications Corp. (Chinasat) signed a contract Nov. 9 for the launch of the Chinasat 9 satellite aboard a Long March 3B rocket...

Integral Systems Inc. said Nov. 14 it received a contract from satellite radio company Worldspace Inc. to provide a satellite control system based on Integral’s Epoch integrated product suite. The...

Andrew Corp. announced Nov. 14 it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Skyware Radio Systems GmbH of Krefeld, Germany, a producer of electronic products for broadband satellite communications networks. The...

Telenor Satellite Services said Nov. 14 it has met all Inmarsat technical, commercial and distribution requirements necessary for the launch of its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) offering. Telenor said...

Orbimage Inc. announced Nov. 14 that James Simon Jr., has joined the board of directors of parent company Orbimage Holdings, Inc. Simon served as the assistant director of the Central...

Sirius Satellite Radio announced Nov. 14 that it has appointed Stan Kozlowski as senior vice president of strategic sales development, and Mike Roberts has been appointed vice president of retail...

The Tata Sky Ltd. direct-to-to home joint venture signed a lease agreement with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) for capacity aboard the Insat-4A satellite, Tata Sky announced Nov. 14....

International Launch Services (ILS) signed an agreement with Orbital Sciences Corp. for the launch of the Orbital-built Thor 2-R satellite, ILS announced Nov. 9. The mission, aboard a Russian-built Proton...

The European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Venus Express spacecraft was launched Nov. 9 by a Russian Soyuz-Fregat rocket operated by Starsem, ESA announced. The spacecraft will enter orbit around Venus in...